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Although I have seen all the common Pilot nib sizes, I never thought to take a picture of them together compare them in size. Does anyone who own them want to take pictures of them? Right now, I don't own either the 10 or 15 nibs since I prefer the smaller nibs. I only have the 5, and I'm pretty sure my sister has a 3.

 

Most of my Pilot pens have odd-shaped nibs that aren't the more "traditional" open nib like the dart and fingernail type nib. My youngest sister has more Pilot pens with "traditional" open nibs than I do.

 

To start off, here are some nibs in order of exposed length. The Aurora Optima mini nib is the smallest followed by the Pilot #5 which is smaller than the Sailor small nib in the Professional Gear Slim Mini. The Nakaya nib is yet bigger, followed by the Aurora Optima full sized. I wish I had taken this picture in a more instructive manner, so you could see the relative sizes of the nibs better.

 

 

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3765/10059753744_3f47fb156c_b.jpg

 

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I like your photo, Dillon. I have a #3, #5, and #10, and a Metal Falcon. Sold my #15. Would like to see a comparison like that as well.

 

Forgot to say: KPMN has an excellent blog post that shows several sizes of Pilot nibs, as well as the various nib sizes available.

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Hey Dillo,

 

I only own the #15 and the VP nib, but there's a neat photo I came across a while back, from this post on a blog: (http://kmpn.blogspot.com/2010/04/pilot-nibs.html) that compares Pilot and Namiki's loose nibs.

 

Re-uploaded to imgur to not steal the bandwidth:

 

http://i.imgur.com/c6lPCHc.jpg

 

There's more information at the link, including the weights of these nibs. A great compilation of information by the blogger, kmpn!

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Dillon: cool! What is the spade like nib between the Optima Mini and the Pelikan nib?

 

Thomas: are you going to post a photo of those? *nudge, nudge* I have a photo of your former #15 nib alongside your back VP nib:

http://peaceablewriter.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/nibspilot823.jpg

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Thomas: are you going to post a photo of those? *nudge, nudge* I have a photo of your former #15 nib alongside your back VP nib:

 

I will once I get my Pilot Custom Heritage 912 PO back. It's out on loan at the moment...

 

I also forgot I have a the VP, M90, Volex, and the Justus 95 (also out on loan).

 

I'm sure others have more variety than I do. :)

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Dillon: cool! What is the spade like nib between the Optima Mini and the Pelikan nib?

 

Thomas: are you going to post a photo of those? *nudge, nudge* I have a photo of your former #15 nib alongside your back VP nib:

http://peaceablewriter.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/nibspilot823.jpg

 

That's actually an Aurora Hastil with a stock kugel broad nib. I don't think Aurora makes that anymore, but I got it quite by chance. It's a nice nib though, and it's my only broad. I think it's really neat and you can read about it more Here.

 

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Don't have all of my Pilots, but here is a not-so-great photo of some of my Pilot nibs.

 

fpn_1383429960__pilot_nib_comparison.jpg

 

Pictured, left to right:

 

  • Pilot Decimo EF
  • Pilot Prera CM
  • Pilot Custom 98 14k #3 EF
  • Pilot #5 EF (from a Custom Heritage 91, in a TWSBI 540)
  • Pilot Bamboo (18k #10 F), ground to 0.2mm (by Mike Masuyama)
  • Pilot M90 Steel F, ground to 0.2mm (by Mike Masuyama)

Will try to take better photos once I get my other Pilot nibs back.

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Thanks Thomas for posting the Prera alongside the 98!

:-)

 

Will you be able to remove the nibs and line them up for a photo similar to kmpn's?

 

(I'd love to see how the Prera's nib compares to the Pilot #3 and #5 nibs ...)

 

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(I'd love to see how the Prera's nib compares to the Pilot #3 and #5 nibs ...)

 

The #5 is inked up right now, but you can tell the difference between the #3 and #5 from kmpn's photos. Below are comparisons of the Prera and #3 nibs, though.

 

While they look to be similar in size, they are not swappable from what I can tell. The back of the Prera nib is wider (2nd pic), and they don't easily go on the other pen's feed.

 

fpn_1383521030__pilot_prera_vs_gold3_1.j

 

fpn_1383521169__pilot_prera_vs_gold3_2.j

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So I still don't have all of my Pilots uninked for this, but here is a photo of Kakuno*, #3, #5, and #10 nibs.

 

fpn_1399835997__20140511-2014-05-11_1506

 

* The Kakuno is the same size as the Prera, Penmanship, Plumix, etc.

 

The nibs are from a Kakuno, Custom Heritage 98, Custom Heritage 92, and Custom Heritage 912, respectively.

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What is the one next to the Pelikan in the original photo?

 

From left to right:

 

Pilot Elite "Big Cap" (Korean Made) with a Steel Extra-Fine Nib

Pilot Falcon (Rhodium + Black, Resin) with a 14K Gold Soft-Fine Nib

Pilot Metropolitan (Bronze Lizard) with a Steel Medium Nib

Pilot 78G (Teal) with a Steel Medium Nib

Pilot 78G (Green) with a Steel Broad/Stub Nib

 

fpn_1399850799__pilot_nibs.jpg

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here is a photo of Kakuno*, #3, #5, and #10 nibs.

 

The nibs are from a Kakuno, Custom Heritage 98, Custom Heritage 92, and Custom Heritage 912, respectively.

 

Excellent photo Thomas, thanks for posting! And it really brings out the size difference between the #5 and #10 Pilot nibs.

 

Since posting to this thread I've been able to purchase a Custom 98 and I'm very happy with it. Right now it's clean, having gone through its second inking, and your post is a very timely prodding for me to measure its nib and feed more carefully.

 

-- Constance

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What is the one next to the Pelikan in the original photo?

 

Far as my Pilot Nibs, don't really have any side-by-side but:

 

Pilot Falcon with a Soft-Fine Nib

 

 

Pilot Elite "Big Cap" (70s-80s, Korean Made) 's Extra-Fine

 

 

Pilot Metropolitan's Medium

 

 

Pilot 78G's Broad/Stub Nib

 

 

Finding pictures of individual nibs is easy. Having a picture with all nibs on the same shot would be more relevant.

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Finding pictures of individual nibs is easy. Having a picture with all nibs on the same shot would be more relevant.

 

Then that will be done later in the evening (of just the Japanese Brand ones).

 

In the mean time there's this as of earlier this month.

 

http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2014/124/e/1/current_may3_2014_by_kbeezie-d7h291r.jpg

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Then that will be done later in the evening (of just the Japanese Brand ones).

 

 

You could even edit your original post and make it pertinent to this thread ("different Pilot nibs").

 

-- Constance

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You could even edit your original post and make it pertinent to this thread ("different Pilot nibs").

 

-- Constance

 

That was the plan. Though not even the Op had 'only' pilot nibs in the picture.

 

Edit: Done.

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