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From the album: OldTravelingShoe's Random Pics of Japanese Fountain Pens
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From the album: OldTravelingShoe's Random Pics of Japanese Fountain Pens
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From the album: OldTravelingShoe's Random Pics of Japanese Fountain Pens
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From the album: OldTravelingShoe's Random Pics of Japanese Fountain Pens
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From the album: OldTravelingShoe's Random Pics of Japanese Fountain Pens
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From the album: OldTravelingShoe's Random Pics of Japanese Fountain Pens
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From the album: OldTravelingShoe's Random Pics of Japanese Fountain Pens
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From the album: OldTravelingShoe's Random Pics of Japanese Fountain Pens
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Hello! First of all, this is only my third review on FPN, so if you can please leave constructive criticism below! I would love to improve the quality of my reviews. The Pilot E95S seems to be like the least expensive gold nib pen that is consistently offered here in the U.S. . The only cheaper one I can think of is the Platinum PTL-5000A, which I would love if it was consistently offered in the U.S., but they seem to constantly discontinue it. So, this is a very popular first gold nib pen. It was my second gold nib, so I did get it relatively early in my fountain pen hobby. For a quick summary of the review, I like this pen. I don’t love it, but it’s is great value, and I definitely recommend it. Design and Build Quality (8.5/10) For the most part, this design is great. It is slim, but comfortable, has a great inlaid nib (which I love), is compact, but bigger when posted, and the feeling of capping and uncapping is great. But, Pilot’s black resin does not hold up to the little metal things on the inside of the cap that hold it on. It has fine scratches on it, which are pretty apparent. Now, I am one of those people who sort of like that, and don’t really want pens to look brand new, I want them to look like I used them. But I can understand how this can annoy some people. That’s why it’s a 8.5/10, instead of a 10/10. Nib Performance and Writing Experience (9/10) This nib is great. I have a fine nib, which is 14k gold and inlaid. It is smooth, and quite soft. I would call this a flex, semi-flex, or soft nib, but a quite soft nib. By that I mean that you can get some line variation, but not that much where you can use it for calligraphy, just a bouncy writing experience. The only thing is it is just a bit particular with inks. Both Noodler’s Walnut and Diamine Chocolate Brown were just a bit too dry for it, and it had some skipping. But all Herbin, Jacques Herbin, and Iroshizuku work great with it from my experience. With them the pen is not especially wet, but I wouldn’t call it dry either. With the writing sample, I used Jacques Herbin Terre d’Ombre, which is currently my favorite ink but might be replaced by Robert Oster Caffe Crema when that ink sample gets to me, and on 52gsm cream Tomoe River Paper. Conclusion This a great pen, and a great value! I highly recommend it. It’s really great! Little Note- It seems like every place I go to except for JetPens sells it as the Pilot E95S for $136, but JetPens sells it as the Pilot Elite 95S for $136 as well. Just a little thing. Edit- It was to commemorate the 95th anniversary of Pilot, but is not a limited edition. It also comes with the Pilot CON-40, but can fit the discontinued CON-20. Now the pictures: The second to last photo shows scratches on the barrel, and the last one shows the metal things on the inside of the cap.
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From the album: OldTravelingShoe's Random Pics of Japanese Fountain Pens
© (c) 2022 by OldTravelingShoe. All rights reserved.
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From the album: OldTravelingShoe's Random Pics of Japanese Fountain Pens
© (c) 2022 by OldTravelingShoe. All rights reserved.
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From the album: OldTravelingShoe's Random Pics of Fountain Pens
© (c) 2022 by OldTravelingShoe. All rights reserved.
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From the album: OldTravelingShoe's Random Pics of Fountain Pens
© (c) 2022 by OldTravelingShoe. All rights reserved.
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From the album: OldTravelingShoe's Random Pics of Fountain Pens
© (c) 2022 by OldTravelingShoe. All rights reserved.
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From the album: OldTravelingShoe's Random Pics of Fountain Pens
© (c) 2022 by OldTravelingShoe. All rights reserved.
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From the album: OldTravelingShoe's Random Pics of Fountain Pens
© (c) 2022 by OldTravelingShoe. All rights reserved.
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From the album: OldTravelingShoe's Random Pics of Fountain Pens
© (c) 2022 by OldTravelingShoe. All rights reserved.
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From the album: OldTravelingShoe's Random Pics of Fountain Pens
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From the album: OldTravelingShoe's Random Pics of Fountain Pens
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From the album: OldTravelingShoe's Random Pics of European Fountain Pens
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From the album: OldTravelingShoe's Random Pics of European Fountain Pens
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From the album: OldTravelingShoe's Random Pics of European Fountain Pens
© (c) 2022 by OldTravelingShoe
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This is an informal poll; many of you have more pens/nibs at your disposal than do I, and I am curious as to your personal experiences. Goulet recently had a podcast on Sailor nibs where he was discussing the size differences. The smaller nibs were 14K, but two other pen groupings, those I consider "normal size" and the KOP group, had two different size 21K nibs. He thought there was an actual difference in the performance of the nibs, and that this was due to the large size of the nibs on the KOP group; he was not talking about nib width. I was a bit surprised, as I had recently seen a bit by sbrebrown, where he was comparing nib sizes based on the current popularity of No. 10 nibs. He came to the conclusion that the performance of the pens were independent of the nib size(again, I am talking about size as measured by calipers, not by the size of the line the nib produces). I have found both these gentleman to be reliable sources of information in the past, and this is the first time I recall them coming to incompatible conclusions. Do FPNers think there is a relationship here? I don't have any huge pens(yet, @amberleadavishas been nudging me in that direction)so my collection is insufficient for experimenting.
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From the album: OldTravelingShoe's Random Pics of European Fountain Pens
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From the album: OldTravelingShoe's Random Pics of European Fountain Pens
© (c) 2022 OldTravelingShoe. All rights reserved.
