Product name: Ishime kanshitsu, Black　[no.18001] (Ishime)
Price: US$1,050
Barrel material: Ebonite
Description: A craftsman sprinkles Urushi powders onto the body, which makes a lot of grains on the surface due to surface tensity. After settled, he varnishes the body with lacquer several times to make the body harden. He sharpens these grains with charcoal and finished with wipe lacquer. It is truly artistic craftsmanship to decorate stone-like appearance on a pen true to its name ('Ishi" means a stone in Japanese). The last 2 pages of the following pictures introduce Tame-nuri by Ishime-Kanshitsu technique. We Nakaya showed these samples since we recieve questions from Nakaya customers frequently. From the left, Heki-tame. Kuro-tame, and Aka-tame by Ishime-Kanshitsu techniques.