Nakaya Portable Cigar String Rolled Heki-tamenuriThis is the smooth and slender Nakaya Portable Cigar. These pens are hand turned from solid rod stock, then lacquered with multiple layers contrasting colored natural resins. String wrapping is a highly developed craft with a centuries old history in Japan, and Platinum, the parent company of Nakaya, created string wrapped pens as far back as the 1930's and 40's. When utilized on hand finished urushi ebonite pens such as the Portable Cigar String