Pilot Custom Heritage 91 Fountain Pen

This Pilot Custom Heritage 91 comes in black gloss finished and a medium nib. While it is medium nib, it writes closer to a fine nib when compared to its Western Counterpart. The filling system uses a pump feed (not converter) when by pressing on the pump will create a suction vacuum on the ink. It is of course made in Japan. From Japanese Pilot webpage, it costs about 10,500 yen (without tax). The nib comes in 14K gold but there is no sign of gold finishes on the nib. The designer must have considered that the pen body and cap are finished in silvery gloss. There is no other significant sign showing the Pilot brand other than the carving on the centre ring.

For writing wise, it is not as smooth as the Sailor nib, probably because it is a medium nib as compared to the broad nib of my Sailor Professional Gear Prochic Vivo fountain pen. In terms of weight, it is much lighter than the Sailor pen. I have loaded the pen with Private Reserve American Blue ink.

The pen was purchased from Aesthetic Bay in Ion Orchard.