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Hello all,

 

I'd like to get a Plumix (the long version) with a B (do they do BB?), and a 78G online (I can't get them here in Japan), but all I've found is the Plumix for about $25 and upwards and the 78G for $35 on eBay. Those prices are horrible. I appreciate the 78G isn't actually in production any more, but $35 for a what, $12 pen, is pretty grim.

 

Anyone know of an online source for either/both? I've tried Jet Pens and Cult Pens and Goulet Pens and a lot of the other usual suspects.

Hi, I'm Mat


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Jet.com has them for eight bucks each.

https://jet.com/product/detail/063d4addde1d43adaa0adc71aa1ac232?jcmp=pla:ggl:NJ_cons_Cwin_Office_Products_a3:Office_Products_Pens_Pencils_Markers_Pens_Refills_a3:na:PLA_786153986_42772705844_pla-302796916989:na:na:na:2&code=PLA15&pid=kenshoo_int&c=786153986&is_retargeting=true&clickid=83a146b7-6f9d-4a8f-9703-6a9e854d4690

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The 78G seems to have been updated and now called 78G+. It appears the changes are in the colour of the pen and the converter changing from con-20 to con-40. It is available in EF, F, M, and B, but not BB. There are a number of sellers on ebay.

 

Like you, the only 78G I've been able to find with the BB nib are expensive.

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Cheers Stan, but that site doesn't work for me. Maybe it's only for US residents? I'd like to get hold of them in Japan!

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The 78G seems to have been updated and now called 78G+. It appears the changes are in the colour of the pen and the converter changing from con-20 to con-40. It is available in EF, F, M, and B, but not BB. There are a number of sellers on ebay.

 

Like you, the only 78G I've been able to find with the BB nib are expensive.

 

Thanks Amanda, $15 or so + free shipping for a B is far more like it (and it said CON20 - from CON40?).

 

Still interested in any other online options for BB though, and Plumix/Pluminix.

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Did you see the Pluminix Rainbow that is available in many colours from several Hong Kong sellers on ebay? It's looks like a funny little pen: 2cm shorter than the normal Plumix/Pluminix, but the nibs which are available as 'fine' or 'broad' look like the italic nib on the Plumix in different sizes.

 

I am waiting for a fine one and hoping it will be different to the 'medium' Plumix I already received (which is a very nice, almost crisp, italic about 1.0mm wide).

 

It is all very confusing!

Will work for pens... :unsure:

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I bought a couple of Pluminixes from one of those sellers to swap into some Metros. I don't have an M to compare for you, but the difference between F and B is pretty big. Regular Metro F nib on the bottom.

 

http://i.imgur.com/WJ8tNz7.jpg

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Hopefully this sample from my Plumix medium nib matches close enough to sakamichi's image of fine and bold. :-)

 

I haven't ordered a bold yet, but I probably will because I would like to have a set of these to put in Preras (only because that was what I had to start with - Metropolitans would have been a better choice if I had realised I might eventually need three of them!).

 

I will note here too in case it helps someone else: I had trouble with my medium nib when I first swapped it from the Plumix to the Prera - it felt misaligned, dry and a scratchy even though I was careful - the solution was to swap the feed as well.

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