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Pilot Capless Matte Dark Blue Fountain pen

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Author: Heleno Paiva

Review Title: The best retractable nib fountain pen.

Review Add on: 01-04-2023
Average Rating: (5)

This is the best retractable nib fountain pen. I tested the Lamy dialog cc and the Platinum Curidas. This one outperforms them all. the Lamy dialog has a very smooth full size gold nib, but the capless has a nib that is even smoother at 18k vs. 14k. Platinum Curidas is very nice, but its outer layout is not as sleek and comfortable as the Capless.
I thought at first that i would use the Curidas as a daily tool (EDC), and the dialog as my office pen. However, i noticed that the Capless outperforms them both on their initial assignments. I decided to go with this model bule matte as my daily pen, and i bought a beautiful Capless LS to be my office pen.
ISSUE: converter is too small. id doesn't bother me because I use syringes to recycle cartridges: clean and straight.

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Pilot Capless Matte Dark Blue Fountain pen

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Author: Jose Ortega

Review Title: An excellent pen

Review Add on: 21-01-2023
Average Rating: (5)

I was skeptical when I first saw the Capless pens, but I am very happy I decided
to try it nonetheless: it is very comfortable to use, even for writing sessions of 2 or 3 pages, although where
it excels is of course as a carry-on pen. There, the ability to use it with one
hand and not having to worry about a cap is priceless. It's also a very
elegant pen in the matte version (I finally got the black one).

Finally, the nib, which I got in an F, is excellent. I find the M too wide
(it's a western medium, despite being Japanese), whereas the F
delivers a really fine stroke without any hard starts or skipping. I've
found take-sumi to be an excellent ink for this pen.

The only drawback is the really awful converter. I've opted to refill a
cartridge using a syringe.

Finally, kudos to Joost, who promptly solved the little issues with my
order. Excellent customer care.

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Pilot Capless Matte Dark Blue Fountain pen

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Author: Stefan Seufert

Review Title: Great, but …

Review Add on: 27-09-2022
Average Rating: (5)

The Pilot Capless is a well known classic. This colour combination of a deep, dark blue body with black accents and a black coated nib is in my opinion both modern and elegant. The fine nib writes smooth and reliable. But I also have to give two caveats to consider. First the included converter: The Pilot CON-40 is notoriously finicky when you want to get a good amount of ink into it. You can do it, but it takes some time and trickery compared to a normal international converter. Second: Due to the construction of the pen it is very top heavy. That’s fine for ergonomics, but terrible when you drop it, as I clumsily did. It fell straight on the nib, bending it and cracking part of the feed. My fault, not that of the pen, but you should keep a firm grip using it. Which I nevertheless highly recommend.

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Pilot Capless Matte Dark Blue Fountain pen

Author: Christopher Chamberlain

Review Title: Highly recommended

Review Add on: 07-12-2020
Average Rating: (5)

This is my second Capless pen and it was purchased because of the colour and matt finish. This pen feels very well balanced and not too heavy. The metal body is cool initially then warms up. The finish is beautiful, smooth and finished to a very high standard. I would certainly recommend this pen or any other Capless model, there's plenty of finishes to choose from.

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Pilot Capless Matte Dark Blue Fountain pen

Author: Klaus

Review Title: Fun and practical.

Review Add on: 30-10-2020
Average Rating: (4)

I bought the capless with a fine, nib, which is perfect for day to day use.
I've been using it for about two months.
The lines are very fine (0.3-0.5 mm). There is some feedback.
My friend has a medium size, which is extremely smooth, but about twice as wide, which is a bad match for my small handwriting.
The mechanism is perfect (as should be expected from such a high-range pen).