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I really like Pilot pens and find this site helpful for comparing the different models.

 

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That blog is an excellent resource, thanks for sharing.

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Great comparison and pictures, thank you.

One boring blue, one boring black 1mm thickness at most....

Then there are Fountain Pens with gorgeous permanent inks..

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I prefer the 742 to 743. However I also like my 845s with the 18k #15 nibs very much.

Uh-oh, Straight Falcon, 742-743 now you taught me 845, before start searchin comparisons among them on flex perfectness, now I have to ask is there any other Pilot's carrying FA nibs?

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One boring blue, one boring black 1mm thickness at most....

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Uh-oh, Straight Falcon, 742-743 now you taught me 845, before start searchin comparisons among them on flex perfectness, now I have to ask is there any other Pilot's carrying FA nibs?

as a stock option? no, only 742/3 have it.

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Uh-oh, Straight Falcon, 742-743 now you taught me 845, before start searchin comparisons among them on flex perfectness, now I have to ask is there any other Pilot's carrying FA nibs?

 

There's a store in Japan who sell the 823 with the FA nib.

 

http://japanshop-quill.com/pilot-custom823/pilot-custom823.html

 

The 743 (#15) nib should fit in an 823 or 845, and there are other models compatible with the 742 (#10) so there's another option: buy both a 742/743 and another pilot, swap the nibs, and then sell the 742/743.

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Hari,

 

Is the barrel material/thickness any different between these 2 pens?

I think of my FPs as my children.

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Hari,

 

Is the barrel material/thickness any different between these 2 pens?

I feel the barrels are identical between the 743/742 except for the trim rings, i will check and confirm once I have some time.

 

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Thanks for review.

I think about PO nib.

If #15 PO nib will give me more than #10 PO in writing experience?

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If #15 PO nib will give me more than #10 PO in writing experience?

 

 

What constitutes "more"?

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It does, but the 743 has a #15 nib whereas the 912 has the smaller #10 nib which does feel different, at least mine do. I own one 743 and two 912, all with FA nibs.

 

How have you found them in comparison?

Link to a post about ergonomics I made: http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/343593-which-indian-fountain-pen-would-you-write-a-novel-with/?p=4179072

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How have you found them in comparison?

My 912-FAs are really soft, wet, lush, amazing. The 743-FA is also amazing but firmer. It does have the same flex but only after a certain ... difficult to describe ... initial "resistance point". With that it is easier to use on those days, when I feel tired and less concentrated since the 912-FAs are that soft that I sometimes flex them unwillingly because of the light touch they demand. But, all in all, I'd recommend both sizes and, since I have no other #15 size FA to compare, cannot know whether only my 743 nib behaves like that. With the 912 I have more experience, I have tried 6 of these nibs altogether and liked them all.

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It does, but the 743 has a #15 nib whereas the 912 has the smaller #10 nib which does feel different, at least mine do. I own one 743 and two 912, all with FA nibs.

Yes, that's true, but the original statement was that only the 742 (#10 nib) and the 743 (#15 nib) come with an FA as standard. The 912 comes with an FA nib (#10) as a standard nib choice, too.

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