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Drawing of a maple leaf with a PILOT SUPER 200 with 14k POSTING nib

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Drawing made with a PILOT SUPER 200 with 14k POSTING nib
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Drawing of a maple leaf with a PILOT SUPER 200 with 14k POSTING nib

TL;DR: Drawing this maple leaf was a pleasure. The main drawing instrument for this is a PILOT SUPER 200 with a 14k-gold POSTING nib. The prop fell from a tree just a couple of days before the drawing took place.

Info: SUPERs were a popular, high-quality line from pen-maker PILOT, through the 1950s and early 1960s. Model SUPER 200 was the large (but not extra large) size, acting as a Montblanc 146 of its time in Japan. Featuring the PILOT fingernail nib, they were excellent writers.

This pen has a 14k-gold POSTING nib. POSTING nibs of that time act typically as extra fine (EF), no flex; in time, they could end up duller, closer to an F. Unlike modern EFs, 1960s POSTING nibs were smooth out of the box.

The green strokes are made with a large nib (BB+) fed with Noodler’s Harald Hearse ink.

PILOT SUPER 200 capped next to a drawing and writing sample
Figure 1. PILOT SUPER 200 capped, next to a drawing and a writing sample.
PILOT SUPER 200 open zoom-in
Figure 2. PILOT SUPER 200 open, zoom in.
PILOT 1960s 14k POSTING nib
Figure 3. PILOT 1960s 14k-gold nib with POSTING structure and tipping.
PILOT SUPER 200 open - Rhodia page - Iroshizuku Take-Sumi inkpot
Figure 4. PILOT SUPER 200 open, next to an empty Rhodia page and a bottle of PILOT Iroshizuku Take-Sumi (black ink).
PILOT 1960s 14k POSTING nib w ink on it
Figure 5. PILOT 1960s 14k-gold nib with POSTING structure and tipping. There is some ink on it, as expected during the inking process, before wiping it clean.
PILOT SUPER 200 uncapped - drawing - writing sample
Figure 6. PILOT SUPER 200 uncapped, next to a drawing and a writing sample.
PILOT SUPER 200 capped next to a drawing and writing sample
Figure 7. PILOT SUPER 200 capped, next to a drawing and a writing sample.
Drawing made with a PILOT SUPER 200 with 14k POSTING nib
Figure 8. The full drawing made with the PILOT SUPER 200.
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