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What Can You Tell Me About A Pilot Custom 750?


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I just got a new old pen about which I know very little. I think it's something like an old pocket pen, but larger. Can you tell me something about this?

 

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The model is Pilot Custom. 750 is not art of the name. The 750 represents 18K gold. The Custom was Pilot's main offering in the 1970s. Due to the variety offered in the model, an entire page was devoted to it on my now-defunct website here:

http://web.archive.org/web/20120310213936/http://ryojusen-pens.com/17.html.

The page was a work in progress and incomplete but, gives some idea of what was offered.

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The oldest and largest buyer and seller of vintage Japanese pens in America.


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Good pen, will write well but not flex without a "falcon" or "soft" marked nib.

 

Will take standard pilot cartridges or a con40/maybe a con50

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Good pen, will write well but not flex without a "falcon" or "soft" marked nib.

 

Will take standard pilot cartridges or a con40/maybe a con50

Oh, thanks very much. I tried to use the pen after cleaning it and the CON40 that I have would not seat. It was too loose and ink leaked out all over inside and outside. Wrote very nicely, so I wish it would work!

 

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Oh, thanks very much. I tried to use the pen after cleaning it and the CON40 that I have would not seat. It was too loose and ink leaked out all over inside and outside. Wrote very nicely, so I wish it would work!

 

Take a close look at the nipple. Since Pilot cartridges use a rubber plug to seal, the nipple should have (side profile)

 

===---

 

where the === is the base of the nipple (on which the cartridge/converter is supposed to seal) and the --- is a half nipple which flips the rubber plug from | to -. From the end, the nipple base should be O while the half nipple is ) .

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Oh, thanks very much. I tried to use the pen after cleaning it and the CON40 that I have would not seat. It was too loose and ink leaked out all over inside and outside. Wrote very nicely, so I wish it would work!

 

If the pen is old enough, it might need a CON-W instead

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Can you see the cartridge Holding nipple inside the section? The cartridge nipple Is threaded on Inside the section and is sometimes Found Missing on old pens. Maybe the previous owner removed the converter in an unscrewing motion and Unthreaded the nipple still attached to the converter.

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Hmmm...not sure what a cartridge holding nipple is. Will try to take a pic of what I see.

Thanks!

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The model is Pilot Custom. 750 is not art of the name. The 750 represents 18K gold. The Custom was Pilot's main offering in the 1970s. Due to the variety offered in the model, an entire page was devoted to it on my now-defunct website here:

http://web.archive.org/web/20120310213936/http://ryojusen-pens.com/17.html.

The page was a work in progress and incomplete but, gives some idea of what was offered.

Very nice, Peerless.

 

What is the purpose of the plastic band, please?

 

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Take a close look at the nipple. Since Pilot cartridges use a rubber plug to seal, the nipple should have (side profile)

 

===---

 

where the === is the base of the nipple (on which the cartridge/converter is supposed to seal) and the --- is a half nipple which flips the rubber plug from | to -. From the end, the nipple base should be O while the half nipple is ) .

All that you say is true.

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Hmmm...not sure what a cartridge holding nipple is. Will try to take a pic of what I see.

Thanks!

It looks like this

 

http://www.tomattarashinu.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/07-lockscrew.jpg

 

Pic is From this nice Post

http://www.tomattarashinu.com/2013/01/disassemble-a-short-pilot-elite/

Hope this helps.

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Ha! That's the problem. The Feed Retainer / Cartridge Holding Nipple is broken. Here are some pics.

 

Now, who in the US could fix it for me? Per the link, one needs a special tool to remove it (and of course a replacement).

 

Broken return Custom Pilot-min.jpg

Broken part top down-min.jpg

Broken part side view-min.jpg

Broken pic Custom Pilot-min.jpg

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