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Purchasing Pilot Vp Housing Seperately

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Is it possible to purchase the housing of a pilot vanishing point separately without the nib unit? I haven't seen any here or on ebay, maybe I'm not searching for the right things. Thanks.

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Have never seen it sold retail, doubt it's available for special order (most distributors barely get any spareparts)... would be easiest to buy a whole new unit then got off the innards if you don't want it.

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Indy-Pen-Dance offers the Pilot VP and decimo pen bodies for sale (in the drop-down "Select Nib" one can select "No Nib"), but the savings is only about $37. Also, the colors in stock seem to be limited.

 

Their customized nib selection is fabulous, however!

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Besides Indy-Pen-Dance, I know Colorado Pen also offers the body with out the nib unit on VP's and gave a bigger discount then Indy that way. Depending on why you want a body it is even cheeper to buy a VP with steel nib on Amazon just for the body. If you want something not offered that way you still have the two above options to save a little. You could try emailing your favorite retailer that sells both pens and nibs and see if they will give you a discount with out the nib. Don't expect more then 1/2 the value of the nib alone for the discount.

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