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From the album: OldTravelingShoe's Random Pics of Japanese Fountain Pens
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Hi, I just posted a new YouTube review of the Pumix Calligraphy Fountain Pen Set. I don't think it is as good as the Lamy set, but it is cool that you can put the nibs they give you onto other Pilot pens and also the Wing Sung 3013. It is quite affordable and it is a good way to get italic/stub nibs for something like the Metropolitan or the Explorer.
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Does the Pilot Con-70 converter fit into older Pilots, specifically the Custom Black (or White) Stripe?
KingsCountyWriter posted a topic in Japan - Asia
I've never purchased a Con-70 converter, but will it fit into the body of a Custom Black Stripe? -
Nice blue lacquer on brass, barrel ring has an engraved sorta 'pretzel' pattern, and the nib & feed appear to have the same design as the Cavalier, except this nib has the JIS symbol and no breather hole. Same capped length as the Cavalier.
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I own my Custom 823 for more than a year now and use it every day. A few months ago the filling knob fell off. I tightened it on the filling rod again and it worked great until a few weeks ago, when it started having problems. After filling the pen, it got harder and harder to tighten the knob. And now it got to a point where it doesn't even "bite" the threads anymore. Does anybody have any idea how to fix this? The threads on the knob are not worn out. I have played around a little bit and if I remove the gold ring, I can tighten it perfectly. Thank you for you help, MZ
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Hello, this is my first post so any help is appreciated. I've got a pilot fountain pen from my grandmother. She left the pen unused for many years so I did a full disassembly and cleaned the dry ink inside the pen. I've tried googling the model but I couldn't find any information about this pen. https://www.pilot.co.jp/products/pen/fountain/ It wasn't on this website either. I have no information about this pen whatsoever. I think it has a CON-W converter and a gold nib. I did take apart the nib but it didn't have any engravings under the nib, the one in the photo is the only engraving it has. Does anyone know what model this is? She also gave me Pilot Vanishing point and Rotring Renaissance fountain pen so I'm guessing it won't be a low-end model. Cheers.
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Highly Rec. Pilot Hi-Tec-C Coleto Multi Pens
C-InPenmanship posted a topic in It Writes, But It Is Not A Fountain Pen ....
The pen I carry so I don't have to EVER loan out a fountain pen for someone else to use (someone once dropped my favorite on the nib) is a Pilot Hi-Tec-C Coleto Multi Pen with 0.4 refills in it. The one I have (I have 3 more on the way thanks to the recent eBay 20% off coupon) was designed by fashion icon Mary Quant and has pictures of makeup bottles on it. I'm a makeup artist & when I saw it I had to have it. It writes incredibly smoothly and if I had to say something negative about it I'd say that it usually takes a couple of tries before the pen sticks out to write (mine has four colors to chose from). They can be very plain or very girly like mine as I've bought two sets of "limited edition" refills which have a tiny daisy and a double heart used to push down the color. There appears to be 12 colors to choose from for the refills in 0.3, 0.4 & 0.5. One good thing to note is that if you buy the decorative refill sets, you can take the plastic daisy or heart part and put it into a new refill of any size. If you can find it, there's also a pencil and eraser refill. -
Picked this PILOT fountain pen with PILOT 9007 converter from a flea market. Could not able to find the model of it. Any information would be appreciated.
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I have several times heard the assumption that Pilot Started with Japanese long/short pocket pens. I heard this couple of times and it is also a claim made by Pelahale on his YouTube channel. On Pilot corporate page is says that Pilot released their Elite model in 1968. I have Platinum pocket pen who has the old Platinum company logo, which means it was made before 1968. Unfortunately I cant identify the model, it is similar to Platinum 200, and has wondered fine and very soft 14k nib. It has some scratches and signs of use but for $10 it was a great buy. I also read on Platinum website that they launched their pocke pen series in 1964 with models PK-1000, PKB-2000, PK-1500. Did the Platinum start the trend of long/short format that was hugely popular in 1960s and 1970s ?
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Help! I really love the Robert Oster inks. Where can I get them in India? Have you guys used Robert Oster?
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Pilot iro-utsushi dip pen
namrehsnoom posted a topic in It Writes, But It Is Not A Fountain Pen ....
Pilot iro-utsushi Dip Pen For quick testing of fountain pen inks, I typically use a J. Herbin glass dip pen. I like the convenience it provides: dip it in the ink bottle, write a quick line. Then rinse under the water faucet and you're done. The biggest problem I have with the glass dip pen is that it's fiendishly difficult to control the ink flow. More often than not, I get a big blob of ink on the paper. Recently I bumped into this simple Pilot iro-utsushi dip pen (at stiloestile.it) . It looked like a better alternative, so I decided to give it a try. The Pilot iro-utsushi dip pen is basically a nib (F or M) attached to a holder - nothing fancy, no feed, just a nib with a handle to grip it. These dip pens come in two varieties: a cheap 8.50 EUR version in plastic, and a more luxurious 21.90 EUR version with a wood handle. I got me the maple wood version with M-nib because it's more elegant and just looks better than the plastic stuff. The nib is non-removable, so if you want multiple widths, you need to buy separate dip pens. I don't consider this a problem: the purpose of this dip pen is quick ink testing and comparison, not doing a long writing session. This dip pen looks great, and serves its purpose well. Doing a short writing sample is quick and easy, and cleaning the nib literally takes only a few seconds (rinse and dry). One thing I don't like is that the nib is protected with a cheap plastic slip-on cylinder - the kind you also use with paintbrushes. It works and is functional, but just doesn't look great. I wish Pilot had come up with a better solution for protecting the nib - a click-on cap perhaps? The above jars me a bit, because Pilot usually has more eye for detail. Take e.g. the built-in roll-stop. Part of the handle at the underside of the nib has been levelled, creating a flat surface that functions as a roll-stop. An ingenious idea, and one that does the job really well - nicely executed. As a dip pen, this Pilot iro-utsushi works as advertised. There is no feed to contain and regulate ink flow, so writing is still not perfect, but it's exponentially better than the uncontrolled behaviour I get with a glass dip pen. Writing a short sample to test an ink is much more akin to what you will get with an actual fountain pen. So if you currenly use a glass dip pen for ink testing, this might be a valuable alternative. Check it out... -
Hello there! Can anyone help me identify this vintage Pilot? All I know is that it has a gold-plated stainless steel nib. This particular pen comes from an official Israeli retailer, and I obtained it from a trade. Besides that, not much is known. It's impossible to get info about this anywhere. I've been scouring every resource on the internet, including old Pilot advertisements and catalogs, and have found nothing except for a single eBay listing of this pen. Any help is much appreciated. Thank you!
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From the album: OldTravelingShoe's Random Pics of Japanese Fountain Pens
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This is a comparison of two different Pilot inks, the Pilot Namiki Blue IC-100 cartridge, which came in together with one of my Pilot pens (I only have a single cartridge of it) and a Brazillian made 500ml bottle of Pilot blue ink, which I got assuming it would be the same Pilot Blue, but I got quite a different ink instead. To keep it short: It is a blurple ink, not as much of a true blue as the Pilot Namiki blue cartridge, but still looks blue when writing. It dries a bit faster, flows a bit wetter, is less resistant to water and bleach overall. No flow issues so far, I've got the Pilot Namiki blue catrdige on my pilot penmanship with an extra fine nib (also swapped in a F nib for comparisons), and the Pilot Brazil's blue in my kakuno with a fine. Here's some comparisons on Rhodia and Tomoe River paper respectively (They both do about the same on cheaper absorbent paper so I haven't scanned those). One question I have is if anyone recognizes if this ink is sold elsewhere, maybe a different product name? Here's the chromatographies for both.
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Pilot iro-utsushi: Dip pen type writing tool with a fountain pen tip
peroride posted a topic in Market Watch
Coming June 20 2022 - iro-utsushi
