I have this VP with a Blue Carbonesque finish and a Fine Nib (14K unplated, A705 on the bottom).
Then I got an identical VP in Black Carbonesque with a 18K (thought it was going to be 14K, since that's what he offered in the trade) Medium nib says A908 on bottom and just below the A908 is an oval with some writing.
Under my 60x loupe, it's S1e in the top of the oval, then PP to the left, then a Pentagon shape, then a F to the right of the pentagon.
I didn't even notice a difference until I tried to put the 18K M into my Blue carbonesque, and I felt a scrape near the end of clicking, did it again slowly trying to figure out if it was the trap door or something.
Turns out the opening on my Blue Carboneques VP is smaller than the opening in the black one, since it was scraping the bottom of the 18K M's feed along the opening lip, so got a little scrape in the feed plastic there.
Other than the opening being bigger on the black one, they appear to be identical.
But I'm a little confused, were there VP units that were not compatible with each other on the nib units?
The Blue Carbonesque one came with a 14K Fine as a trade for my Pilot Falcon.
The Black Carbonesque one came with a 18K Medium (expected a 14K cuz he thought it was 14K).
The opening on the black one is larger and will take either nib unit, the blue one will only work with the 14K nib unit because it scrapes the bottom of the feed of the 18K.
Edit: I went and switched the nib directly onto the already inked (blue carbonesque one was already inked with noodler's black eel) nib unit to try it out.
Seems a little thick for a medium. (Edit: yea it was, because the tipping was never closed, they don't even touch).
Edit: I corrected the tipping on the medium and closed the tiping so they weren't wide open as the rest of the tine split. Whoever used it before must have sprung the nib, thus why it was so wet and broad-ish (for pilot).
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