Pilot Fountain Pen Custom Heritage 912, Black Body, WA-Nib

This is the best fontain pen that I have ever had. Despite I still like my Custom 74, this is much better, writes "wet" and smoothly, and looks beautiful. Medium nib is amazing on premium paper like Muraman, Rhodia.

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.

Bought this pen and saved $100 compared to the pen shops in looked at in the United States. It ships from Japan, but it arrived very quickly. Received it less than two weeks after I ordered it, and that was after 5 days of delivery attempts while I wasn't home. I did not pay for shipping or to expedite the shipping process. Went to pick it up at the DHL location and fixed that. The pen is in perfect shape; it works great; it looks great; and it comes with converter as well. I've heard some of the pens that ship from Japan don't come with converters, but this one did.

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This is the only pen I own where I can not use it for a whole year and when I come back to it the ink is still flowing perfectly. It really is amazing. Love the posting nib on mine, it gives a very fine line and just feels nice to write with because of the angle it hits the paper. I don't post the cap when I write, I find the pen gets too heavy and tires my hand out but it feels great without. It's also probably one of the nicest built pens that I own.

I wish this was my 1st pen purchase, but 25 pens later I finally found The One.I'm going to write as if you know about fountain pens because only a seasoned enthusiast is looking at spending the money on this PO nib.I wanted a fountain pen replacement for Uni 0.28 rollerball that wrote like mechanical pencil 0.5 2B lead. I have them all, Sailor PGS EF, Pilot Kakuno EF, Pilot Custom 74 EF, Pilot VP Decimo EF JOWO & Bock EF, Platinum 3776 UEF. Nothing touches the Pilot #10 PO nib as the reigning king of thinnest line width.And it's smooth! Platinum UEF & Pilot VP have tooth, Pilot Kakuno/Metro EF + JOWO/Bock have feedback. This is the smoothest of all my EF nibs, with a touch of feedback. Almost to smooth for me as I start to lose some control. I'm not talking to you "buttery" people tho, you're not looking for a ultra fine nib.Its resin and light, rounded edges everywhere. Comfortable section for my Asian Medium Cadet hand size. Balanced writer posted or unposted, I prefer posting but often use this pen unposted. Nib is bend down to prevent the tines from flexing and affecting the line width. Consistent line in every direction.Even using Platinum Carbon Black which tends to put down a thicker line then my other pigment/ IG inks, this PO nib is still my thinnest writer. My favorite and most well behaved in this pen is Kiwaguro. It can handle every paper with no spread feathering ghosting or bleeding. but haven't tested if it can write on smooth receipt paper yet. Blue Black fav is Platinum Blue Black and Souboku. If it can handle these dry permanent inks, it can handle any ink.The pen would be the same length as my Pilot 823 if it had round finials. Sword clip is cool, usable but stiff. I'm a clip user. Comes with a Con70 + 1 cartridge. That's my only negative remark as my converter was obviously used, maybe even switch out. But it holds ink for my pen to write so I don't dock stars as everything else about the pen's condition is mint. Packing could have been better too, but whatever, the pen came in 1 piece.If you're looking for the thinnest fountain pen line, you know who you are, buy this.Or the Pilot 742 has the same nib different body. The Pilot 743 uses a #15 nib and I assume it would be a #15 PO nib. My experience across the board is that larger nibs produce thicker lines, so #10 would be the thinnest.