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Hi! I've been lurking around the forums for a few months now so I thought I'd go ahead and introduce myself.

 

I'm an American living in central Japan and just got started using fountain pens in the past year or so. A Pilot Cocoon caught my eye and it's been a bit downhill from there :lol:

 

Nice to meet you all.

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Hello and welcome to the Fountain Pen Network. Glad you have joined us. This is now your place as much as it is ours. Please don't be shy. Ask all the questions you have and don't hesitate to state your opinions. I hope you enjoy your time here.



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Welcome! Where in Japan are you living? I used to live in Okinawa (at Kadena Air Force Base and off-base in Okinawa City) and at Yokota Air Force Base on Honshu. I wish that I had been bitten by the fountain pen bug back then (in the 1970s) as I heavily favor Japanese pens over those from other countries. Then again, I was in junior high school and high school and heavily into photography - I might not have been able to afford both hobbies! I wound up doing a lot of babysitting to afford the cameras and lenses I bought...

Current Daily Carry: Pilot Custom 743 with 14k Posting nib (Sailor Kiwa-Guro), Sailor 1911L Realo Champagne with 21k Extra Fine nib (Sailor Tokiwa-Matsu). Platinum Century 3776 Bourgogne (Diamine Syrah), Nakaya Portable Writer Midori with 14k Extra Extra Fine nib (Lamy Peridot), Pilot Vanishing Point Stealth Black with Extra Fine nib unit (Pilot Blue Black), a dozen Nockco DotDash index cards of various sizes and a Traveler's Notebook.

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Thanks for the warm welcome, everyone. I'm sure I'll see you all around the forum. So far I've been enjoying digging into all the information that there is here.

 

 

Welcome! Where in Japan are you living? I used to live in Okinawa (at Kadena Air Force Base and off-base in Okinawa City) and at Yokota Air Force Base on Honshu. I wish that I had been bitten by the fountain pen bug back then (in the 1970s) as I heavily favor Japanese pens over those from other countries. Then again, I was in junior high school and high school and heavily into photography - I might not have been able to afford both hobbies! I wound up doing a lot of babysitting to afford the cameras and lenses I bought...

 

Currently living up in the mountains of Nagano Prefecture. Both hobbies do sound a bit prohibitive on a high school student's budget. I'm lucky enough to be here as I've been favoring Japanese pens as well. Really it's just a couple Pilot and Platinum pens and two Lamy Safaris.

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Greetings and a warm welcome ! I spent four years on Okinawa in different locations thanks to the Marine Corps with my first visit in 1976. With well over 300 Yen to the dollar in those days my new hobby of photography flourished. Pens came much later unfortunately.

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Welcome !

 

How is the Pilot Cocoon different from the Pilot Metropolitan ?

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Thanks!

 

The Cocoon is essentially the same pen, just in fewer colors and with a higher price tag. And I guess it doesn't come with a converter either, at least the one I bought didn't.

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Greetings and a warm welcome ! I spent four years on Okinawa in different locations thanks to the Marine Corps with my first visit in 1976. With well over 300 Yen to the dollar in those days my new hobby of photography flourished. Pens came much later unfortunately.

 

Amen to the 300 Yen=$1 exchange rate! The dollar went so much further in those days...

Current Daily Carry: Pilot Custom 743 with 14k Posting nib (Sailor Kiwa-Guro), Sailor 1911L Realo Champagne with 21k Extra Fine nib (Sailor Tokiwa-Matsu). Platinum Century 3776 Bourgogne (Diamine Syrah), Nakaya Portable Writer Midori with 14k Extra Extra Fine nib (Lamy Peridot), Pilot Vanishing Point Stealth Black with Extra Fine nib unit (Pilot Blue Black), a dozen Nockco DotDash index cards of various sizes and a Traveler's Notebook.

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Welcome !

 

How is the Pilot Cocoon different from the Pilot Metropolitan ?

 

 

Thanks!

 

The Cocoon is essentially the same pen, just in fewer colors and with a higher price tag. And I guess it doesn't come with a converter either, at least the one I bought didn't.

 

I haven't picked up a Kakuno yet, but I have heard that they will accept the Con-70. The Metropolitan will not take anything larger than the Con-50. Apart from this and the construction material of the pen's body, they are pretty much the same pen - same nibs, same feed, etc.

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Current Daily Carry: Pilot Custom 743 with 14k Posting nib (Sailor Kiwa-Guro), Sailor 1911L Realo Champagne with 21k Extra Fine nib (Sailor Tokiwa-Matsu). Platinum Century 3776 Bourgogne (Diamine Syrah), Nakaya Portable Writer Midori with 14k Extra Extra Fine nib (Lamy Peridot), Pilot Vanishing Point Stealth Black with Extra Fine nib unit (Pilot Blue Black), a dozen Nockco DotDash index cards of various sizes and a Traveler's Notebook.

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I kind of want to pick up a Kakuno because of it's ability to fit the CON-70. I think it would be great for marking papers, those nibs in seem to work on almost any paper.

 

The Pilot Cocoon is just the Japanese market version of the Metropolitan. All three pens (Metro, Cocoon, Kakuno) do share feeds and nibs (though the Kakuno has the smily faces).

https://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%83%91%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AD%E3%83%83%E3%83%88-%E4%B8%87%E5%B9%B4%E7%AD%86-%E3%82%B3%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3-%E3%83%96%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BC-FCO-3SR-L-F/dp/B009HMXIQU/

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