Nagasawa Original Pro Gear Slim Mini Ikuseiso – Yukidoke ( – )

Ikuseiso()in Japanese symbolizes diligencefor countless months and years, with a poetic imagery of timeflyingbyunder stars and frost. Yukidoke, on the other hand, meanssnow thawingduring springtime. The concept behind thisbeautiful fountain pen is that when snow begins to thaw in spring, it alsorepresents the arriving season of hope. The 14k gold nib comes with a unique rooster weathervane symbol that representsthe Kitano Museum(Kitano Ijinkan-gai), arenowned Kobe landmark.

• 14k gold nib(Kobe rooster weathervane design)
• Silver trim
• Fill mechanism: Cartridge or Sailor mini converter (Sailor proprietary)
• More Sailor

• Comes two cartridges

About Nagasawa:

NagasawaBunguCenter, also known as Nagasawa Kobe, was founded as a localstationerystore in 1882 and seeks to share the beauty of Kobe with stationery lovers around the world. Their original inks and pens are developed closely with Sailor to ensure the quality you expect from Sailor.

Sailor was founded in 1911. The founder Kyugoro Sakata was given a fountain pen by a friend returning from the UK after studying at the Royal Navy. Hewas inspired and determined to start making fountain pens in Japan. Sailor became the first fountain pen company in Japan, and earned many more firsts in Japan — first ballpoint pen in 1948, first ink cartridge in 1954 and first brush pen in 1972, etc.

In the 1970’s, Sailor made a popular beginner fountain pen, “Candy,” that sold more than 15 million within a few years. However, the number of the fountain pen users were declining as ballpoint pens became more mainstream.

In 1981, Sailordecided to go in the opposite direction from their “Candy” pen and began focusing onproducing a higher standard series, which is the 1911 series we see today. Their focus on making a higher standard provides a great foundation for their later series of pens. Today, Sailor makes one of the most diverse lines of nibs, some of which are designed forspecificwriting purposessuch as writing musical notes toone that is best for character writing.