Vietnamese Lacquer Fountain Pen – Song Ke Truong Cuu

Vietnamese Lacquer Fountain Pen – “Song Ke Truong Cuu” Inspired by the pair of chickens, animals closely associated with the Vietnamese people’s psyche and symbolizing couples, happiness, and luck. “Trường Cửu” means eternity, indestructibility. Therefore, this name evokes the image of a pair of chickens – a symbol of harmony and love – living happily ever after, never fading. This is an auspicious sign, often chosen as a gift for weddings or anniversaries, with the desire to convey wishes for longevity and prosperity.

1. Materials Creating Vietnamese Lacquer Fountain Pen – Song Ke Truong Cuu

Traditional Vietnamese lacquer is a surface decoration technique of lacquer, creating effects like clouds on the surface of lacquer. To create the Vietnamese lacquer fountain pen, craftsmen will use special tools and materials, including:

• Pen core (or pen tip) carefully selected by artisans and made entirely from precious woods of Vietnam such as Mun wood, Rosewood, Cam wood, Fragrant wood, …
• Lacquer is the main material to create the surface of the cloud-pattern lacquer pen. Concopens’ lacquer pens use traditional decorative materials made from gold, silver: gold leaf, gold grinding silver leaf, silver leaf, or natural materials such as shell, shellfish, nacre powder, … to create the cloud pattern effect on the surface of lacquer.
• Son tree resin is the main adhesive used in the lacquer production process extracted in Phu Tho province. This adhesive is used to bond lacquer and pen core.
• Colors used in lacquer come from various natural mineral powders, for example, green is created from malachite, lazurite or red, yellow are created from vermilion, cinnabar, orpiment… In addition, precious metals such as 18k gold, 24k gold, silver… are added in some stages.
• Tools: Craftsmen will use tools such as brushes, feather pens, or hands to create the cloud pattern on the surface of lacquer.

All of the above materials are used to create beautiful traditional lacquer fountain pens with high value and are used in many fields.

2. Manufacturing Process of Lacquer Fountain Pen at Concopens

The process of producing cloud-pattern lacquer fountain pens at Concopens includes the following main steps:

• Create the body and cap of the pen: Wood is carefully selected, dried, and machined to shape and drill holes.
• Smooth the surface of the pen core: The surface of the pen core is smoothed to ensure the lacquer surface adheres firmly to the pen core.
• Attach brass threads and polish wood before applying lacquer layers.
• Apply the first layer of lacquer: Apply the first layer on the surface of the lacquer pen, creating a connection with the next layer of lacquer.
• Create patterns: After the first layer of lacquer is completely dry, use decorative materials such as gold, silver, shellfish… to create the characteristic features of Vietnamese lacquer and tools to create unique pattern lines on the lacquer surface.
• Apply lacquer layers on the surface and polish to create glossy and matte effects on the pen.
• Surface treatment: Finally, the lacquer surface is treated to smooth and increase the gloss of the pen.
• All steps are carried out by traditional Vietnamese lacquer craftsmen at CONCOPENS

3. The Value of Handcrafted Lacquer Pens

As a handicraft product with a manual production process, each product requires high precision and finish, which creates the special value of lacquer pens. Lacquer fountain pens have high practical value in many fields, including:

• Cultural: Through lacquer pen products, the traditional lacquer art of Vietnam is more clearly marked domestically and internationally. In addition to previous lacquer products such as paintings, boxes, vases, plates, … creating and using lacquer pens also contributes to preserving the beauty of Vietnamese handicraft products.
• Education: Lacquer pens are used in education to help students understand the history and traditional culture of the Vietnamese nation, as well as to practice writing and drawing skills.
• Decoration and gifts: Products from lacquer pens are used to decorate homes, offices, or as meaningful gifts for friends and relatives. These products are often highly valued for their aesthetics and historical and cultural value.

With its uniqueness and high values that Lacquer fountain pens in general or Traditional lacquer fountain pens in particular bring, CONCOPENS believes that Lacquer fountain pens will bring you very great spiritual and practical values. If you have any questions or need advice, please contact us via hotline 0933.898.289 – 0966.88.6492, CONCOPENS will answer you!