Pilot iro-utsushi: Dip pen type writing tool with a fountain pen tip

[peroride]

 

Coming June 20 2022 - iro-utsushi

[sketchstack]

I forgot about this. It was announced I believe at the same time as some of the new pigment inks and the Iroshizuku cartridges.

 

I've never used a dip pen; not sure it's my thing. However this is likely relatively inexpensive and surely less fragile than a glass dip pen. Perhaps I'll pick one up. 

 

(They could have done something a little more elegant with the nib protector / cap, but again it's probably not an expensive product.)

[sketchstack]

There are also some nice looking wood or wood-like models. 

 

https://www.pilot.co.jp/products/pen/fountain/tsuke_pen/iroutsushi/

[dipper]

Nice. I must buy one of these.

 

In one sense the product appears to be just a dip pen, like any other dip pen. No nib ink reservoir parts or anything "new".

 

But then this is also a PILOT dip pen. Non-rusting high quality nib, tipped tines, (not flexy though?), attractive well-made handles in various materials.

 

For me, the lack of an ink reservoir is the biggest disappointment. The designers at Pilot who have developed their fountain pen feeds etc could have given us something new in that feature.

 

The "cap" thingy is not an issue. All my active dip pens live in open jamjars, nibs upwards, exposed to the air to avoid corrosion, and visible and available for selection and use.

 

A idea of a capped everyday-carry dip pen is not really workable, as you also need an ink bottle or inkwell, and a desktop to put the bottle on, and ...🤣🤣🤣.

Unless the whole pen is redesigned to be portable, with a stored quantity of ink held safely inside the pen .... Nahh .... that's patently impossible.

[sketchstack]

2 hours ago, dipper said:

The "cap" thingy is not an issue.

I mainly meant that in contrast to the rest of the pen, the cap looks amateurish. Reminds me of cut-to-order plastic tubing one buys at the hardware store. I admit I'm being picky, but it just seems like they were trying to save $.05 or something. 

 

I still think the pens are appealing nonetheless. 

[dipper]

21 hours ago, sketchstack said:

the cap looks amateurish

Agreed.

One can spend a fortune, if so inclined, on a large size Winsor&Newton "Series 7" pure sable watercolour brush, and the brush will be supplied with a similar plastic tube pushed onto the metal ferrule, covering the brush head.

The brush tube looks tatty, it is tatty, but it serves well enough to protect the brush when in shipping or in shop storage.

 

Pilot may have the same intention with their amateurish effort. They have bested Winsor&Newton though. At least the Pilot tube has not been roughly chopped off from a piece of plastic pipe using a pair of scissors 🤤🤤.