Pen Clinic by Mr Nagahara Yukio
January 23rd, 2010
Pictures, Treats
I waited for more than an hour for my turn in Aesthetic Bay before Mr Nagahara, the Pen Whisperer, saw my pens. He said to the Sailor music I gave him, “Smooth! More smooth!” and then it was glass smooth.
He said that to the OBB that was absolute rubbish, “More smooth!” and OMG it was. He’s so cute. I was trying out the new nib and I whispered to myself in wonder, “How did he do it?”. Mr Nagahara heard and said “Magic!” and “Genius!”. I giggled like a school girl.
I had been so excited Friday morning I forgot to pack the camera but I found a picture of him at work.
I wanted to have the ink flow fixed on the Sailor music. He looked at it through the loupe, hummed at the pen, looked at it and hestitated. I think lots of pen folks brought their music nib and asked for a stub. He said he would regrind the nib and it became a really sexy stub. The line variation is really distinct now (HOT!). Still, this morning I woke up missing the fat nib. If I hadn’t already bought the Binder music nib, I would have bought another 1911 music nib.
I am glad I turned up to the cocktail and wine reception. It was then when someone told me about available slots in his schedule for today. I put my name down to see the Pen Whisperer again. I brought an ATX Cross to him. He opened the pen up and showed me what a slob I had been. (I might have, once or twice, let ink dry out in the pen. But I hate the Cross! It was rubbish!) He had to scrap out bits from the pen feed. He smoothened the nib to a better than Pelikan standard factory fine. I don’t think it had enough tipping to be as smooth as a Sailor but it’s so good I’m going to use it as a work pen with the P51. The two tone Pelikan fine is now as smooth as a Pelikan gold factory medium. Lovely.
Now that I don’t have nibs that I hate, I am going to have trouble trying to use all these pens I have. How do other people do it?
