Comparison Of The Pilot 78G B And Bb Nibs Video

[Fabienne]

I got my 78G Pilot BB today from Speerbob and took it out for a test drive side by side with the B nib I got from Todd at isellpens. The results surprised me and I videoed my thoughts for you to share. Please forgive the background, I thought I had all of the things other than paper out of the way and I didn't. Next time. I liked the immediacy of my thoughts so I didn't shoot it over.

[Uncle Red]

Nice video, I'ts good to see them side by side with the same ink.

[Sailor Kenshin]

Oh, COOL! Love your handwriting, too. I have one or the other of these... can't recall whether it's the B or BB, but it is a nice lightweight pen with a biiig ink capacity.

 

Wish the 78G came in a tipped B.

[frogbaby]

thanks for the video

they are such great pens for the money

 

i bought a medium and i wonder if anyone knows where to get just a broad nib ?

i haven't seen one anywhere, only the pens and nibs as a single unit

[tinta]

Thanks for the great video, Fabienne.

My new 78G BB pen arrived yesterday (a gift from a good friend).

A super little pen.

A pen seller suggested that a BB nib would be too wide for practical writing. Not in my case.

My cursive script is rather large & my writing speed very slow.

Using Pilot's Shin-kai, the BB nib kept up with my deliberate writing, producing amazing shading & line-width-variation.

As good, if not better than my expensive custom CI nibs.

[tinta]

Lordie! I didn't notice that the original post was from Jan 2012.

Used the search engine on FPN , typing in "Pilot 78G BB nib"

The first item on the list was this thread................

[arellano81366]

2016 and still a live topic. I'm new in fountain pens and I wish to buy either a Pilot 78G, but I cannot choose between B or BB. Best Regards, Javier.

[Barkingpig]

If you have used a stub nib before, the B seems to be to be similar to the 1.1 width, which is offered on other pens. Depending on what other nibs you have, this might seem broad to you; I like 1.5 & the BB is as wide as I really like. I do have some 1.9 nibs that are acceptable, but find 1.5 to be my generally favored nib. I bought the BB first liked it, added the B, really just to see the difference, & to have another 78 G, but in a different color & nib size. They have both been good choices for me.

 

If your other used pens are from the "fine & medium" families, you might be perfectly happy with the B. Whichever you choose, I think you will be happy to have the pen.