Sailor Professional Gear Classic Ko Maki-e Ala SV Fountain Pen

Sailor Professional Gear Classic Ko Maki-e Ala SV Fountain Pen

Sailor Professional Gear Classic Ko Makie Ala SV features a transparent material inspired by smoky quartz, a natural stone that is used as the base from Classic Ko, a maki-e studio in Kaga. Ala SV features a mysterious motif reminiscent of ancient relics. The word “Ala” means wings, and this design is inspired by a myth in which winged gods who symbolize good omen and beauty appear. The design is made with "silver" maki-e (SV si for silver) and mother of pearl.

In recent years, “Maki-e” art has regained popularity, being featured in diverse usages from tea ceremony utensils to jewelry. Sailor Pen’s Classic Ko Series has brought a new concept to “Maki-e” writing instruments in collaboration with Classic Ko, an innovative jewelry brand renowned for integrating traditional craft with modernity.

Classic Ko

The Classic Ko jewelry brand is made by the Maki-e producer Oshita Kosen Kobo, which has been operating in Kaga City, Ishikawa Prefecture since 1894.
The brand’s beauty with an original sense of mixed qualities passed on by modern sensibilities is built while making full use of the decorative techniques of Maki-e and lacquer, which have been passed down through the ages.
Oshita Kosen Kobo is a countryside Maki-e workshop producing Kaga Maki-e lacquerware, which requires a high level of decoration techniques mastered in Kanazawa by the founder, Sekko Oshita.They specialize in fine writing instruments and tea ceremony instruments and are devoted to pursuing the limpidness, delicacy and elegance of Kaga Maki-e.