Most beautiful production Fountain Pen in the world? Review of the Namiki Emperor Goldfish

Review of the Namiki Pilot Emperor Goldfish fountain pen, one of the most recognisable and expensive Japanese production (i.e. not limited edition) pens around at US$15,000. The pen uses dozens of layers of urushi lacquer and maki-e to build up the iconic goldfish images. It is make by Seiki Chida, using Shishiai-Togidashi-Taka Maki-e, and the model number is FNFV-80M-KG.

This Japanese urushi and maki-e pen made the list of my favourite 10 Emperors as shown in this video:

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To see how these pens write, please take a look at the Namiki Emperor writing sample video where I write with 3 pens:

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Namiki website link to the Goldfish:

https://www.pilot-namiki.com/en/colle...

Link to Namiki's video of Seiki Chida making the Goldfish:

   • (English) Namiki Making Movie  

4k Hi-res video of Goldfish details:

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