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Did you purchase the Ban-ei from chatterly Zaddick? How is the seal? I managed to buy the bamboo Ban-ei.

Yes I did. I tried to get the pen you bought in a package deal but the seller would not budge. I have not checked rhe seal, but the pen I would expect it to be ok still.

 

The pen you bought is actually not bamboo. It is designed to be a flute called a shakuhachi in Japanese (often made of bamboo). That us why thr top of the cap looks kind of like a mouthpiece. It is a lovely pen. Congratulations. Did you test yours yet?

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Thanks for the information. The pen should be arriving tomorrow. Very excited to test out my first Ban-ei as well as Japanese eyedropper.

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Ban-ei Shakuhachi

Curious little pen. My first fill of the pen was a disaster as ink leaked from the back seal. I tried again after a night's sleep to retest the pen with water. To my surprise the pen did not leak like before. After 30 minutes of seeing if water would leak, which it didn't, I filled the pen up with ink. No leak still. I'm not sure why ink leaked the first time but I am glad the pen is working fine for the time being.

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Ban-ei Shakuhachi

 

Curious little pen. My first fill of the pen was a disaster as ink leaked from the back seal. I tried again after a night's sleep to retest the pen with water. To my surprise the pen did not leak like before. After 30 minutes of seeing if water would leak, which it didn't, I filled the pen up with ink. No leak still. I'm not sure why ink leaked the first time but I am glad the pen is working fine for the time being.

 

 

The leak: best guess is that the seal needed to be rehydrated...

 

Nice pen, BTW.

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Just about everything I have been carrying recently has been Pilot, not just fountain pens. Just been the mood I've been in. Nothing to fancy, nothing pricier than a Prera. Looking forward to the day I can afford a Vanishing Point, which I think will be my first gold nib.

 

Kakuno is a fine nib, so are all the Preras. The demonstrators have Asa-gao and Shin-ryoku in them. The Metro is an EF nib.

 

http://i.imgur.com/epZ8QWn.jpg

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Just came back from Japan today...so I'm using this pen that I purchased there yesterday. It's a Pilot 74 in a color I'm not familiar with. I'm calling it mustard yellow. Nice juicy broad nib.

 

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I love my Pilot 74. It was my first gold nib. Also bought it from Japan thru eBay. Not only have I saved a lot of money but also allowed me to get a solid color. Only the colored demonstrators are sold in America. Makes them look a bit cheap imo.

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Just about everything I have been carrying recently has been Pilot, not just fountain pens. Just been the mood I've been in. Nothing to fancy, nothing pricier than a Prera. Looking forward to the day I can afford a Vanishing Point, which I think will be my first gold nib.

 

Kakuno is a fine nib, so are all the Preras. The demonstrators have Asa-gao and Shin-ryoku in them. The Metro is an EF nib.

 

http://i.imgur.com/epZ8QWn.jpg

Nice pen case which one is it ?

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Just came back from Japan today...so I'm using this pen that I purchased there yesterday. It's a Pilot 74 in a color I'm not familiar with. I'm calling it mustard yellow. Nice juicy broad nib.

 

 

 

 

I've seen this on another thread, and I want one. Sadly, I can accept that for me, this won't be possible. :(

 

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Just about everything I have been carrying recently has been Pilot, not just fountain pens. Just been the mood I've been in. Nothing to fancy, nothing pricier than a Prera. Looking forward to the day I can afford a Vanishing Point, which I think will be my first gold nib.

 

Kakuno is a fine nib, so are all the Preras. The demonstrators have Asa-gao and Shin-ryoku in them. The Metro is an EF nib.

That's an impressive set of pens. :) I like the pen case too. :)

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Pilot Custom 74 Fine Nib.- Diamine ox Blood ink.

Polot C Heritage 912 FA nib _ Noodler's Hexinton gray ink.

Sailor Pro gear Slim Fine nib. Diamine Emrald Green Ink.

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Today the little 1911S on the far right.

 

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Nice family ! :D

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I love my Pilot 74. It was my first gold nib. Also bought it from Japan thru eBay. Not only have I saved a lot of money but also allowed me to get a solid color. Only the colored demonstrators are sold in America. Makes them look a bit cheap imo.

The Custom 74 was also my first gold nibbed pen. I love it so much; you can't beat the quality for the price. I got mine from a a local shop when they had a sale and I paid close to prices in Japan (minus the wait time). I agree that the demonstrators look kinda meh...I wish they would released other solid colors in the standard line (not shop specific or limited edition).

 

Damn, now I'm tempted to ink mine up 😂

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In use today is a Danitrio raw ebonite Densho (M) and a Platinum 3776 Century Chartres Blue (UEF).

As an aside, I now have an eboya large size Houga red swirl ink-stopper (MF) on its way.

 

Add to that a Danitrio Genkai Irokeshi-dame Shu (F) and an old kamakura-bori, and that is all of the Japanese pens I own.

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