I originally intended to include Ohashido in my video about small pen makers. Unfortunately, Ohashido has recently shut down and is no longer in business. This has been confirmed by both Maruzen and by a Wagner member who contacted Uehara-san directly.
The news came as a shock to the pen community here. Ohashido has been around, in one form or another, since 1912, making it older than Pilot. While Pilot grew into a global stationery powerhouse listed on the TSE, Ohashido remained a one-person indie pen maker that mostly sold pens at department stores and pen shows.
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I originally intended to include Ohashido in my video about small pen makers. Unfortunately, Ohashido has recently shut down and is no longer in business. This has been confirmed by both Maruzen and by a Wagner member who contacted Uehara-san directly.
The news came as a shock to the pen community here. Ohashido has been around, in one form or another, since 1912, making it older than Pilot. While Pilot grew into a global stationery powerhouse listed on the TSE, Ohashido remained a one-person indie pen maker that mostly sold pens at department stores and pen shows.
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