(you can click on the image to see it in flickr)
I had the good fortune to have a Nakaya with me for a while!
This is a Long Piccolo (a model exclusive to Aesthetic Bay, in Singapore) in Aka-tamenuri (red-on-red lacquer) with a rose gold wisteria stopper.
Long story short, my friend accidentally ground off all the tipping on the nib so she had me turn it into a cursive italic (as always).
Unfortunately, there is no more tipping since whatever was left was too little to salvage. But it writes very smoothly.
It's currently one of the pens I plan to get in a few years -- I say years because a pen of this level fetches an awfully high price. This exact pen costs a little over 900 USD! This is because each pen is made by hand; the ebonite hard rubber stocks are put through a lathe, and then the lacquer is applied by hand and cured over a period of 6-8 months.
I'll definitely miss it when I pass it back to my friend this Saturday.