Illustration On How To Completely Fill Pilot Custom 823...where Is It?

[shane27]

I know I've seen it before...searched high and low and can't seem to find it.

 

Can someone post a link?

 

Thanks,

 

Shane

[wolf4]

I know I've seen it before...searched high and low and can't seem to find it.

 

Can someone post a link?

 

Thanks,

 

Shane

Hi Shane. I saw your cry for help. I have a Pilot 823 and I too remembered that someone came up with a way to fill up the Pilot 823. I haven't tried it out myself yet but I will give the instructions as he (his username is 'downwithpc27') wrote it out himself:

 

 

"For anyone who hasn't seen my post in the Japanese subsection, here's the process I discovered for getting a near 100% fill every time

 

1) Take the empty pen and fill it up as you would normally. It should fill somewhere around 2/3 of the way

2) Flip the pen over, so that the nib points up

3) Pull the plunger back, so that the rod is fully extended (don't worry, this step is clean. just make sure ink doesn't drip off of the nib)

4) Carefully push the air bubble out of the pen. As soon as you can't see any more air, stop

5) Hold the blind cap firmly, so that the pressure from the vacuum doesn't push it back out

6) Flip the pen over, stick it back into the bottle, keeping the plunger depressed

7) Expel all of the ink, then fill like normal

 

It will fill almost all the way to the top, guaranteed!"

 

Here is the link:

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php?/topic/12771-pilot-custom-823/page__st__15

 

I wish you all the best.

[shane27]

Thanks so much! I thought I was going crazy because I knew I had seen something about it in an old post...

 

Shane

 

P.S. I recently got an Amber 823 and I LOVE it!

 

I know I've seen it before...searched high and low and can't seem to find it.

 

Can someone post a link?

 

Thanks,

 

Shane

Hi Shane. I saw your cry for help. I have a Pilot 823 and I too remembered that someone came up with a way to fill up the Pilot 823. I haven't tried it out myself yet but I will give the instructions as he (his username is 'downwithpc27') wrote it out himself:

 

 

"For anyone who hasn't seen my post in the Japanese subsection, here's the process I discovered for getting a near 100% fill every time

 

1) Take the empty pen and fill it up as you would normally. It should fill somewhere around 2/3 of the way

2) Flip the pen over, so that the nib points up

3) Pull the plunger back, so that the rod is fully extended (don't worry, this step is clean. just make sure ink doesn't drip off of the nib)

4) Carefully push the air bubble out of the pen. As soon as you can't see any more air, stop

5) Hold the blind cap firmly, so that the pressure from the vacuum doesn't push it back out

6) Flip the pen over, stick it back into the bottle, keeping the plunger depressed

7) Expel all of the ink, then fill like normal

 

It will fill almost all the way to the top, guaranteed!"

 

Here is the link:

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php?/topic/12771-pilot-custom-823/page__st__15

 

I wish you all the best.

[wolf4]

Thanks so much! I thought I was going crazy because I knew I had seen something about it in an old post...

 

Shane

 

P.S. I recently got an Amber 823 and I LOVE it!

 

I know I've seen it before...searched high and low and can't seem to find it.

 

Can someone post a link?

 

Thanks,

 

Shane

Hi Shane. I saw your cry for help. I have a Pilot 823 and I too remembered that someone came up with a way to fill up the Pilot 823. I haven't tried it out myself yet but I will give the instructions as he (his username is 'downwithpc27') wrote it out himself:

 

 

"For anyone who hasn't seen my post in the Japanese subsection, here's the process I discovered for getting a near 100% fill every time

 

1) Take the empty pen and fill it up as you would normally. It should fill somewhere around 2/3 of the way

2) Flip the pen over, so that the nib points up

3) Pull the plunger back, so that the rod is fully extended (don't worry, this step is clean. just make sure ink doesn't drip off of the nib)

4) Carefully push the air bubble out of the pen. As soon as you can't see any more air, stop

5) Hold the blind cap firmly, so that the pressure from the vacuum doesn't push it back out

6) Flip the pen over, stick it back into the bottle, keeping the plunger depressed

7) Expel all of the ink, then fill like normal

 

It will fill almost all the way to the top, guaranteed!"

 

Here is the link:

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php?/topic/12771-pilot-custom-823/page__st__15

 

I wish you all the best.

That's good - mission accomplished. Perhaps you had already found the answer on filling completely the Pilot Custom 823 but I had to send the information to you.

 

I too have an Amber, with the F nib. I think this pen is extremely good. However, I wished I had bought it with the M nib; the F nib is just a little too fine for me. Other than that, the Custome 823 is in my view a very good pen. I have a Pilot Custom 74 black smoke with an M nib so I tend to use that more. But if the Pilot 823 had the M nib then that would be my ideal pen.

 

Enjoy your pen, Sir.