Nakaya Piccolo Writer Chinkin Housoge Shu CharcoalThe adornment of this Piccolo fountain pen elevates it beyond utility. ""Housoge"" has the poetic connotations of being a flower in the imagination, or a blossom in paradise. The black in red Chinkin has a classic feel. Chinkin is a technique in which a sharp instrument is used to cut the fine, narrow lines of a motif onto a lacquered surface. The lines are then filled in with a pigmented powder. This is another time intensive and meticulous method