Description
PIUMA Hane Kuro
There really is something mysterious and magical about Japan.
We admired sheepish landscapes almost hidden by the endless falling snow on our trip at the beginning of 2025.
Even more surprising was our meeting with the Urushi masters with whom we began our collaboration last year, and seeing in real the making of our fountain pens with such an ancient technique where every gesture, slow and precise, strives for perfection was an almost mystical experience.
And on that dark night, a green reflection of the lights of the traditional houses of Yamanakaonsen caught our attention…
The silent elegance of deep green
There is a color that slips through your grasp, like a thought dissolving at dawn.
A green hidden within black, vivid and mysterious, revealing itself only to those who know how to pause and truly see.
This is how PIUMA HANE Kuro was born — the second gem in our PIUMA Urushi collection.
Following the reddish-brown hue of the first edition, this new creation draws its lifeblood and mystery from the night: a dark, liquid, profound green that emerges like an unexpected reflection, like a whisper held in shadow.
A play of depth
Each surface of HANE Kuro is the result of an ancient ritual, carried out with the patience and meditation of the Japanese Tamenuri technique.
Layers of natural lacquer are carefully applied and fused together, and beneath the black, a green soul glows — shifting with the light, with time, with the gaze of the observer.
This alchemy comes to life in the hands of Arakawa-san, the Urushi master, who shapes each pen with slow, solemn gestures.
Hariya-san seals its identity by delicately inscribing the names of Arakawa-san and SCRIBO in Katakana ideograms: a signature that doesn’t shout but endures.
Finally, Rabea Gebler oversees every detail before each piece returns to Bologna for the writing test and the final touch of perfection.
Green as presence
Green like nature renewing itself in silence.
Green like what grows unseen — but wins over those who know how to wait.
The glossy surface of HANE Kuro holds shifting reflections, invisible to a distracted eye.
Only those who take the time to observe discover its true depth: an invitation to slow down, to feel, to be surprised.
Honouring writing, preserving art
As with the first edition, HANE Kuro comes with a handmade pouch created exclusively for SCRIBO by Marco Montalti, hand-crafted from authentic Japanese kimono silk and haori ribbons.
Every detail tells the story of a meeting: between Italy and Japan, between writing and craftsmanship, between the visible and the invisible.
Limited availability
HANE Kuro is available in only 100 pieces, with yellow gold trim or with ruthenium trim.
Available with flexible 18kt and 14kt gold nibs.
But only for those who can recognize the essence of rare things.
Let yourself be won over by the green that lives within black.
Discover the depth that reveals itself only to those who know how to look beyond the surface.
“One must learn, if one is to see the beauty in Japan,
to like an extraordinarily restrained and delicate loveliness.”
Mary Ritter Beard
