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Thank you for the review. I had been intrigued by the Pilot Scholar for a while, but I hadn't seen it in person. Your review confirms my experience with other Pilot pens (74 and 845).

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I love older, Showa-era stuff simply because of the design. As I never got to grow up in Japan (half and half, born and raised in the US), using these old pens and seeing their curves and colors is really a treat for me. I am going to order one of these for my birthday and maybe get an older pen for my mom, whose old Platinum Pocket fountain pen from 1968 is rusted out and no longer useful. She'll love something NOS from Pilot!

 

That's awesome! If you like fine nibs I am sure you'll love this pen.

"I dip my pen in the blackest ink, for I am not afraid of falling in my ink-pot." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Very nice review! I am surprised that Pilot Scholar resembles Pilot 65 .

 

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Yeah! I saw that post the other day and almost made a comment on how similar the body style was.

"I dip my pen in the blackest ink, for I am not afraid of falling in my ink-pot." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Thank you for the review. I had been intrigued by the Pilot Scholar for a while, but I hadn't seen it in person. Your review confirms my experience with other Pilot pens (74 and 845).

 

I have a few Pilots (all in the $10-$35 range) and have been continually impressed with the simple yet sturdy construction and great nib performance.

"I dip my pen in the blackest ink, for I am not afraid of falling in my ink-pot." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

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closed, it looks like a modern Pilot Custom series fountain pen. Pretty cool!

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  • 9 years later...

I just bought a Pilot Scholar from speerbob, $39.95 minus a $5 coupon. This thread is short of photos. Was.

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The chased surface gives the false expectation that I'm going to feel rubber when I pick up my new pen. But it's just cheap plastic that has had more than 60 years to become as brittle as a potato chip. Beware and be careful. I'm careful. I hope that's enough. I do love the chased texture under my fingertips. I wish it covered the grip as well.

 

 

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Posted, my pen is 6-6/16 inches (163 mm). It looks like a grownup's pen in my hand. And, unlike the modern Conklin Duragraph, the cap adds little weight to the back of the pen—probably reflecting the different grades of plastics, the Duragraph's being superior. Unposted, the Scholar is just under 5 inches long. Speaking of length, the grip is conveniently long.

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The clip is perfectly fashioned to clip my pen firmly to my shirt pocket, but not so tight I can't open it a bit for those shirts with thicker material.

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The nib is interesting to look at. Nothing special to write with. Not yet, anyway.

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Cheers.

Edited by Bookman

I love the smell of fountain pen ink in the morning.

 

 

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UPDATE AND CORRECTION. In my prior post I lamented the faux chased-rubber surface on the cap and barrel and described the material overall as "cheap plastic." Indeed, it's plastic. But cheap? Since I wrote those words I've posted the cap on the back of this pen at least three dozen times, the inside of the cap snugly sliding onto and then off the barrel each time. Yet the barrel surface remains in absolutely mint condition. I withdraw the "cheap" description. And while I'm at this, even though putting the Scholar's nib to paper is still "nothing special," it is 100% reliable, has started immediately every time, has never skipped, and the pen itself feels great in my hand.

I love the smell of fountain pen ink in the morning.

 

 

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