Being made available for the first time outside of Japan, the Pilot Custom Urushi Barrels feature a hand-finished Urushi lacquer over an ebonite body and is being produced in only very limited numbers. It is provided with a solid gold 18k Pilot #30 two-tone nib in your choice of Medium,Fine/Medium or Broad nib. Combining classic Pilot style with a hand-applied Urushi finish, the new Custom Urushi Black or Vermillion Barrel is particularly notable for its gold trim and flat-top design, which provides a distinctive contrast to the Yukari Royale Black Urushi produced by Namiki, Pilot’s artisanal offshoot. The pen fills using Pilot’s convenient cartridge-converter system, which allows for the use of either Pilot brand cartridges or any bottled fountain pen ink when using the provided converter. Even better, the converter in this case is Pilot’s high-capacity CON-70 model, which gives this pen a capacity rivaling or surpassing that of many piston-filers. The collection is completed with a matching ball pen. The pen arrives in a simple but stylish presentation box which includes a starter pack of two ink cartridges as well as the complimentary converter. Pilot will be producing this pen in only very limited numbers. The collection is completed with a matching ball pen.