El tema de esta semana es un poco diferente al habitual y puede parecer aburrido para los lectores que no son tan fanáticos de la pluma estilográfica como yo, pero cuando la dueña de la tienda, Leena, me pidió que escribiera sobre ello, me emocioné . ¡Esta puede ser la mejor oportunidad que he tenido hasta ahora! Pilot anunció recientemente 8 nuevas puntas para su Custom 912, lo que eleva la cantidad de opciones de puntas disponibles para este bolígrafo a 15 , ¡y pude probar TODAS!
(Mira esa enorme pila de cajas Custom 912 en mi piso... ¡GUAU!)
Tantas opciones
El Custom 912 ahora ofrece la gama completa de puntas Pilot, incluidas algunas puntas inusuales que siempre quise probar, como Waverly y Posting. Soy un gran admirador de los bolígrafos Pilot (tengo 14) y ya tengo una selección bastante grande de tamaños de puntas Pilot (Extrafina, Fina, Fina Mediana, Mediana, Ancha, Doble Ancha y Suave Fina), pero tengo en mis manos en cada plumilla Pilot es como algo que me pasaría en un sueño. (Sí, a veces tengo sueños raros como ese).
Aquí está la alineación completa, tal como la describe Pilot:
- Extrafina (EF) (0,25 mm): una punta dura para letras pequeñas, casi punta de aguja.
- Fina (F) (0,32 mm): punta dura para letras finas.
- Soft Fine (SF) (0,32 mm): una punta suave para letras finas.
- Fino Medio (FM) (0,4 mm): una punta dura, entre Fina y Mediana.
- Soft Fine Medium (SFM) (0,4 mm): una punta suave, entre fina y media.
- Mediano (M) (0,5 mm): punta dura para letras medianas.
- Soft Medium (SM) (0,5 mm): una punta suave para letras medianas.
- Ancho (B) (0,61 mm): punta dura para letras en negrita.
- Double Broad (BB) (0,72 mm): grande y duro para letras muy atrevidas. Entre lo amplio y lo tosco.
- Posting (PO) (0,25 mm): punta dura con forma de punta hacia abajo que genera líneas muy finas y nítidas con poca presión. Preferido para escribir sobre papel propenso a desvanecerse.
- Falcon (FA): presenta un diseño ingeniosamente elaborado con "capucha" que permite una flexibilidad sutil al escribir.
- Waverly (WA) (0,5 mm): diseñado con una punta ligeramente hacia arriba que ofrece una experiencia de escritura única, flexible y personalizada, excepcionalmente suave, independientemente del ángulo de escritura.
- Stub (SU) (0,63 mm): presenta una punta roma y cuadrada para trazos verticales amplios y trazos horizontales finos. Plumilla cursiva tradicional.
- Grueso (C) (0,85 mm): punta extra ancha para líneas extremadamente atrevidas.
- Música (MS) (0,9 mm): cuenta con tres púas y fue diseñado originalmente para escribir partituras y caligrafía. Plumilla cursiva moderna.
Todas las puntas son de oro de 14 quilates. El bolígrafo Custom 912 viene con un cartucho de tinta Pilot patentado y un bonito convertidor CON-70 que tiene una gran capacidad y cuenta con un mecanismo de llenado con botón exclusivo.
Probando las puntas
Decidí escribir con todas las puntas en papel Rhodia usando una de mis tintas favoritas, Waterman Tender Purple . Quería una tinta que mostrara muchos matices y brillo si tuviera la oportunidad, para que las diferencias entre las puntas fueran más evidentes al escribir. Esta combinación de tinta y papel terminó difuminándose con algunas de las puntas, pero eso es algo que sucede a menudo con las plumas estilográficas en el mundo real, así que no voy a censurarlo. Tenga en cuenta que Waterman Tender Purple es una tinta bastante húmeda, por lo que usar una tinta más seca mitigaría este problema.
No había difuminado en el papel de Tomoe River , pero la mayoría de la gente no usa ese tipo de papel especial la mayor parte del tiempo, así que no hice mis muestras de escritura más largas en este papel. Y, desafortunadamente, necesitaba devolver los 15 bolígrafos a Pen Boutique, ¡así que no tuve tiempo de probarlos en una variedad más amplia de papeles!
Así es como se veían todas las puntas una al lado de la otra en el río Tomoe:
Como puede ver, la punta tiene un efecto enorme no solo en el ancho de la línea sino también en el color de la tinta.
Para los desgloses de cómo escribió cada plumilla, simplemente les dejaré leer mi escritura real con los bolígrafos, ya que eso les dará la mejor ilustración. Desearía que mi letra fuera un poco más bonita, pero quería mostrar cómo se ven los bolígrafos con mi escritura natural. Terminaré con algunos pensamientos más escritos al final. (Todas las imágenes de aspecto profesional son las oficiales proporcionadas por Pilot. Las extravagantes son mías, obviamente).
Extra fino, fino, suave fino y fino medio
Suave Fino Medio, Medio y Suave Medio
Suave Fino Medio <SFM> Medio <M> Suave Medio <SM>
Ancho, Doble Ancho y Grueso
Doble ancho <BB> Grueso <C>
Publicación y Waverly
Publicación <orden de compra> Waverly <WA>
Halcón y trozo
Halcón <FA>
Trozo <SU>
Punta de música
Música <MS>
Elegir un favorito... si eso es posible
Tal vez debería haber sido imparcial en este informe, pero ese no es realmente mi estilo, por lo que probablemente fue bastante obvio que lo que más me entusiasmó fueron las puntas Waverly y Falcon . Ambos eran tan geniales y diferentes, y muy divertido escribir con ellos. ¡Me encantaría tener cualquiera de los dos! Sin embargo, disfruté experimentando con todas las puntas. No creo que quisiera tener una punta de música porque no soy músico ni calígrafo, y la punta de música era demasiado extrema para usarla en una escritura normal, pero todas las demás son puntas que yo Estaría feliz de poseerlo.
(La punta Waverly Custom 912 junto con dos de mis propios bolígrafos Pilot: un SF Falcon y un BB Custom 74 ).
¿Cuál te gustaría más? No puedo decirlo. Hay muchos factores que influyen en qué punta funcionará mejor para usted y le resultará más agradable utilizarla. Algunas de las cosas que me vienen a la mente son: qué tan pequeño escribe, el ángulo con el que sostiene el bolígrafo, cuánta sensación de retroalimentación prefiere, si es diestro o zurdo (los zurdos a menudo prefieren puntas más finas debido a problemas de manchas). ), con qué fuerza presionas cuando escribes, qué estás escribiendo (cursiva, impresión, kanji, arte...), qué papel usas (la textura y la absorbencia hacen una gran diferencia) y qué tinta usas.
Tengo más puntas medianas japonesas que cualquier otro tamaño, porque ese tamaño tiende a resultarme cómodo para escribir y disfruto de la suavidad y la cantidad de sombreado y brillo que ofrece una punta mediana. Dicho esto, me gusta usar una amplia variedad de puntas diferentes, simplemente porque es más interesante de esa manera y también porque uso diferentes puntas para diferentes propósitos.
Si tuviera que elegir una de las opciones flexible/suave, elegiría una punta Falcon (FA) para una experiencia más similar a una punta flexible clásica, o una Soft Fine si quisiera algo un poco más controlado pero aún distintivo. .
Si quisiera un bolígrafo realmente bonito que escriba maravillosamente y que sea confiable y suave, pero no quisiera que sucediera nada raro con la punta, elegiría un Extra Fino , Fino , Fino Medio o Medio .
Para una escritura más gruesa y divertida y firmas dramáticas, elegiría un Broad y, para arte o una declaración verdaderamente audaz, Double Broad y Coarse son fabulosos.
El Stub del Custom 912 es ideal para los amantes de los stubs... es fácil escribir con él y tiene un flujo excelente, a diferencia de algunos stubs más baratos que he probado.
Y para las personas que aman las puntas muy finas y no quieren usar papel "apto para pluma estilográfica", ¡la punta Posting es una excelente opción!
¿Qué pasa con el bolígrafo en sí?
Dejando a un lado todas estas interesantes posibilidades de puntas, ¿vale la pena tener la Pilot Custom 912? ¡Absolutamente! Este es un hermoso bolígrafo de resina con el que es muy cómodo escribir, en la misma línea que el Pilot Custom 74 y el Pilot Falcon. (Consulte mi artículo de blog anterior sobre Custom 74 y Custom 823, si aún no lo ha hecho). Así es como se ven los tres uno al lado del otro. El Custom 912 está en el centro.
Sí, el 912 sólo viene en negro, pero con todas estas increíbles opciones de puntas, realmente no me importa. Me encantan los bolígrafos negros. Son elegantes, frescos y atemporales. Y este es un bolígrafo negro hermoso, confiable y muy accesible, a un precio sorprendente para este nivel de calidad. Gracias piloto.
-Laura P.
12 comments
Jade
Thank you SO much for this!!
I absolutely love how you showed just the nibs names, using that nib, because seeing them all close together makes it a lot easier to compare more directly.
But then I loved even more seeing your written notes in said nib size! To be able to see it while reading how it feels to you and all the particulars is extremely helpful!!
I’m a lefty, underhand writer, so my dream would be to have a few pens that use these nibs because I’d want access to all, at all times! I absolutely need to try the WA, to see how it feels as opposed to just sort of constantly adjusting my hold on my other pens. Granted, I’ve only bought very inexpensive pens, out of necessity, but have been happy with how smooth some of them are. But the WA sounds so wonderful and smooth all over :)
I desperately need the FA in my life!! I keep dreaming I’ll magically run across a perfect, for me, vintage 14k gold nib pen that is super comfortable to hold and has super smooth, soft and easy flex for my old RA riddled hands. One reason I love fountain pens in general is that it the pen has some weight, just enough, to it, then I just basically move it along to write. Unlike with, say, a bic pen or something, where I have to pinch hold the pen tightly, at too straight up an angle to be comfortable, as well as press down hard. Using regular pens I can only get a couple sentences down before it’s way to painful and my hands are curled in cramping. With fountain pens I can write a page or 2 as long as I remind myself to relax my hand :)
The other reason for loving FP’s, and especially for wanting the FA nib, is my Grandma and I, when i was young, yes, a loooong time ago😏 would write & mail each other letters, even though we were only an hour away. But we both loved writing, the act of it… and how fun it was to get mail and see her beautiful handwriting! I was given a few of her fountain pens, well, you know how it goes, since I live the furthest away, loads of extended family rummage through first for the “good” stuff i know she had because I thought they were so beautiful as a kid. But, I am thankful for getting anything. It’s a 2 black/silver vintage Sheaffer No Nonsense, i believe, having the flat tops and bottoms, and 1 that looked similar, but the section was different as it has like a rubber cover. I know 1 came in one of those kits with the Calligraphy nibs, though the ‘fine’ was already gone :) But, to know she sometimes could have used these herself to write me… it just… just means a lot, she was my favorite person🥰. But I know she had a flexible nib for a lot of her writing because it was so beautiful! So, I’d love that FA nib for that :) Corny, I know.🤷🏼♀️
Plus a, f & m, or more so, ef & m.
But, being that, due to a botched surgery I’ve lost use of a lung and many more bad things that can’t be fixed and we lost our jobs as my husband had to do literally everything for me until i relearned, mostly, how to use the arm he paralyzed, we are losing everything, trying now to, in our health state, pack up to “hurry” and get out to hopefully sell the house and move to hopefully get work… so, pens like this, let alone several of them… will never happen, and that’s ok, just life :) But a girl can dream and it’s SO fun to add to my dream list :)
So sorry for the long comment, I know it’ll make everyone mad, so sorry for that😬🥴🤦♀️
But thank you again for a great article!!!!
Have a great week!!☺️
Thank you SO much for this!!
I absolutely love how you showed just the nibs names, using that nib, because seeing them all close together makes it a lot easier to compare more directly.
But then I loved even more seeing your written notes in said nib size! To be able to see it while reading how it feels to you and all the particulars is extremely helpful!!
I’m a lefty, underhand writer, so my dream would be to have a few pens that use these nibs because I’d want access to all, at all times! I absolutely need to try the WA, to see how it feels as opposed to just sort of constantly adjusting my hold on my other pens. Granted, I’ve only bought very inexpensive pens, out of necessity, but have been happy with how smooth some of them are. But the WA sounds so wonderful and smooth all over :)
I desperately need the FA in my life!! I keep dreaming I’ll magically run across a perfect, for me, vintage 14k gold nib pen that is super comfortable to hold and has super smooth, soft and easy flex for my old RA riddled hands. One reason I love fountain pens in general is that it the pen has some weight, just enough, to it, then I just basically move it along to write. Unlike with, say, a bic pen or something, where I have to pinch hold the pen tightly, at too straight up an angle to be comfortable, as well as press down hard. Using regular pens I can only get a couple sentences down before it’s way to painful and my hands are curled in cramping. With fountain pens I can write a page or 2 as long as I remind myself to relax my hand :)
The other reason for loving FP’s, and especially for wanting the FA nib, is my Grandma and I, when i was young, yes, a loooong time ago😏 would write & mail each other letters, even though we were only an hour away. But we both loved writing, the act of it… and how fun it was to get mail and see her beautiful handwriting! I was given a few of her fountain pens, well, you know how it goes, since I live the furthest away, loads of extended family rummage through first for the “good” stuff i know she had because I thought they were so beautiful as a kid. But, I am thankful for getting anything. It’s a 2 black/silver vintage Sheaffer No Nonsense, i believe, having the flat tops and bottoms, and 1 that looked similar, but the section was different as it has like a rubber cover. I know 1 came in one of those kits with the Calligraphy nibs, though the ‘fine’ was already gone :) But, to know she sometimes could have used these herself to write me… it just… just means a lot, she was my favorite person🥰. But I know she had a flexible nib for a lot of her writing because it was so beautiful! So, I’d love that FA nib for that :) Corny, I know.🤷🏼♀️
Plus a, f & m, or more so, ef & m.
But, being that, due to a botched surgery I’ve lost use of a lung and many more bad things that can’t be fixed and we lost our jobs as my husband had to do literally everything for me until i relearned, mostly, how to use the arm he paralyzed, we are losing everything, trying now to, in our health state, pack up to “hurry” and get out to hopefully sell the house and move to hopefully get work… so, pens like this, let alone several of them… will never happen, and that’s ok, just life :) But a girl can dream and it’s SO fun to add to my dream list :)
So sorry for the long comment, I know it’ll make everyone mad, so sorry for that😬🥴🤦♀️
But thank you again for a great article!!!!
Have a great week!!☺️
Jael
Thank you for publishing this comparison. I was very curious about all of the nib options, so this is extremely helpful.
Thank you for publishing this comparison. I was very curious about all of the nib options, so this is extremely helpful.
Mitch Pearce
Thanks for this comparison. It’s the most comprehensive one available. The writing samples (and your opinions) are very helpful. My go-to when agonizing over what nib to select on my latest Pilot.
Thanks for this comparison. It’s the most comprehensive one available. The writing samples (and your opinions) are very helpful. My go-to when agonizing over what nib to select on my latest Pilot.
Rachael Dominguez
Love this post! Great descriptions and yes, I dream about fountain pens too!
Seems like the Waverly would be the one to try. Sounds intriguing and fun.
Love this post! Great descriptions and yes, I dream about fountain pens too!
Seems like the Waverly would be the one to try. Sounds intriguing and fun.
steven santoni
Great review! Thank you very much!
Great review! Thank you very much!
Tom M
As a left handed underwriter, I love the WA nib. It really works well. I have both the 912 and 743 versions. the Schon DSGN monoc nib is slightly waverly-ish and also great for me — and presumably other lefties.
As a left handed underwriter, I love the WA nib. It really works well. I have both the 912 and 743 versions. the Schon DSGN monoc nib is slightly waverly-ish and also great for me — and presumably other lefties.
mimi
when testing the falcon nib you said it was more flexible than a pilot falcon.
I thought it WAS a Pilot Falcon!
when testing the falcon nib you said it was more flexible than a pilot falcon.
I thought it WAS a Pilot Falcon!
Paul M
I am encouraged to see that Pilot is making all these nib variations available in North America. The Custom 912 has a Pilot #10 nib, and essentially the same variations are available in Japan for the larger #15 nib used with the Custom 743 and 823 pens; hopefully all of them will eventually make it here, to Pen Boutique. The FA nib would be my top choice to start. Great nibs can transform the writing experience.
I am encouraged to see that Pilot is making all these nib variations available in North America. The Custom 912 has a Pilot #10 nib, and essentially the same variations are available in Japan for the larger #15 nib used with the Custom 743 and 823 pens; hopefully all of them will eventually make it here, to Pen Boutique. The FA nib would be my top choice to start. Great nibs can transform the writing experience.
Daniel Muchinsky
What a marvelous article, a perfect blend of personal thoughts and direct examples. I use a Pilot Falcon regularly but I may now get another to try some of those nibs.
What a marvelous article, a perfect blend of personal thoughts and direct examples. I use a Pilot Falcon regularly but I may now get another to try some of those nibs.
Richard Koenig
A really good review. Can you buy nibs separately and swap them in and out of the 912?
A really good review. Can you buy nibs separately and swap them in and out of the 912?
Michael A Milkovich
I myself like a Fine nib or Extra Fine nib I liked the blog a lot.
I myself like a Fine nib or Extra Fine nib I liked the blog a lot.
Charles Telfot
That was a great article! I was surprised to find it to be very engaging.
I reach for a Pilot M on a regular basis, but I think I prefer the WA for its feel and
elegance, and I would use it much more if I could find it when I want it.
That was a great article! I was surprised to find it to be very engaging.
I reach for a Pilot M on a regular basis, but I think I prefer the WA for its feel and
elegance, and I would use it much more if I could find it when I want it.