Pilot 78G Review

I shall start off with saying that I have quit the NaNoWriMo, because it is too much for me to handle and plus I have other things I have to do in my life, so reviews will be back on track, one review a week until I have no more pens to review and have to get more :P, with that said, lets start off with the review.

This pen I am reviewing is the Pilot 78G New Old Stock fountain pen in Medium nib, since this pen is a Japanese pen, the nib grade will be one grade lower than any western nibs, so this pen writes more like a western fine, the pen has a nice springy clip, the nib has not got any spring to it but I was able to coax some line variation out of it, the nib is a nice smooth nib, great for EDC.

This pen has a nice old look to it, it is not the heaviest of pens, but also is not the lightest of pens, weighing in at 13G all together, the full measurements will be at the bottom of this review, (Weight only, as I cannot find my measuring tape.)

To be honest, there is not much else to say, other then this pen is one of my favorites out of all my pens (and yes, my jinhao x450 comes second.) This pen is a solid workhorse pen, I mean it may get some scratches and chips in the plastic body, but thats ok, because for a $19.95 pen, its ok if it gets damaged.

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OUNCES

Capped: 0.45oz

Uncapped: 0.30oz

Cap: 0.13oz
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GRAMS

Capped: 13G

Uncapped: 8G

Cap: 4G
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12:50PM GMT+10 Australian Time, 21/11/2015

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Hero 901 Review

(sorry for the bad hand writing :/ )

With this pen, it is another one of the Chinese mass production pens, but it is a nice one, the nib is smooth, and it has some weight to it, the nib and feed can be removed for easy cleaning, and you can get other nibs for it I am sure, it has a number 5 nib, so you can always try it out (if you do try to change the nib with another number 5 nib, I will NOT take any responsibility for the damage of the nib or feed, you try it at your own risk).

If you are interested, you can grab it on Ebay for a couple of dollars, the pen is a Hero 901.

It has a black and gold design, the nib has "Genius Iridium Germany" on it, it has a nice springy clip, can be used, but could be a bit more tight, the cap takes a bit of strength to take off, but it is easy to put back on.

The pen looks like it has a 'Blind cap', but trust me, it is not, and the cap does not screw on, I tried that when I got the pen, because it was so darn hard to take the cap off, so I thought it was a screw type cap, and the nib has some spring to it, but it is not said as a "Flex" or "Semi-Flex", it just has some spring to it, and the pen will post, but it would make it a long pen

So to finish this up, what do I think of the pen? Well, the nib was smooth, again with some feed back, I would say it is a fine nib, the weight of the pen is okay (look for the pen stats below) and the overall look of the pen is nice, I say it is up to you if you want to buy it, but I would recommend it as a first pen, it did come with a free converter, and that holds about 0.5mm/cc of ink (cc being the measurement on my syringe), So the pen is an okay starter pen, but if you want to move up in price, say a Lamy Safari or a Pilot Metro would be the way to go.

-Ashley Evans 20/09/2015 8:48PM AEST GMT+10

Pen Stats:

WEIGHT

Cap: 16g or 0.55Oz

Capped: 44g or 1.55Oz

Un-capped: 28g or 1.00Oz

LENGTH

Capped: 14.3cm or 5.10In

Un-capped: 12.5cm or 4.15In

Posted: 16.5cm or 6.8In

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Pilot Kakuno Review

This pen is a nice pen, right out of the box, it was smooth, with a little feedback, it is not sold as a "semi-flex" or a "full-flex", but the nib is soft, the nib and feed can be removed for cleaning and I think you can put another nib and feed from other Pilot pens in it, I am not sure what Pilot nibs and feeds will fit in it, but that can be something that you can play around with, it comes with the pen, an ink cartridge and the clipless cap, plus a thing of instructions on how to put the ink cartridge in, it has a nice hexigon type shape, and feels nice, the section has that triangle type of shape, sort of like the Lamy and other pens, like one of the Omas pens, the pen can post nice and tightly, this pen was nice to use, was not hevey, you can see that in the stats of the pen.

Overall, the pen was not bad for a sub $20AUD pen, came with an ink cartidge so you can start right away, one down side of it is that the Pilot pens take proprietary connectors, and if you only have a Con-70 converter, you will have to spend a little more to get another converter, the other 2 converters SHOULD work with the pen.

Please share this website to people that enjoy fountain pens, and I would like to make a huge shout out to the Fountain Pen Network, and Pilot Japan, Pilot for making great pens, and FPN for being nice people (referring to the fountain pen network facebook page).

-Ashley Evans  18/09/2015  9:23PM AEST GMT+10

(Also sorry for the bad hand writing in the writing sample, it was bad, but ya-know, can't make everyone happy :/ )

Pen Stats:

WEIGHT

Capped: 13G or 0.45OZ

Un-Capped: 9G or 0.30OZ

Cap: 4G or 0.15OZ

LENGTH

Capped: 12.7CM or 5.3In

Un-Capped: 12.6CM or 5In

Posted: 15.8CM or 6.4In

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Jinhao Blue Ink Review

This ink is one that I bought, I was not given it for review, this is one that I got from China, all of the opinions in this review are MY opinions, and how I feel about this ink may differ from what you think of it, so please do note that, now, on to the review.

I have been wanting to grab some blue ink for a while, because black Parker Quink was starting to bore me, so I went onto ebay, and looked up for some ink cartridges, and I found the Jinhao Blue ink cartridges, and boy oh boy did I find some fetures going for this ink, the sheening is nice, shading is ok, and color is AMAZING, as the sample below will show.

Sheening: 7.5 (Depends on the paper)

Shading: 8

Cleaning: 9.5

Saturation: 8

Color: 10

Lubrication: 10

Flow: 9

The fetures of this ink are:
Sheening
Shading
Easy cleaning
Good saturation

Beautiful color

and easy flow

This ink has a nice, calm blue, can be a bit dark at some times, but that just adds to the factor of this ink, the writing sample will show you what it looks like.

In conclusion, this ink is not bad, a wet ink, does not feather (both wetness and feathering depends on the paper you use, the paper I used was Rhodia paper), has great lubrication (this has to do with the wetness of the ink) works great in all nib sizes, from:

XXF

XF

F

MF

M

B

BB

3B

MUSIC

STUB

FA

ZOOM

IT

OF/OFR

OM &OMR

OB & OBR

OBB

O3B

I do recomend grabbing a few packs of them, they will last for a while, and are cheap, you can grab some off ebay.

-Ashley Evans 10:57AM AEST GMT+10 26/09/2015

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