I have nothing to share beyond these pix. Absolutely no idea who KIHARA are, what else they made, why they chose this oddball color scheme of brown / silver / green, etc etc etc.
I started with just a random 0.5 purchase but eventually found a full set of 3/5/7 sizes and decided to get them all.
The knurling texture reminds me of the classic Staedtler Micrograph 770 series…
Cool!
There also was Kimoto (not mikimoto). I only once saw a pilot h-1095 clone by them (and was outbid).
at first I thought the cap is made of wood !
never heard of kihara too
Did you score this off Mercari? I feel like I eyeballed this set for months; I should have pulled the trigger for the grips alone.
Beautiful, mostly for those knurled grips. Looks like some sort of bronze anodizing.
KIHARA is so close to Kaihara, a source of high quality denim from Japan.
Nope, this was a set off of eBay by a seller based in Singapore - but not by Elton (aka my alter ego). The grips are definitely the main draw. I did a bit of trawling and came across an ancient blog post from 2013, so yeah, KIHARA also made/sold a double knock in the past.
My current mental association with ‘Kihara’ is actually to a ceramics maker that my wife is quite fond of… Still have not found a proper company name or website for this stationery or drafting equipment brand.
That Kihara double-knock came up for sale in 2022 and remains the only one I’ve seen. Looks to me like it was made in the same factory as the Colleen Jib double-knocks 
I’ve seen these three sold multiple times in drafting sets (often accompanied by a compass/extensions etc.). Often for incredibly reasonable prices.
Kihara and Lion are probably the same company or one OEMs for the other. I had an eraser from kihara that was just one of lion’s models. Some old photos:
Stupidly got rid of my Lion eraser. It also works as a 3.15mm pencil
Welp, another hole in my collection 
Nice! I like that nose cone on the Kihara eraser.
I’ve got the Tombow equivalent, but the nose cone is ordinary looking, plain conical shape.
