Fountain Pen Custom Heritage 912, Black Body, FA-Nib (FKVH-2MR-B-FA)

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So I draw Manga and do Urban sketching. I wanted a pen that would do all in one. Thin and thick lines, instead of a bunch off fine liners . I heard about this pen and saw it on here. The first problem I ran into was there was two listed on Amazon. One for $ 224.00 and one for $ 184.00 no matter how many times I read descriptions I couldn’t tell a difference. I even called Amazon ( USA ) support lol and asked them to see if there was a difference, they saw nothing. So I’m not a idiot I ordered cheaper one. Btw which is no longer listed on Amazon. Oh the only difference Amazon saw was cheaper one was a Japanese seller who had their inventory with Amazon so it was still prime and no month long wait to get it. So I always do huge research on major purchases and this time I made the mistake of only reading Amazon reviews, and not my usual YouTube plus online reviews. They were completely mixed from exceptional to total garbage. After I received it I went to YouTube and my heart hit the floor. Almost every review said great writer horrible for drawing, complete railroading due to bad feed design. Plus it’s extremely picky on ink and people said to use only Pilot iroshizuku ink which btw i did get from Amazon. For my work I only use De Atramentis document ink. I reached out to the experts at Goulet pens about my concerns. Brian the owner replied to me stating that the pilot ink would be better but may work with document ink. Also mentioned the drawing problems due to feed and told me about a aftermarket feed which I had seen for 30 dollars. But after a huge investment why should I have to change feed and also void any kinda warranty on pen. So the pen sat on my desk for weeks, with me not knowing what to do. I finally called Amazon with two days left in return window and started the return process. Also giving me 14 additional days to think about it. Well tomorrow is last day to drop it off at UPS store, and this morning I was thinking I should at least try it. Even if it’s garbage I can still return it. I love Amazon, not always the cheapest but get your items in either one or two days and return policy is outstanding. Well I’m so mad at myself for waiting. I filled with document ink, mainly because I tried the Take-Sumi in another pen and felt it looked more gray than black. I’ve never ever written with a smoother pen in my life. I was writing on Deleter Manga paper. Then the big question , the flex of the Fa nib. Let me just say as fast as I could draw something it kept up perfectly. Absolutely no railroading and went from a hairline to about a 1/8” thick with extremely very little pressure. This is the best pen I’ve ever owned. Now I’m not sure I just got a good one and got lucky or what. Secondly I did flush it out with some spring water, maybe that helped. I’ve never flushed any new fountain pens before but one artist on YouTube recommended flushing this one. Thirdly I think I found difference between two listed on Amazon. 90 percent of YouTube reviews stated the middle ring says Pilot Custom Heritage Japan with stars around it. Mine only says Pilot Custom Heritage Japan, no stars. I don’t know if it means mine is older or newer. In conclusion all I can say is this pen is yes extremely expensive for me anyway but if your looking for a pen to draw with getting hairlines and broad lines and a feel that is so smooth this is your pen. Again I’ve never felt something so smooth. It makes me wanna just throw away all my fine liners. I hope if you purchase you’d have same results I did and hopefully I didn’t just get a good one.

Esta es una Pilot magnífica. Tando para escribir como para dibujar, esta pluma va de maravilla. La recomiendo.

Excellent stylo plume étonnamment souple On peut faire des variations impressionnantes de largeur de trait (0.2 à plus de 1mm) je n'ai pas tenté plus de peur de plier la plume Sinon quelques problèmes de plume qui n'écrit pas sur des papiers très lisses, et débit du stylo trop faible à mon goût (surtout pour des traits larges...)

If you want to try something different then the 912 with the flexible falcon nib is well worth experiencing - it does wonders for your handwriting and especially if you are into calligraphy. Its not cheap and it isn’t available in the UK so you will have to pay customs charges and experience the delay of customs clearance - but if you know that in advance you can prepare yourself. The flexibility of the nib is almost like having a watercolour paint brush in your hand. As it’s such a wet line you need to make sure you are using a good quality paper to write on. I love it - it’s not an everyday writing pen but one in your hand you do want to keep using it and experimenting.

I ordered this pen in the morning and it arrived before dinner. Great service. The pen is a delight to write with, it's a Japanese original and comes with a valid Pilot warranty. The flex is perfect and, as long as I use a wet ink, just flows beautifully. So glad I splurged on this. It's made my Christmas.