Nib Question For Preras, Plumix, Metropolitans And 78G

[FarStrider]

Does anyone know if Pilot makes/made a fine italic nib that fits these pens? I think that the pluminix in Europe may have had a fine italic, but that is just hearsay.

 

Thanks,

 

~FS

[arkan15]

I'm not sure how "fine" of an italic nib you want but a "broad" nib for the Pilot 78G is considered similar to a 1.1mm stub.

 

Source: https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php/topic/244752-italic-nib-for-pilot-prera

 

 

[recluse]

I've seen a range of Plumix's stubs in Paris (F, M and B ). A curious fact is that they take standard international cartridges and converters. Below is the scan of their medium and fine stubs against Rotring ArtPen with 1.1 stub.

Edited May 7, 2013 by recluse

[FarStrider]

Thank you, Recluse, for proving that it exists. I don't think Pilot ever shipped the fine stubs to the states, and it is almost impossible to find them in Europe now. But since you have confirmed that they are real, my quest to actually get one will go on.

 

Thank you.

 

~FS

[chiaroscuro]

I'm not sure how "fine" of an italic nib you want but a "broad" nib for the Pilot 78G is considered similar to a 1.1mm stub.

 

Source: https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php/topic/244752-italic-nib-for-pilot-prera

 

 

Yep, I measured this one and it is indeed 1.1mm. (I've seen a 78G with a BB sticker on ebay, though they didn't show the nib, so I don't know if it's for real or if it's italic or what.)

[recluse]

Thank you, Recluse, for proving that it exists. I don't think Pilot ever shipped the fine stubs to the states, and it is almost impossible to find them in Europe now. But since you have confirmed that they are real, my quest to actually get one will go on.

 

Thank you.

 

~FS

 

You're welcome. I've seen them last Fall in Gibert Joseph in Paris not far from Cluny - la Sorbonne subway station. If you happen to visit Paris, that area hosts both Gibert Joseph and Gibert Jeune, so it's like a Disneyland.

 

 

Plumix there goes as a calligraphic pen and, so it probably should be looked for in art supplies departments of other stores. This I don't know.

The site of Gibert Joseph shows from EF to BB but mostly they are out of stock now

 

http://www.gibertjoseph.com/papeterie/dessin-et-loisirs-creatifs/dessin-technique/stylos-plume-calligraphique.html

 

They are fun pens but, frankly, I wasn't blown away. From roughly the same price range, Plumixes can be compared with Nemosines, whose 0.6 and 0.8 stubs fit between Plumix F and Plumix M, and I prefer Nemosine's stubs.