Pilot Penmanship, EF Nib

[El Mocho]

There are some Pilot Plumixes sold in the U.S. that take standard international-- and even long international-- cartridges. They must be pretty rare or were in the first shipment, though. I have one. The rest I've seen take Pilot cartridges. But if there's one, there may be another, so it's worth looking at Target.

[bluemagister]

The Penmanship comes in clear and has a regular nib. It's one of the finest value pens I've ever seen. A Penmanship will hold a CON-50 and you can fill it with any ink and it's beautiful. When JetPens gets the CON-50 back in stock, I plan on ordering 3 or 4 of these, with CON-50s and just using them pretty much constantly until my hands fall off my wrists.

 

I LOVE these pens!

 

 

A CON-50 should fit in a Plumix, as well.

[Ed Ronax]

Great review, thanks.

[impossiblebird]

In the UK I only see the Pluminix, and only with the medium italic nib. £4.50 at Cultpens (no affiliation), more on ebay.

[dkatiepowellart]

Wait! This is the penmanship/calligraphy pen. It is sold here in France with the name "Plumix".

 

Then, the nib of this pen is italic. Hence it will be less scratchy only if you hold it as an italic. To be precise, its width is 0.32mm. I recommend getting used to italic nibs with wider ones. There is no comparison with a Knight/Prera/78G nib, except that they are interchangeable.

 

[Edit: un-highlighting, as the sequel proved me wrong. Thanks for this review.]

 

I don't think this is the same pen, because on Goulet it says that the Plumix is not able to me converted into an eyedropper, and yet the penmanship (according to jetpens) is able to be converted.

[Gloucesterman]

Two different pens - Plumix and Penmanship - at least in the U.S.

The Plumix is an inexpensive $8-9.00 italic nibbed (very similar, if not the same as the "broad" nibbed) 78G "B"!

 

The "Penmanship pen looks like a desk pen with an <EF> nib.

 

The 78G, Prera, Plumix, Penmanship, Knight and Metroplitan nibs (maybe others, as well) are friction fit nib/feed set-ups and are interchangeable.

 

My current pen stack include all of the above pens.

 

I find this to be a delightful benefit of the lower cost line of Pilot's fountain pens. IMHO, of course and no affiliation.