New Pilot Wooden Capless Pen

[rutherfordr]

Hello everyone,

 

I was looking through the Pilot Japan web site, and discovered that they're making a Capless fountain pen made with stained birch wood:

 

http://www.pilot.co.jp/products/pen/fountain/fountain/capless_wood/

 

It looks like black and red are the only colors available so far.

 

[JLS1]

Cool - thanks for sharing!

(I guess the maple Capless LE did so well they decided to add a wooden body to the lineup permanently.)

[Twsbisaurusflex]

I noticed these too, they released in Japan on Oct 28 (my birthday!) but they had quickly sold out locally on the handful of sites I google translated.. I posted the question to Goulet Pens (no affiliation) and they hinted that they may be in their supply chain for a future offering. The pricing is a little more than the other 18k VPs, at closer to $200-250 instead of $150-200 - rough estimates on JPY to USD.

[attika89]

I saw some photos of these earlier! They are beautiful!
I'd love to have the darker one to match my Pilot S20

Edited November 20, 2014 by attika89

[daintydimsum]

I have the black one. It's quite lovely -- I like the texture of wood on a pen -- but otherwise, also nothing to really write home about.

[cpmcnamara]

Awesome, this was the push I need to finally get a vp.

[JowBow]

I have the black one. It's quite lovely -- I like the texture of wood on a pen -- but otherwise, also nothing to really write home about.

How is the weight of the wood pen compared to normal VPs?

[Algester]

Since I fear this pen will be stuck in Japan for some months I say give it some time reviews will probably pop up here and there... Or maybe I could dig around...

[rudyhou]

very nice indeed. thanks for sharing. i do love wooden fountain pens. too bad the capless just too large for my hand and i can't get used to the position of the clip.

[Maurizio]

Thanks for this post. I'm mad at myself for missing the wooden limited edition on its 1st offering. I'm happy they may be adding this as a "regular" item. I definitely want one. I have 2 others, 1 in matte black, 1 in black and gold. I've always wanted a wooden pen, and a VP will be perfect.

[daintydimsum]

How is the weight of the wood pen compared to normal VPs?

 

I actually don't own a normal VP. It's not the lightest pen, however.

[Algester]

well just so people may know the same material seems to be used in the Legno so if people like the wood colors but not a capless get the Legno, it also helps if you like small pens because the Legno uses the same "chasis" as the Stella90 AKA stargazer

Edited December 5, 2014 by Algester