Tamenuri Studio Urushi Fountain Pen Review
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- Опубліковано 19 лип 2020
- This pen was sent to me by Michal: check out his work at tamenuri.com/
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I am looking for my jaw, It dropped at the beginning of the video and is still dropped. Somewhere. Thank you! I warned me about this review, but I did not expect it to be SO KIND!
Thoroughly deserved it seems to me!
Can’t wait to get a pen from you!
He doesn’t often give reviews like that, and he’s an oracle in the pen world. This review will reverberate and you should get a lot of orders. Congratulations!
@@carolz5090 Far more than an oracle every time I've went to Delphi I've been utterly confused by her advice on the other hand SBREBrown is rather practical if a little full of himself. :)
Glad you're being recognized for your beautiful work. I was the winner of your IG giveaway. Love my Parker Frontier Flighter that has been given the Tamenuri Studio treatment.
Stephen, what a great review and what a wonderful pen. Truly one that I must look into. Thank you Michal for making Urushi so affordable and with such great quality.
Love “discovery” reviews like this. Special. Also enjoyed the description of Urushi technique. Many thanks.
Great review ! I have been following Michal's channel for some weeks now, and find it fascinating. I like that he explains to us not only what the specialized tools and techniques are, but also why they must be used/obeyed, taking no shortcuts.
To be frank I discovered there is no room for shortcuts taking shortcuts ;)
Very nice review. It's good to see someone putting in all the hard work and dedication to make an excellent product - something that's rare in this 21st Century. Bravo Michal.
Wonderful pen and review. I always like your enthusiasm. Also enjoyed reading Michal's comments -- very interesting.
wow ive been waiting for a ranga 5 video and also wanted to urushi mine so this is golden thank you!
Wonderful Review! Thanks for Sharing and Bravo Michal on producing such wonderful works of Art. Can't wait to Order a pen from Tamenuri Studios.
Thank you, Stephen. Great to show the craftsmanship of a dedicated man and the quality he makes. I’ve seen quite some pens of his hands passing by on Instagram and I’m very impressed by his work. That impressed that I have asked him to make a pen for me with not many specs, with complete confidence. Of course I’m thrilled, but in a positive way. Beside that Michal is a very kind man, who also loves to share his knowledge, and his enthousiasm is contagious.
Katja - thank you 🙏🏼 Raden on your pen will be fully cured as I will be back to Warsaw for sure ;) now the colour a and this will be a challenge ;)
Tamenuri Studio 🤫🤫🤫, that’s a secret. And it needs your patience. So easy does it!
Thanks for another enjoyable and informative video. I've been watching Michal's UA-cam channel for a few months. I couldn't get my head around him not being a Japanese master. By that I mean, could he be any good without the tradition. He's seems amazing. It is almost like watching someone demystify an ancient art. I know that's not what it is but he walks through and describes the painstaking details in such a clear way that it almost makes it seem that anyone can do this. Of course, without his rare level of dedication that wouldn't happen. He provides a great window into why these are such prized pens when the work is well done. Thanks again for the video.
Holy crap. I didn't realize how HUGE that pen was. I've learned so much about urushi from Michal's videos so far and it's great to see the quality that he's reached. I think it's a no-brainer to say that I'll be getting something from him in the future.
Yeah, it's massive!
Michal is a great guy, he helped me very generously with some tips on urushi!
🙏🏼 I learned from other kind people too, so giving it forward.
Come on Stephen! I thought I already bought my last pen. Everytime I think I’m out...
Lovely to see you this excited about a pen, its artistry and a new studio.
Eccentricity is good. You’re eccentric, we’re eccentric, Roger’s eccentric and Michal is eccentric. I’ll take a little weird but interesting over the alternative all day, every day.
Enjoyed this. Note: Voice sync is way out after the writing demo.
It's a beautiful pen! Thank you for sharing.
I've been wanting a heki tamenuri nakaya for a long time now, so I think this is beautiful. I'd want a music nib I think. Thanks for showing.
Thanks for showing us this beautiful pen. Urushi pens are the only high-priced pens that speak to me. How great that a westerner is adding to the urushi ranks.
Incredible work Mikhail. Add a gold clip and size 8 broad nib. Make an eyedropper out of it? Big beautiful pen that writes forever, no pit-stops.
It is eyedropper ready ;) But #8 nib is a must and I will have it ;)
Gorgeous pen.
That pen really looks great. Although, you werent kidding when you said it was big. I didnt realize how big it was until you put the namiki emperor and danitrio genkai next to it.
Nice review. Can you compare this pen to Wancher since we are trying to decide this pen vs Wancher
my SBREBrown ink arrived today - luvvvvverleee :-)
It's difficult to catch glimpses of gReen, but you did it, man, you did it!
It's really beautiful pen.
I was lucky enough to win a pen from Michal on instagram. It is a Parker Frontier Flighter. The cap is the original chrome but he coated the barrel with a deep maroon/ burgundy lacquer. He does beautiful work.
Very impressive.
Make a video on camlin trinity fountain pen
A true artist!
Looks like I need to give Michal a call to come and paint my car next!
Hahaha I thought about it ;) and seemed like a really crazy idea but it’s been done!!! Some Japanese lacquered a car! Nothing fancy, but they did it..
A ridiculously beautiful fountain pen...maybe one day!
Wow wish my Ranga 5 looked like that.
Hi Stephen, I have just noticed that some of the pens are of the same shape and size of the pens that the Indian company Ranga Pens sells. I am not sure if tamenuri is using Ranga Pens and base and finishing them off with Urushi? May be you have some insight into this.
Speechless ... congrats to Mikhail !
Yes a #8 nib would do justice to this pen!
I'd call the finish on this pen midori-dame. It looks to me like black over dark green, like Danitrio's interpretation of midori-dame, though I've seen others use this name for finishes with brown over light green..
It is midori-tamenuri or midori-dame indeed.
@sbrebrown That is one large pen. Is is comfortable to hold?
Yes, it is
How much was the pen originally - $100 - $150. How much would that urushi process cost?
It is around 100$. Urushi work cost depends on technique and size of pen. Raden, gold, elaborate techniques bring the price up. Generaly it starts at 250€ on typical/large size pen.
Very beautiful pen and work done on it. You should warn others though that some people can have allergic reactions to urushi.
Once urushi is cured (properly) risk of allergic reaction is almost zero. Its fresh, unpolimeryzed urushiol what is allergic.
@@TamenuriStudio I had the cured urushi in mind when I made the post. And thankfully, as you pointed out, it is rare. There is a famous retired shogi (Japanese chess) professional, Kato Hifumi who I recently learned needed to use a special set of pieces due to his allergy. They traditionally use urushi to cover the carved out characters on the pieces.
Should put a link to Michal's site in here somewhere... sorry if you did, but I did not find it.
It's in the description of the video...
@@sbrebrown thanks...I missed that.
Hello! Beauty of a pen!! I am learning about fountain pens, as I have always loved them. Could you tell me please what people mean when they say "it (the pen) has a little "feedback"? Thank you for your video and for your time.
Lily 🌷
It means that the nib isn't completely smooth, but that you feel a bit of resistance when you write with it.
@@sbrebrown Thank you very much!! Have a good day!🙂
Looks to be an impressive pen. But when you compare this to the Platinum Izumo Urushi Tamenori fountain pen (for example), I’m not so sure the Tamenori Studio pen is such good value as first impressions suggest. The Platinum Izumo is hand made and hand finished by Japanese craftsmen and has an 18k nib. It can be bough brand new for around the same price too. But this is an excellent and promising start for a western Urushi creation. Thank you Stephen.
Fair point. So I need to make my work more interesting ;))
Tamenuri Studio - thanks for your reply! I think your pen creations will be comparable to the closest alternatives if you perhaps introduced gold nibs with a broad range of options above the normal F, M, B. But offering a lower price for a steel nib option would be attractive too for anyone new to Urushi and looking to get their first pen. The Urushi finishing you’ve achieved from your extensive reasearch looks to be excellent quality and very attractive. I look forward to seeing your venture succeed.
@@xjsteve thank you ! I already offer gold nibs on request, and I am working on pen model and finish that will be more affordable - making just one piece of each now, and I will make short series of 3-5 pens in same design and same finish (ie midori-tamenuri) - then I will be able to offer some predictive and reasonable pricing. Right now I am making v 2.0 of pen Stephen showed - several month have pased since I made this one, I have even better brushes (high quiality hake) better process, much better highest quiality urushi - It will be fun to compare those two pens ;)
Michal: "mee-how" - short vowels like in words "me" and "how", quite an easy one :).
Thank you Marek ;)) Dziękuję ;))
7:20 what name dark durgundy pen?
The last one ? Danitrio Mikado?
@@TamenuriStudio thx
Voltz54 and technique is aka-tamenuri, but Danitrio calls it “wine” tamenuri i think.
Well done Mikkial. ... only thing I'd suggest for the future is your own proprietary converter, , a big fat one. .. The price for this ,, well in comparison.... I'd get Polskimikkialurushi. ..
Thanks DocStephen for the review.... your ACE.
Best wishes to all PenPeople 💙
LeZc
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YES ;) I will work with Nabi (penmaker - Wet&Wise) to adopt bigger nibs (#6) and gold nibs of other makers and other converters. I'd like to make a series of pens with Platinum 3776 nibs and pilot con-70 converter ;) Or a captured converter of much bigger capacity (like Leonardo?).
Tamenuri Studio. Yes good...your work is exceptional and your skills very rare... The bigger nib would look better and a bigger converter type thing instead of the standard international... some make a captive converter type but if you will...make the converter / ink reservoir so you can take it out to clean...swapping ink colour would then be easier.... nothing about your work is standard...it's outstanding. Best wishes
LeZc
Yea I can't do pens w/ out clips.(infact I buy only stuff w silver clips 99.9% of the time.
On urushi pens, I prefer then clipless or with rollstoppers (I made one with sterling silver spider rollstoper, and now working on more ;)
I have owned expensive fountain pens and I have put a $17.00 steel nib on a less than $4.00 fountain pen. I have seen in print some fountain pens costing as much as an expensive automobile. For me, I just love fountain pens and when it comes to expensive pens like I was told many years ago, I am enthralled for different reasons or justify by using many excuses which draws me to perhaps an expensive pen. Yet, not so much because of its cost. If I can afford it, expensive, but well worth it to me. I have had limited editions and lean towards them. I fell on hard times many years ago and had to sell several of my pens. Although selling the first one hurt so much, as far as what I received for them, basically either what I paid or a little more in what was paid to me. However, my interest, if I were to say what attracts me at this point is perhaps that there are only a certain number of pens made of the limited editions and therefore it seems like being in an even more exclusive club of sorts by owning one that very few others own, or even for that matter afford or care to spend on a fountain pen. There are all kinds of reasons, some people collect and use only vintage pens. I have a penpal who writes me and she is enthusiastic about a new acquisition of her latest find in a vintage fountain pen. I prefer new pens myself. Each of us loves what we love in our general love of fountain pens, drawn by more than the cost or it being expensive to acquire. We just love them!
A cabinet of stable humility. I think Gandhi had one of those.
Really? What for?
Although this is a absolutely awesome finish, the pen in itself is a beauty as I have seen other Ranga pens. But here is the question, does putting a new finish on a pen changes it so much as to give it a different name? If this was done on a Montblanc, would you care to think of a different name for the pen other than calling it a Montblanc? Thanks.
That is why I did not give it a new name. But some pens Mr Pandurangan madd for my work, or Nabi from Wet and wise makes now are modified for my needs.
If you paint a Ferrari, it doesn’t suddenly become some other type of car. Why would adding lacquer to a Montblanc make it a “new” pen requiring a new name?
Billy Bob Bobson it does not ;)
It's a fair price if you think it is period.
Sir please give me that pen please
Your sucraib
6:15 nicee. so glad to hear that furo cabinet has low *humility* - you know how I hate all them _ostentatious_ ass furo cabinets…
Let's hope that this chosen-one doesn't fall to the dark side...
That definition of crazy... is it clinical? Because... y'know... I'm interested in knowing.
こんにちは♪・日本の万年筆はペン先がよくないと思います。The pen tip is bad.
Pen tip works fine.