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Apparently, Pilot is releasing a new nib, only available on the Custom 742.  It is called a signature nib, <S>, and supposedly "the best pen type for signatures that brings out individuality" (translated, originally "個性を引き出す、署名に最適なペン種「シグネチャー」が新登場") .  Source : https://www.pilot.co.jp/products/pen/fountain/fountain/custom742/

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This might be different from the old signature, as the old signature nib is often referred to as a broad nib. As far as I can see, it seems like a crisper BB nib.

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21 minutes ago, IlikeInksandIcannotlie said:

Pilot is releasing a new nib,

 

Nice spotting! Thank you for sharing.

 

21 minutes ago, IlikeInksandIcannotlie said:

only available on the Custom 742.

 

Pilot's #10 nib for the Custom product line is a good size. :)

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15 minutes ago, A Smug Dill said:

Nice spotting! Thank you for sharing.

It actually was a reddit post that caught my attention. By the way, do people know of the new "Mixable" Sailor Storia range?

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PILOT Custom 742 S (Signature) – BUNGUBOX

 

Going by the more complete description in that page, it looks like this is Pilot's introduction of a rounded stub nib. Their SU nib, IME, is very sharp and crisp, and likewise unforgiving. This looks like a similar nib but with less sharpness and maybe a touch more broadness in both directions? 

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11 hours ago, IlikeInksandIcannotlie said:

the best pen type for signatures that brings out individuality

Interesting. But who is signing what with a hand-written signature in Japan?

 

Hanko (name stamp) - the most common

digital signature - is becoming the standard since Corona

 

Is that nib made for gaijin?

 

 

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45 minutes ago, mke said:

Interesting. But who is signing what with a hand-written signature in Japan?

 

Hanko (name stamp) - the most common

digital signature - is becoming the standard since Corona

 

Is that nib made for gaijin?

 

 

🤷‍♂️ 

Pilot had a signature nib long ago, in the pocket pen era.

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On 6/3/2022 at 9:10 PM, IlikeInksandIcannotlie said:

🤷‍♂️

Pilot had a signature nib long ago, in the pocket pen era.

 

FYI

 

I have a Signature nib on a 1964 Pilot Super 250 - it has an "E" cap and is transitional between the Super and the Elite series. Line width seems to be near 1.0mm and there does not seem to be any variation in line width between the side strokes and down strokes. From my experience, Pilot has been consistent in nib designations since the Super series to today, so the stubbish character of the current Signature nib is a little surprising. Unfortunately, I don't yet have a Pilot Coarse nib to compare with.

 

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