The Namiki Yukari ChinkinTsuru Crane fountain pen features the chinkin technique: the pattern is chiselled into the material and then inlaid with gold.Each pen takes months to create. The Yukari fountain pen uses a cartridge/converter filling system and is available with an 18 karat gold nib. At the start of the 20th century, a fountain pen utilizing the Japanese traditional art of Maki-e was born. The strong and attractive body with a lacquer finish, and the fine and elegant design by the craftsmen are highly acclaimed around the world, and those skills and spirit have been passed down to the worlds most famous name in Maki-e fountain pens: Namiki.