Fountain pen Namiki Chinkin - beauty of autumn leaves

18 carat gold nib fountain pen handmade and painted by hand with the chinkin drawing technique in Japan. Autumn leaves falling are here illustrated

The Chinkin technique is one of the most delicate. The artist must engrave the lacquer with fine cutting tools and a sheet of precious metal, then inlaying gold dust and polishing the pen carefully. This process has no tolerance for error, requiring extreme concentration to reveal the design intricacy