Sailor Naginata Togi

The Naginata Togi nib was developed by Nobuyoshi Nagahara, possibly the greatest ever nib maker.  He worked for Sailor from 1946 until he retired in 2011 and created many unique and extraordinary nibs. He was born and grew up in Hiroshima.  In 1945, aged 12, he survived the atomic bombing of that city.  The following year he joined the Sailor Pen Company in the nib department, and stayed there until he retired in 2011.  His working life was devoted to creating nibs of outstanding quality and ingenuity, and he toured the world giving pen clinics.  He died in 2015. His aim was to create fountain pens that could equal the line variation calligraphers obtain from a brush.  He did this in many ways, with unique shapes, nibs joined one atop another and cunning grinds of the tipping material. Since he retired, his son Yukio has been responsible for Sailo r specialist nibs.