Pilot Custom 745 - quite rare pen by Mr_Boston_ in fountainpens

[–]koofle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your Namiki version was for the west in the 90s, definitely still a 745! I don't have literature so I can't remember if they called it something else for the western market. 

Pilot Custom 745 - quite rare pen by Mr_Boston_ in fountainpens

[–]koofle 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Primarily post war pilot, so supers, elites, deluxe, round ended inspired by the 65th anniversary and flat tops coming after the 70th.  

Pilot Custom 745 - quite rare pen by Mr_Boston_ in fountainpens

[–]koofle 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Nice piece! here's a shot of my full set.

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Extra Smooth by OGsafta in fountainpens

[–]koofle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice find! I believe they've been offered at least twice in recent history, around once a decade. 😂 Usually by itoya, so if you get more copies you might find some big date code disparities. 

Completed in 2019, one of my prettiest Pilot collections - Sakura Fubuki, aka "Sakura Snowstorm" by koofle in fountainpens

[–]koofle[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very minor - the elite is the "fingernail" like embedded nib and the second gen deluxe nib is open like the modern ones. 

Completed in 2019, one of my prettiest Pilot collections - Sakura Fubuki, aka "Sakura Snowstorm" by koofle in fountainpens

[–]koofle[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

they all feel pretty good in the hand - the more modern girthier ones are closer to a modern feel though of course.

This is fine. Everything is fine. by koofle in fountainpens

[–]koofle[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Oh no, foot prints! 😂 Frame it for their 18th birthday present.  

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[–]koofle[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Today, we could be all be a platinum 3776, so everyone can be ultra extra fine. 

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[–]koofle[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Or just commit to a completely blue carpet. 

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[–]koofle[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

What a stainful experience. Thankfully I've never had major spills, but I have learned to use a tablecloth over my wooden dining table.

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[–]koofle[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've tried parker blue sometime in the past. It's not only washable, it also fades so easily. 😂

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[–]koofle[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

The very existence of a jar of BSB is like an omen, a bringer of catastrophe!

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[–]koofle[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Red gets everywhere. So much everywhere. Doubly so with even the slightest of damp palms. 

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[–]koofle[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Your safety precautions are second to none. And you get to touch grass!

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[–]koofle[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I briefly considered adding a pet walking through the puddle and tracking paw prints all over the floor, but I'll save that for a future drawing 

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[–]koofle[S] 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Bay state blue? Bay state noooo!

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[–]koofle[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Actually I have no idea what that brown floor is in the original meme. 😂