PILOT produced the Fumi Raku in both ballpoint and mechanical pencil formats. But since it appears the pencil was produced in less volume and likely fewer colorways, I’m posting about it here under the Pen Discussion.
I’ve been trying to get a clearer picture of the PILOT Fumi Raku series, but unfortunately there’s not a lot of information available. Generally speaking, it appears it was released in 2014 and then discontinued in 2017… and I don’t know if all colorways were released at the same time or if they were produced at different times. I also don’t know if the wooden series “Touki” oakwood (white pottery ceramic) and “Nanbutetsu” briarwood (black iron) were in that time frame or after. Apparently PILOT produced them in both ballpoint and mechanical pencil formats, with the pen being more popular and thus higher production volume.
From what I’ve gathered thus far, the standard colorways were: pearl white, pearl pink, pearl red, Lapis Lazuli (Ruri), pearl violet, vermilion (Shuka), matcha green, and pearl black. The two wooden exclusives are Nambu iron briarwood (Nanbutetsu), Pottery white ceramic oakwood (Touki).
The operation is a twist action to deploy the pen refill or advance lead. And apparently the mechanical pencil also features a shaker mechanism for lead advancement.
What I find a bit intriguing is the middle section… which has beveled steel connectors. And it looks like it would be a body-knock type because of it… but sadly no, it doesn’t bend!
Here’s a nice photo I found off of Instagram, showing two colorways. The pinkish cherry-blossom one is called “Fuji”, and the other bluish one is called “Ruri” which I think is the lapis lazuli.
If anyone here has additional info about release dates or perhaps a colorway I might have missed, please let me know. Thanks!