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I could not find a review on the Pilot Petit1, and thought maybe some of you might be interested to know that it's a good writer. It's tiny, so you need to cap it when writing. Once it's capped, it feels good in the hand. The black ink is nice and dark, but the cartridges are about 3/4 the size of a regular Pilot cartridge. I always refill my carts anyway. It writes smooth, with no issues, not even in Moleskines.

 

I bought it for about $5, from Ma do (I think that's the name). in the San Francisco Bloomingdale Shopping Center. I live in Hawaii. On line, Jet Pens also sells them.

 

The only regret I have on this pen is that I only bought 2. wallbash.gif

 

 

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One of the COOLEST pens ever! (for the price, and the coolness...ess...esssss)

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My niece, who is studying in Japan, gave me one of these Pilot Petit pens. They are cute and easy to write with. She also gave me a capsule of refills. smile.gif

 

just added a picture biggrin.gif & my review:

 

I received this cute little fountain pen from a niece who is studying in Japan (you know who you are, thank you). Actually I had to needle her into giving it to me...

Anyway, it is a mini sized pen, about 4" long capped, 3 1/2" long unposted, and 5" long posted as shown in the picture.

It has a fine point steel nib that's stiff but reliable; very easy to write with and no skipping. A smooth writer.

Mine has light blue, almost aqua, ink, to match the transparent blue of the pen body. I also received a cute capsule containing ink cartridge refills.

Here in the US, the pen retails at $4.95 before shipping.

Not bad for a compact, light, and reliable fountain pen.

Highly recommended.

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QUOTE (Blackhill @ Apr 1 2007, 11:16 PM)
I just ordered one of these yesterday from JPens. Good prices and free shipping.

https://www.jpens.com/index.php

Cheers,
Laura

Jetpens is a dangerous site, particularly, if, like me, you also like the Pilot Hi-Tec-C pens. I wonder if we could get them to stock more fountain pens. (My pink Ohto has gone south to my goddaughter, the pink pirate/pink clown/pink crimefighter; perhaps I should get another one.) And yes, the prices are good, the shipping is fast and free, and the packaging for the shipping is very good.

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I've got one too -- lovely little thing, incredibly rigid nib but that's only to be expected. A smooth writer, though I do have occasional feathering probems with the ink. The best part to me is the huge range of colours for the price though :)

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Cute little pen. Bought one but the nib is too firm for my taste :rolleyes:

Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realise we cannot eat money.

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Yes, they are great little pens. I also bought a couple from Jet Pens (another 'thumbs up' seller). I didn't know about JPens. Jet Pens has a certain minimum before the free shipping kicks in. JPens has free shipping (USA). And their Pilot Petit1 pens are just $4.50.

 

To get my quota, I also bought a Pilot Parallel, 2.4mm. Wow, is it an interesting nib. BIG and WET! Looks like you can do a lot of creative stuff with it, things that are much harder to achieve with a single calligraphy nib. I just gave it a test run with black ink, but I'll have to go with some colored ink.

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Does anyone know of a place/places in Manhattan that sells the Pilot Petit 1 mini fountain pens? I would love to give these to my students! I know I can order them online but I'd really appreciate it if someone would provide me with a local address so that I can check out the various options. :)

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In the bay area, I know MaiDo has them, complete with matching refill inks. So cute! (No, I don't have one)

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Does anyone know of a place/places in Manhattan that sells the Pilot Petit 1 mini fountain pens? I would love to give these to my students! I know I can order them online but I'd really appreciate it if someone would provide me with a local address so that I can check out the various options. :)

I'm not sure if they carry them or not, but try Kinokuniya Bookstore.

 

Kinokuniya Bookstore New York

1071 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10018

(212) 869-1700

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I got several of these Pilot Petit1 pens and they are quite nice. One was defective (and JetPens did right by me) and so I swapped the nice fine nib with the medium on a Pilot Varsity that has a nice purple ink. Now my wife has absconded with the purple!

 

Neither my wife nor I like mediums and fine points are a bit too wide.

 

Also the blue-black is the *right* blue-black. NO GREEN. Dark, a hint of blue that makes you think "Wuh? I thought that was black? It looks, hmm, nice...." I like it so much I write with instead of any other pen! I should send Nathan of Noodler's one of these so he can make a bulletproof in this color. It is a different blue-black from the regular Pilot, by the way.

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To get my quota, I also bought a Pilot Parallel, 2.4mm. Wow, is it an interesting nib. BIG and WET! Looks like you can do a lot of creative stuff with it, things that are much harder to achieve with a single calligraphy nib. I just gave it a test run with black ink, but I'll have to go with some colored ink.

 

How about this?: Get Pilot Parallel Pen 6,0 mm. Fill empty cartridge with Noodler's Ink Firefly (or Noodler's Ink Year of the Golden Pig). Stick that cartridge to that pen, screw barrel to its place and Ta-Da!: You have a highlighter in the spirit of fountain pen!

 

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Does anyone know of a place/places in Manhattan that sells the Pilot Petit 1 mini fountain pens? I would love to give these to my students! I know I can order them online but I'd really appreciate it if someone would provide me with a local address so that I can check out the various options. :)

 

I'm pretty sure I saw them in Muji in Soho in Manhattan a few months ago. I bought mine from jetpens.com .

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