Introducing theBurgundy Pilot Ishime, a model of Japanese artistic technique. Pilot Ishime pens are excellent fountain pens given rave reviews by fountain pen enthusiasts for their elegant colors, smooth writing ability,and texturedlook.The Ishime is a hand-lacquered fountain pen with a 18kt gold nib. The word Ishime roughly translates to stone path, which refers to the design hand-drawn into the cap and barrel’s wet lacquer. This Maki-e technique is called Kawari-nuri,” meaning unique painting. Urushi, Japanese lacquer, is textured like stones on the Ishime’s deep red body. The Ishime comes in fine, medium, and broad.