Sailor Taki to Higuma (Brown Bear on Waterfalls) Limited Edition Fountain Pen

Sailor Taki to Higuma (Brown Bear on Waterfalls) Limited Edition Fountain Pen

Sailor Taki to Higuma (Brown Bear on Waterfalls) Limited Edition Fountain Pen,  KOP Ebonite body size with maki-e decoration of  brown bears.  They are one of the largest living terrestrial Carnivores on Earth.  They live in parts of Russia, Central Asia, China, Canada, USA (mostly Alaska), Scandinavia, Romania and Turkey (Anatolia and Caucasus).  The Brown Bear is recognized in several European countries as the National or State Animal. The Kamchatka Brown bear is the largest of the subspecies found in Eastern Siberia and Northern Japan.  These bears have been known to reach 850 Kg and stand over 3 meters tall! The habitat of these Bears is mostly mountainous woodlands. They are largely nocturnal and are omnivorous (mostly herbivorous diet) but do also eat invertebrates and salmon in the spawning season. The Brown Bears wait at the waterfalls for the leaping salmon and often catch the fish in their mouths or they wade in the shallows and use their enormous claws. Sailor proudly announces this third model in the series of limited edition fountain pens called Taki to Higuma (Brown Bear and Waterfall) by maki-e artist Ikki Moroike. A special edition of only 28 pieces worldwide, individually numbered Filling System: Converter & Cartridge type Nib selection: 21K Gold nib with chrome accents

About Sailor Pen Japan

Sailor Pen Japan was founded in 1911by Kyugoro Sakata, an engineer from the historic naval port of Hiroshima in Japan, who was introduced to a Fountain Pen brought from England by a sailor friend. He was determined to produce a finely crafted Japanese writing instrument with the highest specification and writing experience.

The company was named Sailor Pen with the aspiration of expanding this homegrown name, Sailor Pen, internationally like the voyages of a Sailor.

Sailor Pen became the first company to produce Fountain Pens for the domestic Japanese market and it is credited to be one of the oldest established pen companies in Japan. Sailor Pen has continued to maintain its heritage of quality and technical excellence over more than a 100 years since then.

Today, Sailor Pens are remembered by any avid fountain pen users as the gold standard in Japanese fountain pen nib making from its late nib artisan, Nagahara Nobuyoshi 長原宣義. Many nib designs by Sailor Pen are hotly sought after by collectors for its extraordinary writing ability like the Sailor Concorde nib which allows one to write in both fine nib and brush strokes font style on just one fountain pen nib by turning it upside down.

Sailor Pen is also well known for making Japanese makie fountain pens which are usually made by master Japanese artisans in Kaga 加賀 makie style. Notable Sailor Limited Edition fountain pens made to commemorate its 100^th Anniversary in Arita, Sailor Limited Edition Noto Nogoro Fountain pens and Nagahara Nobuyoshi’s Retirement Pens are just some of the many popular fountain pens made by the Japanese pen manufacturer based in Hiroshima.