NEED HELP IDENTIFYING A NAMIKI PILOT FP

[aldor15908]

I've searched high and low, yet have not found ANY results. I have found some pens that look similar to it, but none exactly. It is basically a pilot namiki custom 845 body without the etching on the gold ring around the end of the cap except for "japan" and a completely different colour scheme. It's a marble blue pattern throughout, probably acrylic material, and has an 18k rose gold nib. This is a completely untampered FP, and is how it was sold by namiki. I bought it from Elephant & Coral, who said it was one of only 8 or so in the world...? Here are some pictures:2323323234232352323623237

[earthdawn]

Beautiful.

Never seen one before and found nothing doing a search around...

What is odd though is it has a #10 nib and the 845 uses a #15 nib and usually 2-tone.

It could have been a shop exclusive.. meaning a store commissioned them and then sold them. Bung-Box does this as do many others.

[Morgaine]

Looks lovely, hope it writes nicely!

[Wile E Coyote]

It's a Pilot Custom Impressions.

I'm pretty sure there were more than 8 made. Unless I have half of the world's existing examples in my collection.

[earthdawn]

It's a Pilot Custom Impressions.

I'm pretty sure there were more than 8 made. Unless I have half of the world's existing examples in my collection.

Does your have the #10 nib ?

Why would they put a smaller nib in it and not use the #15 they usually use?

[Wile E Coyote]

It's a Pilot Custom Impressions.

I'm pretty sure there were more than 8 made. Unless I have half of the world's existing examples in my collection.

Does your have the #10 nib ?

Why would they put a smaller nib in it and not use the #15 they usually use?

Unfortunately, I'm about 1000 miles away from my pens right now so I can't take a photo and make it happen. But the CI isn't an 845 and has the gold color (not two tone) 18k #10 nib. It wasn't made in large numbers (larger than 4 though) so there are few photos available on the interweb. The only online photo (http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-PILOT-NAMIKI-FOUNTAIN-PEN-Custom-Impressions-Marbleized-GREY-18K-Nib-/201206721923?nma=true&si=S8LEQ9sfL6nx3XAOUWl2YzHGk7c%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557) I could find showing the nib clearly enough is an old auction photo that also has the #10 18k nib.

There was also a model called just Impressions with a #5 14k nib, had rounded ends and was very similar to the Custom 74 except for the colorful material.

[nlunsford]

Beautiful!