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The Palisades® Oblique collection

The Palisades name comes from 'The Pacific Palisades' a region between the Pacific Ocean and the Santa Monica mountain range in Southern California, that offers eye-popping views of its majestic namesake ocean. 

We created Palisades® as an homage to the very ocean that connects North America to Asia.

Each collection is designed right here in California, and each piece is crafted by skilled artisans in Japan. Palisades Oblique, is our first foray combining Californian innovation and historical technique.

Our pens are precisely, laser-guided machined resulting in precision-cut ebonite barrels which swirl through the body, conjuring an image of undulating currents moving through water.

Maki-e artists hailing from Japan, hand-layer Urushi lacquer, maki-e patterns, and Raden art to sculpt an homage to our brand’s namesake - the modernity of California w/ duo-toned color ways, the starry nights glistening above the Pacific, and the vibrant marine ecosystem below ocean waters.

The pens have a unique oblique shaped that is not only an exquisite design, but also one that makes these pens pleasing to hold and scribe with.

They come with the famous 18k Japanese gold nib in 5 widths (F,M,B,Z,MS)

Palisades YUZEN fountain pen collection

Palisades introduces it’s latest fountain pen collections: YUZEN DRY URUSHI LE (脱乾漆) and YUZEN.


Inspired by the centuries-old Japanese technique of making Buddhist statues by mixing urushi lacquer, cloth, and special clay, Palisades utilizes this same technique that has prompted us to develop a line of uniquely fascinating fountain pens.

Dating back many centuries, buddha statues have been made of metal or cast iron, which tend to be very heavy and difficult to move. With time-honored skills; our lacquer artist located in Wajima Japan, was inspired to design a pen with a silk-like wavy or delicate spiral surface, and specially applying a lacquer technique called Dry Urushi. This application is one of the finest, and most durable coating processes and is now featured on our handcrafted YUZEN DRY URUSHI LE fountain pens.

For a limited time, Palisades is offering a specially handcrafted YUZEN DRY URUSHI LE pen barrel made with Wajima Dry Urushi, available in RED barrel.

Additionally, we offer a standard YUZEN collection that features the same design pattern as the YUZEN DRY URUSHI LE, yet are available in many colors and are crafted with machined resin and coated with our Urushi finish.

All Palisades YUZEN fountain pens utilize an 18K two-tone nib made by a famous Japanese pen manufacturer and are featured in five pen nib widths: F, M, B, Z and MS.