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Am decided on getting a Custom 743, after very positive experiences with my 823 Fine. Was interested in the FM width but can't find any writing samples online. The usual Pilot chart doesn't really give an accurate idea of lone width, so I thought I'd ask here.

 

Is there a visible distinction in lines vs the #15 Fine? If the difference is negligible, am willing to go up to a Medium.

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Can't answer your question directly, because I don't have a #15 Pilot nib in anything but a medium, but I can say that the Pilot medium #15 is much wider than the Platinum medium. In fact, the Platinum medium isn't much wider than the fine, at least with the President nibs that they use for the Izumos.

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I can also not help on the #15 nibs, but on the #5 nibs the FM is about the same as a western Fine and the M is more like a western M. I am not sure that stays that way in the #15's.

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Can't answer your question directly, because I don't have a #15 Pilot nib in anything but a medium, but I can say that the Pilot medium #15 is much wider than the Platinum medium. In fact, the Platinum medium isn't much wider than the fine, at least with the President nibs that they use for the Izumos.

Yes, Platinum's M is just a smidgen wider in the tipping compared to their M. I personally like it in the 3776 nibs. For some reason, I am not so fond of the President nibs.

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I can also not help on the #15 nibs, but on the #5 nibs the FM is about the same as a western Fine and the M is more like a western M. I am not sure that stays that way in the #15's.

Sounds encouraging. I guess the only way to find out is to get one to try. Went with a Black 743 FM. Too bad they don't offer the same diversity of nibs in thr Deep Red version.

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Sounds encouraging. I guess the only way to find out is to get one to try. Went with a Black 743 FM. Too bad they don't offer the same diversity of nibs in thr Deep Red version.

 

I hope you enjoy it. The FM nib is my favorite Pilot nib.

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Yes, Platinum's M is just a smidgen wider in the tipping compared to their M. I personally like it in the 3776 nibs. For some reason, I am not so fond of the President nibs.

 

I think you may have meant "compared to their F." I don't like the President nibs much either--wish they had used the 3776 nibs on the Izumos.

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I think you may have meant "compared to their F." I don't like the President nibs much either--wish they had used the 3776 nibs on the Izumos.

Yes, I meant compared to their F. 😁

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I think you may have meant "compared to their F." I don't like the President nibs much either--wish they had used the 3776 nibs on the Izumos.

Yes, I meant compared to their F. 😁

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don't have no 15 nib but no 5 nib in FM writes like a western F compared to Pilot's no 5 F which writes like an EF

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My one is #10 FM nib in Pilot 70 Anniversity pen which writes with line variation, especially good for writing Chinese characters.

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Whereas Sailor's MF is closer to fine than medium, Pilots FM is closer to medium than fine.

 

Actually no. My Pilot #5 gold FM puts down a 0.4mm line, my Sailor 1911 14k MF also puts down a 0.4mm line and are the same.

My Pilot #5 Fine nib is 0.3mm my Pilot gold M's are 0.6mm. It would make it closer to F then M.

 

I don't have a Sailor M but from what nibs.com says MF should be 1/2 between the Sailor F and M.

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Well that's what I and others have found anyway. Nibs.com may say that but it's not necessarily how it works out in practice.

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