Description

Product name: Writer Kuro-tamenuri（黒溜）　[no.02018]
Price: US$650
Total weight: 22.0g
Body weight: 15.0g
Total length: 130.0mm
Barrel length: 116.0mm
Max diameter: 15.0mm
Barrel material: Ebonite
Description: "Tame" means "pool" and "nuri" refers to the lacquer coating process. You can actually see through the layers of clear urushi lacquer as if you were looking into a pool. Wajima artists use "shu urushi" (red color) for the base urushi on the barrel, and "shu-ai-urushi" (mixtures of red and clear lacquer) for the finish coats. When the process is finished, you can still see the base surface of red urushi. After this coating process, craftsmen polish the surface over and over by hand for months in order to attain greater transparency, allowing you to clearly see the underlying red urushi surface.

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