Now, with the Elite 95, the situation is different. The original Elite pocket pen was far less original and unique. All three big pen manufacturers in Japan made formal-looking pocket pens and the curiosity raised by the new Elite 95 actually points out at all of those. Sailor even created some models with quasi-inlaid nibs very much alike to those re-made by Pilot.
I know of two such models by Sailor: a black pen with a 14 K gold nib, and a black-stripped unit made of steel with an 18 K white gold nib. On both cases, the pen body is metallic. These pens can be equipped with current Sailor converters if shortened. The drawback is a reduction in the already small ink capacity of those. As usual, refilling ink cartridges is a perfectly sensible option.
The nibs are geometrically identical, but not so their materials--yellow 14 K (M, number 4) and white 18 K gold (F, number 2).
These are the dimensions of these pens:
Length closed: 121 mm
Length open: 104 mm
Length posted: 139 mm
Diameter: 12 mm
Weight: 14.4 g (black, empty converter), 18.3 (stripped, empty converter)
Ink capacity: 1.2 ml (cartridge), 0.5 ml (adapted converter)
In conclusion, this new Pilot Elite 95 created a renewed interest on pocket pens, but it might backfire to Pilot. Would this not be a good chance for Platinum and Sailor to release their own re-issues of pocket pens? Both brands had very interesting models to copy, and Platinum still produces some of the nibs used on them.
Sailor Profit Senior, Naginata Togi nib – Pilot Blue
Bruno Taut
Kawasaki, August 20th 2013
etiquetas: Platinum, Sailor, Pilot, mercado
Bruno Taut
Kawasaki, August 20th 2013
etiquetas: Platinum, Sailor, Pilot, mercado
4 comments:
Could you do me the favor of identifying the striped Platinum pocket pens? I am trying to find the model number.
Gracias!
Not much can I offer, Erick Langer. I do not have the catalog codes or models. On the label of the pen in the middle (4th picture in the text) it says "PLATINUM STAINLESS". Its nib is made of 18 K white gold.
Thanks for passing by and commenting.
BT
How do you find the top Platinum pocket pen (striped) is this the one with a 14k wg nib? -chester
Chester,
Those three Platinum pens with black stripes all implement 18 K gold nibs, either in white or in yellow gold. Now the following Platinum pen, with a music nib, could come with either 14 K or 18 K grade.
Cheers,
BT
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