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Tsumugi Piccolo AMIME（Heki-tame）

The Piccolo model is a Tsumugi series inspired by the fineness of silk dyeing and weaving.
This compact fountain pen is highly portable and suitable for notepads and organizers.
*Only the cigar model without a clip is available.

In this model, the color is named by the kimono pattern. Heki-tamenuri is called as ”Amime”.
The base color is the “Heki-iro” which was made after many trials and errors.
Heki-iro is a middle color between blue and green.
And “Tamenuri” has the characteristics of translucent amber color like being sucked in, so you can clearly see how the lacquer has accumulated.
The combination of shuai urushi lacquer and heki-iro base color create mysterious and beautiful greenish amber finish.
Very high level painting and polishing techniques made it possible to make the lines stand out in streaks and the finish resembles a woven pattern.

Tsumugi Piccolo ASANOHA (Toki-tame)

The Piccolo model is a Tsumugi series inspired by the fineness of silk dyeing and weaving.
This compact fountain pen is highly portable and suitable for notepads and organizers.
*Only the cigar model without a clip is available.

In this model, the color is named by the kimono pattern. Kuro-tamenuri is called as ”Asanoha”.
The combination of the pinkish base color inspired by the Japanese traditional color “toki-iro” and the upper lacquer, shuai urushi create very soft an bright finish.
“Tamenuri” has the characteristics of translucent amber color like being sucked in, so you can clearly see how the lacquer has accumulated.
Very high level painting and polishing techniques made it possible to make the lines stand out in streaks and the finish resembles a woven pattern.

Cigar Piccolo BlackHairline

The roof like design that is slightly pointed tip.
The compact fountain pen with excellent portability for memo pads, notebooks, and etc.

Due to the traditional black color lacquer is used for the base color and draw a very thin line to the base each by each very carefully, the hairline like pattern is created.
And the unpolished finish makes vintage and quaint like Sumiko finish.

Cigar Piccolo Shobu

The roof like design that is slightly pointed tip, different from the portable size and long size design.
The compact fountain pen with excellent portability for memo pads, notebooks, and etc.

Base color is the “Purple” which was made after many trials and errors.
It was quite difficult to create the satisfying purple because the blue-kind colors development is really hard.
The beautiful perple color “Shobu” that was named after the irises, creates shining glossy and deep finish.

Cigar Piccolo Midori

The roof like design that is slightly pointed tip, different from the portable size and long size design.
The compact fountain pen with excellent portability for memo pads, notebooks, and etc.

Base color is the “Midori” inspired by the color of evergreen leaves.
It was difficult to create the beautiful green because the blue-kind color development is difficult.
The green color creates glossy and brilliant finish.

Cigar Piccolo Kikyo

The roof like design that is slightly pointed tip, different from the portable size and long size design.
The compact fountain pen with excellent portability for memo pads, notebooks, and etc.

Base color is the “Blue” which was made after many trials and errors.
It was really difficult to create the satisfying blue because there is quite few has blue color in nature.
The wonderful blue color “Kikyo” that was named after the bellflowers, creates shining glossy and brilliant finish.

Cigar Piccolo AraiShu

The roof like design that is slightly pointed tip, different from the portable size and long size design.
The compact fountain pen with excellent portability for memo pads, notebooks, and etc.

The color “AraiShu” is a different kind and quaint brighter vermilion from “Shu (vermilion)”.
“AraiShu” means a light vermilion color because the color becomes lighter after washing the dyed cloth. The color can be said close to orange red.
The color range is wide, from a vermilion like reddish color to a salmon pink kind of color are called “AraiShu”.
It is one of the colors that became popular in the late Edo period with the revival of Yamato-e.

Cigar Piccolo ShuNurihanashi

The roof like design that is slightly pointed tip, different from the portable size and long size design.
The compact fountain pen with excellent portability for memo pads, notebooks, and etc.

The most traditional color of urushi, “Shu(vermilion)” is used and made it matte finish.
“Nuri-hanashi (unpolished)” is the technique without polishing after painting.
It requires very high level techniques because there are no post processes.

Cigar Piccolo ENJOYING THE MOON CAT　

The design is based on the theme of cats enjoying the moon. The two cats and the footprints on the grip section are drawn with “Yako Maki-e” technique. The moon is drawn with “Tamesukashi” technique. Base color is “Aka-tamenuri”.
“Yako Maki-e” is Nakaya’s original name for the technique that drawing motifs with black lacquer on “tamenuri” base. As the Tamenuri background becomes brighter over time, the black lacquered motifs become more apparent.

Cigar Piccolo LOTUS FLOWER　

One motif on the grip section by the highest technique (Taka-Makie).

A motif is a lotus flower on Gold Nashiji gradation and put colors by rubbing into Shu(red) and green.

There is only one part of motif, but elegant and beautiful.