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Hey all,

I have a Pilot #5 Medium nib on my Heritage 92 that is simply too broad for my writing style. Where can I buy a #5 fine nib? I intend to sell my medium at cost on the forum but haven't found a replacement #5 Fine to fill the void!

-Jay

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Hey all,

I have a Pilot #5 Medium nib on my Heritage 92 that is simply too broad for my writing style. Where can I buy a #5 fine nib? I intend to sell my medium at cost on the forum but haven't found a replacement #5 Fine to fill the void!

-Jay

 

 

They are not sold separately.

 

 

Your best bet is to buy a Pilot Custom 74 and swap nibs with your 92 then sell the 74.

 

Or find someone to trade nibs.

 

Alternatively, have your nib ground to an F.

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Engeika has nib and section assemblies for sale. These are for Pilot 74s but the nib should fit your 92. Trouble is that the nib is more expensive than a complete Custom 74 from his shop.

 

For about half the tariff, you could get a reputable nibmeister to regrind it to an F.

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Grrrr.... Why can't this be just like Pilot's Vanishing Point nibs? There's probably a logical reason but I don't see why a retailer would not sell spare nib units.

I really want to keep the Custom Heritage 92 - Buying a 74 to replace the nib would mean that I would then have a 74 that had a medium nib that I would want to replace :headsmack:

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Grrrr.... Why can't this be just like Pilot's Vanishing Point nibs? There's probably a logical reason but I don't see why a retailer would not sell spare nib units.

I really want to keep the Custom Heritage 92 - Buying a 74 to replace the nib would mean that I would then have a 74 that had a medium nib that I would want to replace :headsmack:

 

 

A retailer cannot sell what Pilot does not supply. Many of the Pilot pens using the #5 nib are friction fit. Even if you bought a 74 section or a full Custom 74, you will need to know how to knock the feed and nib out and reset them. That's why Engeika sells the entire section with nib and feed. Very few companies will supply bare nibs for pens that are friction fit. The general pen buying public do not really want to bother with knocking out a feed and nib to change the nib.

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Grrrr.... Why can't this be just like Pilot's Vanishing Point nibs? There's probably a logical reason but I don't see why a retailer would not sell spare nib units.

I really want to keep the Custom Heritage 92 - Buying a 74 to replace the nib would mean that I would then have a 74 that had a medium nib that I would want to replace :headsmack:

 

 

A retailer cannot sell what Pilot does not supply. Many of the Pilot pens using the #5 nib are friction fit. Even if you bought a 74 section or a full Custom 74, you will need to know how to knock the feed and nib out and reset them. That's why Engeika sells the entire section with nib and feed. Very few companies will supply bare nibs for pens that are friction fit. The general pen buying public do not really want to bother with knocking out a feed and nib to change the nib.

 

I guess that's why I'm part of this nuthouse :roflmho:

I'll probably try my luck selling the nib /feed on the forums and buy a new section from ebay -_-

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Is it gold or rhodium? I've got a gold F that I could trade.

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Is it gold or rhodium? I've got a gold F that I could trade.

 

Do you mean color or material? Mine is silver colored and 14k gold material...

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Too bad. it won't work because mine is gold-colored.

These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives everything its value.--Thomas Paine, "The American Crisis", 1776

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@Dr.Grace - Think about it... two toned pens are cool!

 

@everyone else: So there is really no other way to get a replacement nib besides buying it second hand?

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