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I've been a lurker on Fountain Pen Network for awhile and thought I'd post my first review on the Pilot Custom Heritage 92 which I received this week and also compare them to my other pens. I'd been reading about fountain pens for years and always wanted to get one but cost was somewhat a deterrent and I really didn't have a use for them to justify the cost. I have too many other expensive hobbies. What changed was I started journaling on a regular basis last year and decided 6 months ago to dabble in fountain pens now that I have a use for them. I've always had a fascination with writing instruments so naturally fountain pens became a really good hobby to tinker around. So why did I get a Pilot Custom Heritage 92 and why did I get 3 of them? I got the PCH92 because I wanted a piston filler that was a full size pen and I wanted a pen I could use posted. I looked at and still want a Pelikan M600, but it's just a little too pricey right now for me to justify buying it. I got 3 PCH92's because I got a really good deal on 2 of them. The orange one was $51 shipped and the smoke one was $100 shipped. The blue one was the one I wanted the most and I ordered it at the normal eBay price of $130 shipped from Japan. All 3 pens came in the mail this week. Once I saw them in person, I fell in love with all 3 colors. I'm surprised I like the orange one as much as I do since I usually don't like anything orange. I did end up swapping the nib of the smoke and the orange one due to the ink choices I went with for each of them. I'll cover why below. Construction: The PCH92 is clearly better quality than the TWSBI pens in person. The piston mechanism is more smooth and it gives you a more definite stopping point when you've depressed the piston all the way down. I feel like the TWSBI pens have more play and doesn't give you clear feedback once the piston is all the way down. The TWSBI mechanism also feels more fragile as I'm twisting. I don't have any really high end pens to compare the PCH92 to but I'm very happy with them. I think they're equally as good as my Lamy 2000. 5/5 Size And Weight: I write with the PCH 92 posted and it feels very well balanced. To me I'd say it's balanced near the middle of the pen. It's feels lighter than my Lamy 2000 which is also evenly balanced. It feels about the same as the TWSBI 580 unposted. It's definitely a little heftier compared to a Lamy Safari but not heavy by any means. Personally I feel the Lamy 2000 is about as heavy a pen as I'd use for a writing for long periods of time so the PCH 92 is a very good balance of size (both the length of the pen post and the girth of the barrel) and weight. 5/5 Ink Capacity: The PCH92 holds a very good amount of ink. 1.2-1.3ML I think. Plenty for my journal writing. It may not be enough if you write for hours on end but I think it's more than adequate for most. 4.5/5 (only because there are pens that hold more) Nib performance: The FM writes incredible smooth and noticeably thicker than the F nib. The smoke black pen originally had a FM nib on it but I swapped it with the F nib on the orange. Why? FM is just a little too wet and thick for my small writing (with Iroshizuku Take-Sumi). Even on Rhodia paper I just didn't like the way the black ink looked. Swapping it to the F worked out great. FM on the orange pen with Diamine Oxblood is a good combination. Even with my small handwriting it still exhibits some shading and stands out with the slightly thicker lines. Same with the blue one which I inked with Iroshizuku Kon-Peki. Kon-Peki shades even better and looks amazing. I would describe the FM nib as buttery smooth. Equally as smooth as my Lamy 2000 in EF which writes more like a Japanese FM. The F nib writes very smooth as well but has the slightest hint of feedback on Rhodia paper. It makes a slightly more audible scratchy sound as you write with it although the feel is not actually scratchy. Both these nibs are slightly more soft than my steel TWSBI nibs. I wouldn't classify them as actually soft nibs so much as they have noticeable give compared to my steel nibs. I'm very happy with how all 3 nibs write out of the box. Ink flow with Iroshizuku ink is wet. And like I said, it was a little too wet for my taste with Iroshizuku Take-Sumi with a FM nib. 5/5 for the FM 4.5/5 for the F Overall Impressions: These pens retail for $220 in the US. At that price point I'd say they're still good for the writing experience. It's a well constructed demonstrator and significantly more affordable than something comparable from Sailor. At the normal $130 eBay price, these pens are a great value. They have great 14k nibs and they're piston fillers. It's hard to ask for much more in this price range. 5/5 overall Packaging: Nothing special http://i.imgur.com/T4hkVJm.jpg The Pens: inside a Nockco Lookout http://i.imgur.com/uOb3RYX.jpg http://i.imgur.com/S3MJcT4.jpg The nibs (F vs FM): Top http://i.imgur.com/COX4W35.jpg Bottom http://i.imgur.com/lPkgXvE.jpg Writing samples: http://i.imgur.com/tMHZOC9.jpg Bonus: Circle of Write. My collection after 6 months http://i.imgur.com/hJ9dEHR.jpg