Gifu Precious wood stationery Japanese Ballpoint pen Tochi horse chestnut Japan

(Size) : 12.5 x 1.4 cm / 4.92 x 0.55 inch 

(Weight) : Approx. 34g

(Material) : Japanese horse-chestnut

(Condition) : Brand new

(Ink Color) : Black

(Metal fittings) : Made by DAYACOM in Germany

(Origin) : Made in Japan / Gifu Wooden craft

With paper box

-Refill- 
 Parker type, Refill for oil-based ballpoint pen 0.7mm
※Please purchase by specifying "Parker type".
※The spring is not attached to the refill. Please be careful not to lose it.
※To replace the ink, turn the nib fitting to the anti-clockwise to remove it.
※Please keep refills in a cool place, not in a hot place.

( Note ) : 

Japanese horse-chestnut  / Tochi
(Features)
Tochi is called silk wood grain and is a species with beautiful fine grain. A diffuse-porous wood with indistinct annual rings. The color is yellowish white to pale yellowish brown. The fine grain of wood has a silky luster when polished, and the shrink is "crepe-shaped wood grain". Also known as the "ripple mark", it is prized. A useful material that has low durability but is excellent in workability and large diameter trees can be harvested.
Shrink wood grain, wave wood grain, mottled wood grain, etc. are treated as rare trees.

(Producing area)
It grows naturally in Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu. Especially in the Tohoku region and southern Hokkaido. It is also distributed in China.

(Color tone)
The boundary of the sapwood is indistinct, and the whole is pale reddish yellow white to pale yellowish brown. The surface of the material has a silky luster. Significant ripple marks may appear on the surface.

An original handmade pen that makes use of Gifu wood and Mino-washi(Japanese paper). Try to touch the warmth and fragrance of natural wood, and the elegant and beautiful Yuzen paper. It is a handmade pen that make use of the techniques and materials that are traditional Japanese crafts.

-Meiboku Pen series-
A beautiful ballpoint pen that a wood grain carved from carefully selected high-class wood, which is a furniture material familiar to Japanese people. By continuing to use it while feeling the warmth of the wood, the texture will increase and you can enjoy the changes over time, making it your own unique one.