Pilot Custom Heritage SE

[sketchstack]

Pardon me if this has already been posted somewhere. Looks like a new Pilot “Custom Heritage SE” is being released in Japan. In this case “SE” stand for the French word “seul” which apparently means “unique”. I speak neither Japanese nor French so I’ve relied on Google Translate for this insight.  

 

Nice to see some interesting materials coming from Pilot. I wonder if / when this will be sold beyond their home market. ...

 

https://www.pilot.co.jp/products/pen/fountain/fountain/heritage_se/

[Paul-in-SF]

Thanks for the alert. It looks like this pen might be based on the 912, except that it's shorter than mine, and maybe the nib is smaller.

 

Interesting sort-of play on words, since SE on pens usually means Special Edition, but they are narrowing down the designation to supposedly mean "Only," as if one is buying a unique item. 

 

Perhaps Pilot has finally decided to cash in on the money wagon like Sailor and Platinum by adopting the philosophy "Let's make the exact same pen in a different material and charge more for it" and "Let's make a bunch of variants of the exact same pen with different materials and see if we can get people to collect all the different colors." 

 

On the other hand, when I bought my 912 with FA nib, I would have been happy to have other colors to choose from besides black. It will be nice if they offer the same range of nibs as the 912. 

[Karmachanic]

Looks like CH 91 length, but 0.6mm broader at the cap band.

[A Smug Dill]

6 hours ago, Karmachanic said:

Looks like CH 91 length, but 0.6mm broader at the cap band.

 

How so?

 

[Ambien]

I like the blue marble but the $300+ prices is expensive. 

[Chinchy]

This kinda reminds me of the Pilot Custom Legance...

[Karmachanic]

8 hours ago, A Smug Dill said:

How so?

 

Because silly me did not get the dimensions from the Pilot page.

 

[bizhe]

#5 nib 

but liking that turquoise 

[hari317]

On 3/2/2021 at 10:24 AM, Chinchy said:

This kinda reminds me of the Pilot Custom Legance...

yes

[Daosus]

This looks like a Pilot Custom Heritage 91 but with a swirly plastic.  It's a great pen, but I don't care to pay double to get a bit of color. 

[Olya]

19 hours ago, Daosus said:

This looks like a Pilot Custom Heritage 91 but with a swirly plastic.  It's a great pen, but I don't care to pay double to get a bit of color. 

That's exactly what this pen is.

 

The pattern is gorgeous, I could easily consider the black, blue and green, but the price is ridiculous.

 

I really think since Sailor LEs/SEs sell for crazy prices, Sailor and other manufacturers (i.e. now Pilot) seem to bet on selling the same regular model in new colours at greatly inflated prices.

Or is it just me who thinks prices have gone nuts?