Where to purchase a medium replacement nib for my pilot metropolitan

[tom servo]

I want to replace the fine nib on my pilot metropolitan with a medium nib, I have been looking online for a medium nib replacement with no luck, I am able to find F & EF but that's all. Any suggestions where to purchase a medium nib?

I love the metropolitan but the fine nib is just a little scratchy for me.

[A Smug Dill]

1 hour ago, tom servo said:

Any suggestions where to purchase a medium nib?

 

Not a recommendation, but a known avenue: Taobao. 

 

[inkstainedruth]

@tom servo -- I don't know where you're located, but you might try contacting Vanness Pens.  I don't know if you could get just a nib (or how easy it would be to replace what's on your Metropolitan with one in the width you want) but I just looked at their website and they do have Metropolitans in stock that have medium nibs (I was a bit surprised as to how much Metropolitans are going for these days -- nearly DOUBLE what I paid for my first one  -- although, admittedly, that was more than a decade ago at this point).  And I know that (at least for when I was buying one of last year's Lamy al-Star SE pens, the Dark Dusk) most places only had them with, IIRC only extra fine, fine and medium nibs.  But I was able to swap out for a black nib instead of the standard steel nib AND get a broad nib at that, for no extra charge (although at least those nibs are easy to swap in and out between Safaris and al-Stars without taking the entire section apart.

It probably wouldn't hurt to ask (although of course there's no guarantee that you could get just a replacement nib; and you might have to have to pay a pro to swap the new nib in).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Penguincollector]

  Pilot doesn’t sell nibs separately, but a cost effective way to get a medium nib would be to purchase a Kaküno (about $15) or a Lightive/Explorer (about$20-25). These are all interchangeable with the Metropolitan.  Other Pilot pens with the same nib/feed configuration are the Prera, Penmanship, Plumix, and Pluminix. There may be others as well.

 
  The Wing Sung 698 nib is also interchangeable, and comes in both steel and 14k. The Soft Fine 14k is one of my favorite nibs of all my pens, and is one of my most inexpensive new gold nib pens (about  $50, all prices are in USD). It writes a fine line but is not at all scratchy.

[tom servo]

Thanks for the replies everyone. I saw a Kakuno with a medium nib on Amazon for $10.00, I think that's what I'll do. Checking out YouTube videos, changing the nib on a Metropolitan seems to be a straightforward process. I think I can do that.

BTW Ruth, I'm located in Las Vegas.

[inkstainedruth]

Well, I can't always know where people are from -- and we do have people on here who are all over the world.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth