There are cheap pens and then there are great pens that are cheap. The Pilot 78G is IMHO the latter.
Look for SRE Brown’s uTube Review.
Four colors...red, black, green & teal. Four nib choices...fine & medium (both tipped) and broad and double broad (both un-tipped stubs). Very, very light in the hand. Not large and they post well. They apparently convert to eye dropper easily and as such they have a whopping 4 ml capacity.
There has been some confusion re the tip options. The “broad” nib Pilot uses for the 78G is obviously a stub. They’ve been doing that for many years. They do a tipped fine and medium and a stub as the broad and then the double broad. It is what it is...a great bargain for a stub. Almost all nibs require some tweaking to be optimal. These, of course, are no exception. As mentioned, this pen can tolerate conversion to an eye dropper and there are several vids out there on doing it with this specific model by S. Brown and others. Re this review...it’s an OK job. Not superior. Doing a writing sample for several minutes while being totally out of focus is extremely lame. I’ve been using these pens for years and like them for what they are...a very solid and usable cheap pen. A recent search shows both USA (Peyton Street Pens) and Asian vendors selling these for between $15 and $20. Some are “new...old stock” like the double broad green and teal items at Peyton Street. When filled with a water proof ink like Noodler’s Heart of Darkness the double broad makes an excellent choice for addressing letters and holiday cards.
These are supplied with the Pilot Con 20 converter (the one with the rubber squeeze bladder) and also take Pilot standard cartridges. I’ve even seen pics of these using the long cartridge. I think it also takes the Con 40 converter.
There is also a new clear demonstrator version of the 78G. Not THAT would make a cool eye dropper conversion!
Here’s a few pics. Nib options first...
Look for SRE Brown’s uTube Review.
Four colors...red, black, green & teal. Four nib choices...fine & medium (both tipped) and broad and double broad (both un-tipped stubs). Very, very light in the hand. Not large and they post well. They apparently convert to eye dropper easily and as such they have a whopping 4 ml capacity.
There has been some confusion re the tip options. The “broad” nib Pilot uses for the 78G is obviously a stub. They’ve been doing that for many years. They do a tipped fine and medium and a stub as the broad and then the double broad. It is what it is...a great bargain for a stub. Almost all nibs require some tweaking to be optimal. These, of course, are no exception. As mentioned, this pen can tolerate conversion to an eye dropper and there are several vids out there on doing it with this specific model by S. Brown and others. Re this review...it’s an OK job. Not superior. Doing a writing sample for several minutes while being totally out of focus is extremely lame. I’ve been using these pens for years and like them for what they are...a very solid and usable cheap pen. A recent search shows both USA (Peyton Street Pens) and Asian vendors selling these for between $15 and $20. Some are “new...old stock” like the double broad green and teal items at Peyton Street. When filled with a water proof ink like Noodler’s Heart of Darkness the double broad makes an excellent choice for addressing letters and holiday cards.
These are supplied with the Pilot Con 20 converter (the one with the rubber squeeze bladder) and also take Pilot standard cartridges. I’ve even seen pics of these using the long cartridge. I think it also takes the Con 40 converter.
There is also a new clear demonstrator version of the 78G. Not THAT would make a cool eye dropper conversion!
Here’s a few pics. Nib options first...