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Hi Everyone, Last year a pen starting popping up for sale in China that looks like a legitimate reincarnation of the discontinued but beloved Pilot 78G. The interesting thing is that this new pen, the Pilot 78G+, seems to only be for sale in mainland China. At first I thought it was another knocko...
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I have a destroyed clip on a Pilot Elite Sterling Silver Crosshatch that I'd like to remove and swap out from the cap. Has anyone successfully done that and can share how to remove and replace? I don't see from the inside of the cap any sign of a mechanism to release it and I have no clue how to dis...
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What are these white stuff on threads of my 823?
penworrymaster posted a topic in Fountain & Dip Pens - First Stop
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Con-70 Filling Tips Help Please, Pilot Custom Heritage Posting Nib
Intellidepth posted a topic in Japan - Asia
I have a uni exam in just over a week and will be trialling my Pilot custom heritage posting nib fp under real exam conditions (yes, I'm practicing with it, it's my favourite uni pen). When I refill, or try to, it the converter hardly fills. When it does, it's full of air bubbles. What am I doing... -
Can a pen come in a wrong/different box?
penworrymaster posted a topic in Fountain & Dip Pens - First Stop
Hi! I have just bought a Pilot Custom 823. It seems to be packaged inside of Decimo/Vanishing Point box with cartridge and manual for a C/C pen. Do you think I got a fake pen? Or it is normal for suppliers/retailers to just put the pen/mistakenly put it in wrong box they like? This is somewhat simil... -
Does Pilot Custom 823 has feedback?
penworrymaster posted a topic in Fountain & Dip Pens - First Stop
I have a Pilot Custom 823 Medium nib currently inked with Iroshizuku Asa Gao, does it have a little feedback? Or it is totally frictionless with no feedback at all? The pen is very buttery in terms of smoothness, the feedback is like a very soft pencil lead, akin to Uni's soft lead. -
Clear residue inside the barrel of Pilot Custom 823
penworrymaster posted a topic in Fountain & Dip Pens - First Stop
Is it normal for a brand new pilot Custom 823 to have residue inside of the barrel like these? The residue is clear and persistent despite washing with water and soap.
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Majohn C5 with a clone of the CON-70?
VillersCotterets posted a topic in China, Korea and Others (Far East, Asia)
The Chinese text highlights that the pump-filler is highly practical, enabling a complete fill with just a few button presses.
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Good day, I’m a new member from Chicago and I have a fledgling collection. The only Pilot I have is a basic metropolitan, yet now, I’m quite interested in a higher-end model like the Custom 845. I’d like to ask you owners about your thoughts about the pen in terms of nib feel...
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Hello Everyone! I recently purchased this pen, and am eager to learn as much about it as possible. What are the best resources for any information on this pen? I would love to learn as much about its entire history as I am able to. From the artist, to any of the old marketing information or cat...
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Hi, I'd like to present the comparison of 20 grey inks. To be honest, I don't like grey and I don't use it. I don't own a single bottle of grey ink Yet I've managed to gather quite a lot of samples and decided to make some use of them. I've made long introduction to this comparis...
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It seems there's no Diamine's Brilliant Red review on FPN (not in review index) so I thought I can share my review originally posted on polish fountain pen enthusiasts forum. I'm sorry the text on photos is in polish, however I didn't have time to repeat all the process and write another review in e...
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In December 2007 Pilot's created exclusive line of inks called Iroshizuku. I believe they may well be the most well known fountain pen inks in pen world. These inks are supposed to work in any pen with any nib on any paper and in any situation. I haven't tried all of them but so far the Iroshizuku i...
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Anybody Knows This Beauty? Is It From China, Korea Or Japan? What Is This Pen?
Lodzermensch posted a topic in Fountain & Dip Pens - First Stop
What is this pen? What is the brand / producer / origin? What model is this? This is a pen given to me by my father in early 80-ties. I used it for a couple of years as my every day pen. I cannot identify the producer nor the model. Must be produced somewhere in 1970-ties ot late 1960-tie...
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Pilot Red This was the the fifth and last of blind ink testing series. The fourth I had already reviewed (J Herbin Vert de gris). Thanks @Lithium466 for the sample. It’s not easy to find. But if you need an eye searing red, it might be for you. This...
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I have Sailor 1911 L Sailor Compass aka Profit Junior Platinum 3776 Century Platinum President Pilot 74 Pilot 78g Muji pen
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My girlfriend has one of those purple "retro-pop" Pilot Metros with a transplanted 1.1 stub nib from a Plumix. She keeps complaining that it's "leaking," which seems to mean that when she uncaps it to use it there's ink all over the section, so she gets inky fingers. I've inspected it fairly close...
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Somehow I did it again and managed to buy too many Royal Blue inks. It's far from my favourite blue hue but nevertheless useful in broad nibs. In any case, it gave me the opportunity to compare them. The first picture is of what I wrote on a scrap of Lalo 100g paper. It's not a great picture but you...
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Anyone able to compare the CH 912 FA nib and the regular Pilot Falcon nib? I recently purchased the Falcon and now I'm having buyer's regret hearing that the FA nib on the Custom Heritage 912 and the Custom 742 are even better.
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PRELUDE A sharp twist in the clip This is going to be an unrated review in addition to an eulogy for one of my beloved blue Pilot Bamboo pens, which met its ultimate demise at the hands of an evil FedEx carrier. I would probably have spent more time pondering this loss, than Juliett...
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From the album: Mercian’s pens
Pilot (in 2023 at least) actively prevents its Authorised Dealers from selling this pen to people who are in the UK 🤬 In continental Europe, similar-looking pens are sold by Pilot under the name “Pilot MR Retro Pop - Metallic Violet - Ellipse Ring’. Those pens are chambered to take Eu...
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Gifted FP Stuff: Waterman Laureate? Some older Pilot? What is "vintage"?
Art1sta posted a topic in Fountain & Dip Pens - First Stop
Greetings! I was recently gifted with two fountain pens and two bottles of ink from a friend in her 70s. They'd been sat in her husband's desk for so many years that neither of them can remember getting them or ever using them. One is a Waterman; some Google-fu suggests it's a Laureat...
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Ina-Ho is intriguing ink, it's hard to describe its color. Let's just say it's interesting, because it really is, take a look at the chromatography. But first the bottle: Bottle http://imageshack.com/a/img540/7702/SAJvCC.jpg http://imageshack.com/a/img538/3772/mQxy7h.jpg INK SPLASH htt...
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A friend's pen (Pilot Heritage 91 <M> tip) with a con 40 has drystarting problems. The tines are good, the feed matches with the breather hole, and the ink used is a wet ink (Waterman inspired Blue) and they are using Rhodia paper. During writing, if the tip of the nib is lifted for more than 2 seco...
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Hello, I'm planning to purchase a Pilot Custom 823 and while searching on how to clean and maintain the O rings, I saw lots of warnings on how even unscrewing the piston assembly once, with the right tool, can result in the barrel cracking (and ofc loosing the warranty). Is there any way to lubricat...
