Hi There! This is going to be the first in a series of posts that I have been wanting to do for quite some time now. My collection over the last year has grown, and as have my likes and dislikes. These posts aren’t intended to persuade you to love or hate any specific pen brand, rather I just wanted an outlet to share my love for some of these amazing writing instruments. Let’s start where it all began… for me.

Custom Heritage 92, Custom 74 Teal, Custom 74 Blue. Custom 823 Amber, Metal Pilot Falcon Burgundy, Justus 95

As I sit here at my desk it’s hard for me to believe that this is all started with a 15 dollar pen from an Amazon Black Friday sale. Now while I have come a long way from my single metropolitan, I still consider it to be one of my absolute favorites. When I think of Pilot I think business, elegance, and class. Most of their pens are in a black, gold, and silver trim combination perfect for the office. Although they do have some pens that stray away from this.

The Pilot Kakuno usually ranges from about 10 to 15 USD depending on the style. This pen is so ridiculously good that I have been considering collecting all of them as a personal side quest. I solely use this pen with cartridges, because I can’t justify buying a converter for it that is almost worth as much as the pen. Also the Kakuno bears one of the best nib designs on the market… Prove me wrong.

Smile for the Camera

You can usually find The Pilot Metropolitan for under 20 USD at most online retailers. This pen is also a bargain for the price, it has an amazing color range. I have the all black Metro, I’m not a fan of the design bands at the center of the pens. However, the pen is just a highly capable writer, smooth, dependable, and cheap.

The Metropolitan and Prera

The Pilot Prera this little compact beauty has also got a lot of bang for its buck. If you are hesitant on spending big on a pen, than I recommend this pen. The Pilot Prera sits somewhere around 56 USD, which I know, I know is not cheap by any stretch of the imagination. However, this truly is an amazing writer. This would rank higher for me on my personal faves list, if it wasn’t for it’s compact design.

The Impossible Vanishing point, now I’m sure that someone, somewhere knows just exactly how this pen works… That person however, is not me. There are a few fountain pens out there that have a retractable nib, but none seem to have captured the excellence that The Vanishing Point has. The pen comes in many different styles, and are just as elegant as can be. I must warn you though, it’s hard not to collect these as well which is troubling considering they retail for about 148 USD.

I didn’t think this picture set up out too much.

The Pilot Custom 74, is a pen that needs absolutely no introduction. This was also my first step into “higher end” pens. It’s wonderful, and just absolutely elegant. I won’t try to sell you on this pen, if you don’t own one chances are you want one.

Elegance at 100

The Pilot Custom 92 is my prized Pilot Demonstrator, I love the line that this medium work horse puts down. I do have to be forthcoming with the fact that this was also the only Pilot pen that I’ve ever found myself having to tune out of the box, it had its hiccups all of which have been resolved. Retailing for roughly 220 USD that was disappointing but that’s behind us both now and we work well together.

I honestly fill it with red to get the blood vial look going.

The Custom 823, I have the Amber version of this pen in medium, which is an absolute stunner. This Pen is probably one of the prettiest pens that I own, however it really isn’t for everyone. It’s a vacuum filled pen which allows for some great ink capacity. You do however, have to unscrew the back plug in order to allow for ink to flow, I know for many that is a huge turn off.. that and the 288 USD price tag.

Smoothest Pilot I own.

My Metal Pilot Falcon and I have a complicated relationship right now, that is to say that I love writing with it, it just wants me to solely write in cursive with it. This pen is sold with soft nibs (designed to flex a little) so I guess it was designed for cursive, but sometimes the occasion calls for some block letter printing… For 240 USD… It’s going to write how I want to…

Such a fine line.

The Justus 95, great idea… However, just because an idea is great doesn’t mean it’s all too practical. I love this pen in its soft setting, and there is some difference when switched to hard I still can’t think of a single situation where I would find myself needing to switch. I have the pen set somewhere in between giving me my perfect line width.

Hard and Soft setting Comparison

They have some gorgeous pens that are a bit out of reach for me, and what I would expect for most people. I’m not sure that I would ever spend upwards of a thousand dollars for a pen let alone several thousand… However, I do have the awesome Pilot Parallel Pens, which are certified gold.

These are always tons of fun to use!

Do you like Pilot Pens? Which are your favorite? Any pens that I should keep an eye out for?

Thanks for reading!