"regular" Pilot Pen With Same Nib As An Elite?

[Maurizio]

I got a Pilot E3 pocket pen with a fine nib about a year ago. Over that time I have come to enjoy the pen, and the nib's initial scratchiness has ameliorated and now I really enjoy writing with it - it being a gold nib I guess this was to be expected as it conformed to my writing characteristics.

 

I would like to buy a full size ordinary pen with the same type of nice nib as on the E3. I'm sure the Japan pen pros here will know if such a pen is available or not.

 

Please let me know if there is such a pen and tell me the model name etc.

 

Thanks for your input and help.

[jekostas]

The Pilot Silver series uses the same inlaid nib, but that's a pretty substantial jump in price. There are a number of vintage Pilot models that use the nib as well, though. This is an example:

 

https://www.ebay.ca/itm/Vintage-PILOT-1975-Custom-Black-Silver-Stripped-18K-White-Gold-F-Fountain-Pen/142833713992?hash=item21418d8348:g:vdAAAOSwqABbIyu0

[Maurizio]

Wow I like it. Thank you Jekostas. Is there any Pilot model currently in production and being sold or are all the pens available vintage?

[Maurizio]

Oh yes. Now I see. The Pilot Sterling Silver series has them. You’re right. Quite a jump in price.

[rollerboy]

The nib on the Pilot Deluxe Urushi looks somewhat similar though perhaps not identical. It might not fit your definition of full-size though.

[jekostas]

The nib on the Deluxe Urushi looks absolutely nothing like the nib on the Elite. The former is a small, clip-on nib similar to a Lamy, the latter has a large, inlaid nib.

[rollerboy]

The nib on the Deluxe Urushi looks absolutely nothing like the nib on the Elite. The former is a small, clip-on nib similar to a Lamy, the latter has a large, inlaid nib.

 

Absolutely nothing? I disagree. It depends on what attributes you're focusing on. I'm focusing on the fact the Deluxe and Elite both have narrow-shouldered nibs (as opposed to the "conventional" shape found on the 74/91 pens for example).

[zchen]

Plenty of full size Elite and Custom pens with that type of nib are available on the vintage market in Japan, you'd have to use a buying service.

 

Otherwise, the cheapest one that was still in current production that has the same large inset nib(but in special alloy/steel instead of gold) is the desk pen (DPN-200).

[Maurizio]

Thank you for your further insight zchen. A shame there are none in current production except the sterling silver I saw on Amazon.