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Has anyone here had a Sailor or Pilot nib modded for softness? (not flex)


David R Munson

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I've got a Pilot 823, Sailor Pro Gear, and Sailor Pro Gear II Realo, all with fine nibs. All write beautifully, but all are quite firm. I'm thinking of sending one off to be modified to make it a bit softer, ideally like the Platium soft fine nib, but I'm not sure how realistic that would be. Has anyone here had such a thing done? How are the results? And what does the mod look like?

 

I would guess the Pilot would be the best candidate for this since it's a 14k nib, but would the 21k Sailors be OK? I haven't been able to find any info online anywhere, so I'm really in the dark on this particular mod. 

 

Thanks!

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4 minutes ago, David R Munson said:

I'm thinking of sending one off to be modified to make it a bit softer, ideally like the Platium soft fine nib,

 

Since you're prepared to spend money on nibmeisters' fees and shipping costs both ways, and deal with the wait time as well, have you considered just buying a Pilot Custom 743 with a (14K gold #15) Soft Fine nib, and either just write with the new pen when you want the bouncier writing experience, or swap its nib into the Pilot Custom 823? You're in Japan, so it's probably more (both time- and cost-) efficient for you, than for most of the rest of us, to do it that way.

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I’ve thought about that, but domestic shipping is cheap, I’m in no hurry, and the modification should be significantly cheaper than a ¥24,000 pen to swap nibs with. 

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