Pilot Prera

[Taki]

It comes in six colors (Slate Gray, Royal Blue, Vivid Pink, Ivory, Soft Blue, Lime Green) and has a steel (says 'special alloy') nib. The MSRP is 3150 yen (or $27) but I've seen an online store selling it for 2200 yen ($19). I like the green one! But what does 'prera' mean?

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y117/Takif/FPR-3SR-LG.jpg

http://www.pilot.co.jp/products/pen/fountain/prera/

Edited March 9, 2007 by Taki

[Samovar]

Thank you Taki,

I hope it will be available in Canada or the US. Have you tried it? The colors are great!

 

Samovar

 

[wackyjacky1]

That is totally my kind of pen -- bright colors, nice size & shape, and inexpensive. Hope they start showing up in the US.

[Betty]

Oh my favorite color is also the green one! But I have a feeling these are very heavy pens, just like the Pilot Knight.

[Taki]

Betty, the barrel is made of ABS plastic so I doubt it's as heavy as Knight. I can't find the weight of the pen on web, though.

[kissing]

The nib sure looks similar to the Knight nib though. Are they actually the same?

[mr T.]

Very nice fp for a very decent price. I hope that the marketing department of Pilot will decide to sell this one in Europe too. (However, I doubt Pilot will ship these fp's ever to Europe)

[DavidM1]

It also provides an alternative to the 78G that uses silver trim. I hope the nib is as good as the Kinght. Its looks appeal to me.

[Taki]

Ujuku Shop now carries Prera for $28 plus shipping.

 

Yamada san spelled it "Plera" on his site but the pen says "Prera" on the barrel. In Japanese r and l becomes exactly the same sound, and I sometimes have problem distinguishing them, too Kind of like Astlo, no Astro from Jetsons.

 

http://ujuku.jpn.ph/KAIMONO/penframe.htm

Edited March 12, 2007 by Taki

[jonro]

I like these pens. Does anyone know whether these are full-sized pens or not?

[Betty]

I can't decide whether to get the soft pink or the lime green one! I love both!!!!

 

Anyway, the length is 120.4mm & weight is 14g. 14g is about the heaviness of a Pelikan M200 which is perfect, but 120.4 is about 4.7 inches. I'm not sure if this measurement is with the cap posted or without, but it seems like a very petite pen

Edited March 12, 2007 by Betty

[Taki]

I think the length is probably capped. I found a photo of it in someone's hand from the website of a stationery store in Japan, but can't really tell how big the person's hand is (my guess is small). But on that site they say it is a short pen.

 

http://www.sumi-ri.com/pilotprera.html

[artaddict]

It comes in six colors (Slate Gray, Royal Blue, Vivid Pink, Ivory, Soft Blue, Lime Green) and has a steel (says 'special alloy') nib. The MSRP is 3150 yen (or $27) but I've seen an online store selling it for 2200 yen ($19). I like the green one! But what does 'prera' mean?

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y117/Takif/FPR-3SR-LG.jpg

http://www.pilot.co.jp/products/pen/fountain/prera/

 

 

I like the Ivory, Soft Blue, and Lime Green! Beautiful colors!

[chibimie]

Taki and others, thanks for alerting us to this pen. It looks like a great little all purpose pen.

[chibimie]

I purchased a slate grey Prera today, and it measures 12 cm capped, and just over 13.5cm posted (about 5.4 inches). I don't have a scale handy, but in my hand it feels even lighter than the Pelikan M200 demonstrator. It's capped length is close to the Pelikan, but posted, it is more than a centimeter shorter than the M200.

[ChristineR]

Ujuku Shop now carries Prera for $28 plus shipping.

 

Yamada san spelled it "Plera" on his site but the pen says "Prera" on the barrel. In Japanese r and l becomes exactly the same sound, and I sometimes have problem distinguishing them, too Kind of like Astlo, no Astro from Jetsons.

 

http://ujuku.jpn.ph/KAIMONO/penframe.htm

 

It would be written the same way, as Katakana and Hiragana do not distinguish. Actually in native Japanese words the sound is neither an "R" nor an "L" but something called the tap R which does occur occasionally in English dialects.

 

Now this is way off topic, but it's too cool not to mention. The best known example of a tap R in English is the Parquet Margarine box, which says "butter" so that it sounds almost like "budder" but it's actually what a Japanese would recognize as "buller" or "burrer."

 

I have no idea what this would mean, but the Japanese pronunciation of Prera could be heard as Plera, Pleda, Preda, or several other combinations by an English speaker.

[artaddict]

jpens.com has gray and ivory available for $36. I'm very tempted to get the gray one for Tim...

[Dr.Grace]

Ujuku Shop now carries Prera for $28 plus shipping.

 

Yamada san spelled it "Plera" on his site but the pen says "Prera" on the barrel. In Japanese r and l becomes exactly the same sound, and I sometimes have problem distinguishing them, too Kind of like Astlo, no Astro from Jetsons.

 

http://ujuku.jpn.ph/KAIMONO/penframe.htm

 

It would be written the same way, as Katakana and Hiragana do not distinguish. Actually in native Japanese words the sound is neither an "R" nor an "L" but something called the tap R which does occur occasionally in English dialects.

 

Now this is way off topic, but it's too cool not to mention. The best known example of a tap R in English is the Parquet Margarine box, which says "butter" so that it sounds almost like "budder" but it's actually what a Japanese would recognize as "buller" or "burrer."

 

I have no idea what this would mean, but the Japanese pronunciation of Prera could be heard as Plera, Pleda, Preda, or several other combinations by an English speaker.

 

Which causes me to wonder why a Japanese company would choose such a name for one of their pens and what their target market is?

[solitaire]

And bright 'mandarin' yellow

 

Solitaire

[UsFour]

I remember reading somewhere that the Prera nib is the same as the 78G nib. Is that true? If so, can folks compare the differences in feel/performance between the two shapes/sizes?

 

Thanks -- and HELLO TO SAMOVAR!! :0)