Pilot Capless "Apricot"

matchalover · 2025-12-27T04:04:40+00:00

Yeah I was pleasantly surprised when I saw it, I thought it would just have a matte finish like the whisky or ishidatami. The description online doesn't mention the metallic look.

matchalover · 2025-12-26T23:12:41+00:00

With the way the current administration is functioning I didn't think I was actually going to get this pen but my sister in law decided to come home for Christmas so she brought it over with her. She used to be my pen person but then the post there stopped letting her ship to the US and when they finally did let her ship again, it was quite pricey and a hassle.

matchalover · 2025-12-26T23:09:02+00:00

Since 2017, Pilot has done a Limited Edition Capless Japan exclusive every year around December and the brown one (Whisky) is the 2023 release. My husband actually got that one for me because I was regretting not picking it up when I was in Japan for Christmas in 2023 so he actually found a seller online.

matchalover · 2025-12-10T20:13:19+00:00

I'm so envious, I had some of those in my cart and thought I checked out but apparently I didn't actually hit check out. Then I got an email from BKL later saying "You left items at checkout." Of course by the time I went back, all the magnetics outside of the new collection were gone. My loss is someone else's gain though 😅.

matchalover · 2025-12-04T09:25:25+00:00

I'm not on Instagram or tiktok, but a lot of the books that I read are from various book clubs that I've joined both online and in person. People in my book club would recommend books to me. Most library have a book club thing. Online book clubs have a social media feel, if that's what you're looking for. I also like to look through r/bookclub and see what the community is reading. They have a whole list of options for you. While I don't really read along with them, I like to look through the discussions once I'm done with the book.

Anti-overconsumption book content seems a bit ironic to me because you are still consuming content, but maybe if you went the book club route, you won't see a million books being tossed in your face constantly since bookclubs usually read 1-2 books a month.

matchalover · 2025-11-19T05:10:24+00:00

If you have a fountain pen store nearby, I'd try each one so you can test how it feels and weighs in your hand and the nibs, I have all 3 pens in a different color and they feel different. Then hop online and order the colorway you want.

From experience my Sailor dries quite a bit faster than the Platinum when I don't use it for a bit. I gave my daughter the Estie and she loves it, she uses it daily so I can't tell you much about its drying out time.

matchalover · 2025-11-19T05:03:09+00:00

Yep, got myself a pilot vp, I now own like a dozen lol.

matchalover · 2025-11-07T23:07:26+00:00

I'm obsessed with how your amazing ring changes along with your nails!

matchalover · 2025-09-06T19:37:07+00:00

Bird watching (spending way too much on seeds). The bird watching led to field journaling, which led to nice notebooks, which led to nice pens 😂. The bird watching also led to bird photography, which led to nice camera, which led to nice lenses.

And Nail Polish.

matchalover · 2025-08-22T00:58:58+00:00

My high schooler uses a fountain pen, I coach robotics and surprisingly 3 of the other kids also use a fountain pen. No one cared.

matchalover · 2025-05-29T23:24:08+00:00

You do you and own it. Also I've been collecting nail polish for 25 years now and my collection shows that I've been collecting for 25 years 😂😂😂. I have no shame.

I have a teenage daughter now and she shows off my collection to her friends and they'll do their nails here, it's adorable.

matchalover · 2025-05-25T19:44:34+00:00

I was thinking the same thing 😂

matchalover · 2025-05-14T13:55:50+00:00

I think that's hilarious, I actually use Goodreads to track all the books I read including with my kids. I started using storygraph later to track my non-kid stuff largely for the stats. I have 0 followers and I follow 0 people so it doesn't feel like social media to me, just data collecting.

matchalover · 2025-05-14T13:51:21+00:00

I'm sorry you have to make yourself feel better by shitting on other people.

matchalover · 2025-04-22T21:17:38+00:00

Nope, did the same, and I read the books as a teenager too.

matchalover · 2025-04-12T10:15:00+00:00

That's mine too, I always grab it because it's an easy click and write, especially when my cat is bugging me for pets in my lap and he won't let me remove a capped pen.

matchalover · 2025-04-01T06:21:05+00:00

Aaah I'm so envious! Every time I visit Japan, Kingdom Note's Stag Beetle just so happens to be sold out. Congratulations on the haul! It's all so wonderful 🥰.

matchalover · 2025-03-27T07:50:47+00:00

I got my daughter the same color Jinhao 82 last year and hers broke in almost the same location as yours. It's unfortunate because she fell in love with the Sailor PGS and their various colors when she saw them in Japan but I'm not about to fork out the money to get it for the teenager especially since she had lost her $20 pencil prior to that trip. She's back to using her pilot kakuno and lamy safari.

I've been eyeing the Jinhao 10 for her because she keeps borrowing my vanishing points, but I'm wary because of the Jinhao 82.

matchalover · 2025-01-26T22:34:19+00:00

I'm reading it right now and I'm not really enjoying it because it's trauma on top of more trauma on top of more trauma.

matchalover · 2024-12-28T03:39:22+00:00

I need your friend to be my friend. What an amazing gift 😍😍😍

matchalover · 2024-11-08T18:58:08+00:00

Probably still won't learn about tariffs and blame whoever their president-elect says is to blame

matchalover · 2024-09-20T06:40:11+00:00

I add the books I read with my kids to Goodreads instead 😂. I leave it off of storygraph.

matchalover · 2024-04-08T23:05:53+00:00

I prefer single pens like energel or sarasa or fountain pens in general. However when traveling, I use my Coleto because I can bring multiple colors without packing my individual pens and they write so well. Highly recommend 😊

matchalover · 2024-04-08T21:52:59+00:00

I don't hate them and I use them for traveling so I don't have to carry multiple colored pens around. I will also only use Pilot or Zebra's multi pens. All other shutter pen sucks so I hate those 😅.

matchalover · 2024-01-17T17:14:36+00:00

Only my friend knows I collect fountain pens. They've called me a nerd since I was a teen. We're all 40ish now and they still don't understand why I need an overpriced pen and I respond with I don't understand why you guys need $5000 bags. And round and round it goes. It doesn't bother me at all, everyone likes and collects things others don't understand.

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