Pilot
Pilot Vanishing Point LS Black Rhodium
Pilot Vanishing Point LS Black Rhodium
The Pilot Vanishing Point LS Black Rhodium is one of a series of fountain pens which are literally adding a new twist to the classic Vanishing Point design. Normally furnished with only limited nib choices, we can provide your choice of any Vanishing Point 18k nib unit in sizes ranging from Extra Fine to Stub.
Our complimentary nib tuning adjusts pressure and ink flow to your personal preferences. Vanishing Point nib units also make excellent starting points for many of our exclusive nib customizations.
The Pilot Vanishing Point has long been popular for its innovative ballpen-like click mechanism, which swiftly retracts or extends the nib. That feature is still available in the new LS series, but the nib can also be extended with a simple twist to the right, making these pens a perfect choice for fountain pen enthusiasts who want to combine the style and versatility of a fountain pen with an ease of use more familiar to ballpen users.
The innovative trapdoor mechanism keeps the nib protected when not in use and prevents dry-out. The pen can fill with any bottled fountain pen ink when fitted with the provided converter, and can also use convenient, no-fuss Pilot brand disposable ink cartridges. A stylish presentation box and starter pack of two ink cartridges are also included. We are an authorized Pilot dealer.
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Customization Guide
Stub
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Above is the same size nib after a regrind to Stub. A regrind to Stub is often a good place to start for your first customization. A Stub nib provides broad down-strokes and narrow cross-strokes while writing, and is less position-sensitive on the paper than the crisper and slightly more demanding cursive italic.
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Cursive Italic
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More demanding, but also providing crisper edges and more line-width variation, is the very popular customization to Cursive Italic. This also provides broad down-strokes and narrow cross-strokes, but is also more position-sensitive in terms of how the pen is held and requires more skill on the part of the user. This is a common customization for artists and calligraphers, but is still smooth enough to make for a good everyday writer.
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Formal Italic
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Formal Italic is an even crisper and more demanding customization than either cursive italic or left oblique, and is usually utilized for calligraphy and by the most experienced users. This provides broad down-strokes and narrow cross-strokes, with even crisper corners and edges than a cursive italic - this is an extremely position-sensitive customization.
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Left Oblique
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Commonly used for signatures and correspondence, the Left Oblique customization provides broad diagonal strokes and narrow cross-strokes, and like a cursive italic, is more position-sensitive and demanding than a stub. The whole pen must be rotated to the left in order to write smoothly, without skipping. The "Left" in Left Oblique refers to the cut of the nib itself, and does not refer to the handedness of the writer. |
Architect's Point (Also for Arabic and Hebraic writing)
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A more exotic regrind is that to Architect’s Point. Named after the style of writing used by Frank Lloyd Wright, this regrind is the opposite of cursive italic, and provides for broad cross-strokes and narrow down-strokes. This also tends to be a particularly useful customization for those practicing Arabic or Hebraic calligraphy. |
Spencerian
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Perhaps our most popular customization, but also one of the most advanced, the Mottishaw Spencerian Customization has gained special attention from being featured in a customer's YouTube video which has now received over twelve million views! The Spencerian starts from a semi-soft 14k nib and adds additional flex and a regrind to needlepoint to create a specialized writing point used for copperplate calligraphy. For more details, visit our special Spencerian page.. |