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Pilot Custom 74 Smoke/rhodium. Where?

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Hello all,

 

I'd love to get my hands on one of these but I can't find anywhere online that has them at a comparable price to the gold trim versions. The cheapest I've found is on nibs.com but it's still twice the price of the gold trim demo versions.

 

Are they sold on the Japanese market?

 

I can't find them anywhere on Rakuten or j-subculture. Where else to check?

 

Can anyone help me out?

 

http://www.nibs.com/www/WEBSITE%20PICS/Namiki%20website%20pics/pilot-custom-74-smoke-nib-detail.jpg

 

YUM!

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Are they sold on the Japanese market?

 

 

As far as I know, the translucent coloured 74s (including smoke) are export only models and hence can't be found with Japanese domestic pricing.

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I bought one from amazon.com, but it cost about $150.

 

Personally, I'd recommend the translucent violet pen with Iroshizuku Murasaki Shikibu ink -- beautiful!

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Yes I've seen some astonishingly good deals on Custom 74s on eBay, just the other day I missed one ending on £34! I periodically put pens I'm looking for through a search on eBay, but a black smoke 74 never show up beyond high buy now US listings. Right now John over at nibs.com is winning price and service wise, so the question now becomes is the difference in trim justifiable in additional cost? :)

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The only one I have seen often in Rakuten with rhodium color trim is the clear one. Example from a vendor I used once without incidents (during this year for a 74 with music nib):

Office Japan | Rakuten Global Market: Pilot PILOT fountain pen custom 74 clear axis fine (F) FKK-1 MR-NCF http://global.rakuten.com/en/store/office-japan/item/pilot-fkk-1mr-ncf/?s-id=borderless_browsehist_en

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