New Hakase Buffalo Horn FP

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I just wanted to share with you guys my new Hakase fountain pen made from Water Buffalo Horn. Located on the west coast of Japan (Tottori, Tottori Prefecture), Hakase is a small family-owned shop that has been producing hand-turned high-end custom fountain pens since 1934. (See video.) Only one pen is made each day!

I ordered this pen in March and was lucky enough to receive it yesterday. Only a seven-month wait this time! Previously, the wait time could be as long as two years!

Metal trim is all solid 14K gold - including the clip, roll stopper, and section ring. The #15 nib is made by Pilot and writes very smooth. Hakase certainly know how to tune a nib so that it glides on paper. At the same time, there is just a tiny bit of feedback that allows the user to control where the nib is going. As for the pen body, it fits perfectly into my hand like a glove. I specified the lengths seen in the order form below and the dimensions match exactly. This is an amazing pen. I highly recommend it if you want a high-end pen and want to go beyond Montblanc/Cartier/Dunhill/Sailor/Montegrappa/OMAS etc. I previously owned a Cocobolo Hakase which has since been sold to a collector in Texas.

Enough of words, onto the pictures.