Handmade Ballpoint Pen, Precious Wood Series, Yew

Precious Wood Series ballpoint pens are made of carefully selected precious woods. Precious woods are processed and made by hand to ballpoint pens.
Precious wood commonly has scarcity value, good smell and beautiful wood texture. You can feel nice smell of wood when you use it. In addition, precious wood “grows” as you use; its texture comes to have profound feeling by aging. These pens are also good for a gift.

Wood Material

Japanese Yew Tree

Features of the material

Japanese name of yew tree is “Ichii” which literally means “number one”. Therefore, the wood pen made of yew can be the most suitable gift for those who aim for victories. Origin of the name “Ichii” is an emperor of ancient Japan. It is said that the emperor praised excellent workmanship of a dipper made of this wood, then he gave the name of number one “Ichii” to this wood.
Yew tree is a famous product of Gifu, a prefecture of mountains and rivers. Generally, the older a yew tree is, the more beautiful its wood texture is. This wood material has many features suitable for processing. And it is often used for a traditional wood sculpting method of Gifu ‘one-knife carving’.

Item size: 12.5cm x 1.5cm / 4.9in x 0.6in
Line color and size: Black 0.7mm
Refill: Parker type
Handmade in Japan