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So a month or so ago I messed up the nib on one of my Metropolitans. (My own stupidity; pliers were involved. No matter what safety precautions you take, it's not enough. Keep nibs away from pliers.)

 

Anyway I read that the Wing Sung 659 is nib compatible with Metros and similar Pilot pens and that, in fact, their nibs are made on the same machines, Pilot having sold the manufacturing machinery to Wing Sung after they discontinued the 78G line of pens. So I ordered a couple of spare nibs from jewerlymathematics on eBay which still have yet to appear (hopefully they will be here soon!) and, being impatient, one of those 659 demonstrator kits that comes with an F nib and an EF nib in separate sections.

 

I have to say, I'm astonished at how good these nibs are. The Metro writes better now than it did with the old nib. I don't have many expensive pens to compare with (I have two cheap expensive pens, if you see what I mean - a Waterman Hemisphere that I just got, and a Parker Urban that I received as a gift years ago - and many expensive cheap pens - Safari's and Metros and so on), but these nibs write like how I want a pen to write.

 

Just for kicks I inked up the the included converter and put it in the cheapo plastic barrel with the cheapo plastic feeds and the EF nib. It writes great! The EF nib is about the same line weight as the F nib that actually came from Pilot.

 

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I have a few of the hero branded 659's. My F nibs required a little bit of smoothing, but I really, REALLY like them. They're my current go-to for pens to give away, as I've been using one for quite some time and it's yet to crack or show any design problems. Honestly, I would take this over the platinum preppy any day. You can eyedropper them too. And the hero version has a clear feed which is awesome. I also find them very resistant to drying out.

If you want an inexpensive EF nib for it, the pilot penmanship is a great little pen, and if you want a good stub, the plumix.

Selling a boatload of restored, fairly rare, vintage Japanese gold nib pens, click here to see (more added as I finish restoring them)

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