Fountain pen Namiki Chinkin - Silver grass

18 carat gold nib fountain pen handmade and painted by hand with the chinkin drawing technique in Japan. Silver grass or Roseau de chine is 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