TL;DR: Purchasing pens made for a different market can mean some changes are needed to make them fit. In the Japanese market, I often find F nibs thinned to EF and tuned to write glass-smoothly. But, sometimes, I find nibs further turned downward, closer to the Sailor Concord specialty nibs than to the narrow down-turn of the Pilot Falcon or Posting nibs. This rare example of a Montblanc 121 Burgundy with 18k nib, ground from F to EF, turned into a Concord shape, has had artisanal work in these two directions.
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Pallas’ cat, the grumpiest in the world -OR- PILOT Elite with 18k F nib (1974)
TL;DR: Did you know Pallas’ cat is the grumpiest in the world? It must be true, because that’s what David Attenborough said during his Frozen Planet II coverage of this grumpy cat (for the whole series, start here). Great subject for a PILOT Elite tryout!
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Nibs of the 1960s: Sailor, part II
TL;DR: In this series of posts, I explore the nibs of the 1960s. First up: the nibs produced by Sailor, starting with their pocket pens.
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Nibs of the 1960s: Sailor, part I
TL;DR: In this series of posts, I explore the nibs of the 1960s. First up: the nibs produced by Sailor, starting with their pocket pens.
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A 1970s PILOT Elite fountain pen with fingernail 18k SCRIPT nib goes to Basel
TL;DR: And here is this pen, 1970s PILOT Elite fountain pen with ‘fingernail’ 18k SCRIPT nib, visiting Basel, CH.
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Two Platinum Soft-Fine Nibs, From the 2010s and the 1970s
TL;DR: I got to try these two Platinum Soft-Fine nibs, pens attached, one made in the late-2010s and placed in a PNB-13000A Platinum #3776 Century in Chartres Blue, the other in the 1970s and fit into a PB-5000 long black pen.
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