Pilot Plumix - top view.jpeg

This is my Pilot Plumix.

It nib is marked ‘M’, and has what I think is an Italic grind.

Pilot makes a similar-looking pen called the ‘Pluminix’. That one is a smaller ‘cousin’ of this one.

The way that I remember the difference is by thinking of the Pluminix as a ‘mini Plumix’.

This photo is partly intended as a demonstration of how very ‘squid-like’ this thing is in appearance.

If one pictures the cap’s ‘fins’ as the ‘mantle’ of the squid, one can picture the pen’s body as the beast’s tentacles, reaching out to capture its prey.

When one holds it with the top of the nib upwards (as in this photo) one can not see one very unusual aspect of its shape - on the underside of the pen’s barrel, the moulding swells out like a ‘belly’, and has curved ridges moulded on to it too.

The pen has a shaped grip-section that has three facets moulded into it. I hold my pens with a traditional ‘tripod grip’, and I find it to be actually surprisingly-comfortable in my hand.

My Plumix is an example of the European species of Plumix; it is ‘chambered’ for ‘Short International’ cartridges. Mine came to me with one SIC of a blue ink inside its barrel.

The species of Plumix that one encounters everywhere outside Europe is chambered for Pilot’s own proprietary cartridges.

One final point - Pilot prevents Britons from buying either version of the Plumix, or the Pluminix - I had to order mine from a vendor in continental Europe.

Pilot also prevents us from buying any of its pens that are more-expensive than their disposable ‘V-pen’ (about £5ea as I type this) but less-expensive than their ‘Custom Heritage 92’ (about £185ea as I type this).

Pilot also prevents us from buying their standard inks in bottles. We are only allowed to buy their ‘luxury’ ‘Iroshizuku’ inks.

I conclude that Pilot hates Britain ☹️