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even mass produced japanese products are beautifully designed. my last acquisition is the beautiful Pilot MYU. Vintage, but new. Gorgeous. I am so worried about

even mass produced japanese products are beautifully designed. my last acquisition is the beautiful Pilot MYU. Vintage, but new. Gorgeous. I am so worried about the integrated nib that i am not enjoying it as much as I probably should..only one other matches the passions the MYU can evoke. Parker 51. American. turns out they did a limited release of the pilot myu in 2008. $180 is a bargain. https://www.penaddict.com/blog/2013/1/30/my-fountain-pen-education-the-pilot-m90-limited-edition https://www.penaddict.com/blog/2013/1/30/my-fountain-pen-edu...

Freak_NL 6y ago
My personal favourite is Uni's Kurutoga (クルトガ) mechanical pencil that automatically turns the pencil lead a fraction every time you lift it. This means that the tip is always neatly rounded and never slanted. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PwojzSw7OQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PwojzSw7OQ Sounds silly? It won me over on first sight.
- hkmurakami 6y ago
  I recently saw a short TV documentary about the Kurutoga and industry competitors' R&D staff were being interviewed, remarking that that innovation truly sent shockwaves through the entire industry.
- s5300 6y ago
  I've never been able to understand the love for the Kurutoga. Pentel Graphgear 1000 GOAT
- vr46 6y ago
  I love this pencil so much that I have three, with different lead in each. It’s completely brilliant. And a bargain, or it was. I really like the venerable Pentel P200 series but I only use the 0.7 and 0.9 because there’s no Kurutoga.
  - Freak_NL 6y ago
    Same here! I have a Pentel P209 right in front of me. Not sure where my P207 has gone of to. The 5mm Kurutoga is my main pencil of course. I have a nice aluminium one ever since my first plastic body one cracked (after many years of use). One really nice benefit of the Kurutoga (5mm) is that your writing is really neat and fine as if written with a 3 or 4mm pencil.
k_sze 6y ago
In some Hong Kong fountain pen collector circles, the MYU is affectionately known as the “Scalpel”.
- jelliclesfarm 6y ago
  Like Parker.. the design is based on the nose of jet planes. I am horrified now as I remember how ..as a child..I used to play with my grandfather’s MYU..lidless and nib tearing the air while nosediving.

Freak_NL 6y ago

My personal favourite is Uni's Kurutoga (クルトガ) mechanical pencil that automatically turns the pencil lead a fraction every time you lift it. This means that the tip is always neatly rounded and never slanted. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PwojzSw7OQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PwojzSw7OQ Sounds silly? It won me over on first sight.

hkmurakami 6y ago
I recently saw a short TV documentary about the Kurutoga and industry competitors' R&D staff were being interviewed, remarking that that innovation truly sent shockwaves through the entire industry.
s5300 6y ago
I've never been able to understand the love for the Kurutoga. Pentel Graphgear 1000 GOAT
vr46 6y ago
I love this pencil so much that I have three, with different lead in each. It’s completely brilliant. And a bargain, or it was. I really like the venerable Pentel P200 series but I only use the 0.7 and 0.9 because there’s no Kurutoga.
- Freak_NL 6y ago
  Same here! I have a Pentel P209 right in front of me. Not sure where my P207 has gone of to. The 5mm Kurutoga is my main pencil of course. I have a nice aluminium one ever since my first plastic body one cracked (after many years of use). One really nice benefit of the Kurutoga (5mm) is that your writing is really neat and fine as if written with a 3 or 4mm pencil.

k_sze 6y ago

In some Hong Kong fountain pen collector circles, the MYU is affectionately known as the “Scalpel”.

jelliclesfarm 6y ago
Like Parker.. the design is based on the nose of jet planes. I am horrified now as I remember how ..as a child..I used to play with my grandfather’s MYU..lidless and nib tearing the air while nosediving.