Sailor Limited Edition 100th Anniversary Shima Kuwa Pen

Sailor Limited Edition 100th Anniversary Shima Kuwa Pen

The Shima Kuwa is hand crafted from the premier grade of Mulberry wood from the Island of Mikurajima, a small Island in the Izu archipelago, famous for this very rare and precious natural material. The Shima Kuwa Mulberry is famously used for special gifts for the Emperor’s family and business leaders alike in Japan. This special pen is reminiscent of the style of pens made around the foundation of the Company 100 years ago. A special ‘anchor’ design clip has been commissioned for this product – a symbol that is very special to Sailor. The beauty of the Mulberry wood grain is achieved using ‘Fuki Urushi’ – a deep burnishing process using Urushi lacquers from the famous Jouhou Temple. The Sailor Limited Edition 100th Anniversary Shima Kuwa Pen is decorated using gold powder maki-e on the cap below the clip (showing 100 years and also elegant ‘wave’ designs symbolic of the 100 years of Sailor, are seen around the cap ring. The 21K solid gold nib is stamped with the ‘100 Years’ insignia and also shows the ‘anchor’ with special draped chains signifying the 100 years history and the close connection to the sea. The Sailor Limited Edition 100th Anniversary Shima Kuwa Pen features a special silk cloth Pen wrap made of Ushikubi –Tsumugi (a traditional craft in Ishikawa prefecture since 800 years) and the black Gift box package is coated in Aizu Nuri (Urushi). On the top of the presentation box is a maki-e decoration depicting the original Hamada factory of Sailor where the Company began in 1911. This Sailor Limited Edition 100th Anniversary Shima Kuwa Pen is  a 1000 pieces Limited Edition worldwide and each pen is individually engraved with the serial number on the barrel end.

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 home grown name, Sailor Pen, internationally like the voyages of a Sailor. Sailor Pen became the first company to produce Fountain Pens for 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.