Crónicas Estilográficas

While preparing the previous post, I had to revisit an old piece I wrote in 2013. It ended with this sentence: “Nebotek pens are indeed good and interesting products, but their poor marketing makes them almost unknown. And anonymous.” Nebotek catalog from 2012. That was the pen I was introducing: a very well-made pen with no obvious brand, a beautiful business card wit...

Before Eboya, there was Nebotek. Nebotek was the pen brand that Nikko Ebonite created in 2009 to market pens made from its own ebonite, following a sharp decline in sales of the raw material. Nebotek catalog in 2012-13. The operation was led by lathe master Kanesaki Noritoshi, who had learned his trade from Momose Yasuaki and Kubo Kohei. Production was based on the use...