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Last edited by writingrav; November 6th, 2012 at 09:00 AM.
To continue to diminish the place of the handwritten in our lives is to diminish, in a small but real way, our humanity. Philip Hensher
Dunno ergo sum
Could you take a straight on shot so that I could read the writing? Thanks!
much better. nice review! You are certainly right about the pen's styling!
When you say it is aerometric, do you mean that it has a sac that does not detach from the section?
Here's how Goulet describes it: "Filling Mechanism:
Cartridge/converter (CON-20 or CON-50)"
It does detach because you can replace it with the Pilot piston converter, as the Goulet's offer.
Con20 comes with it or pay more for the Con50. Nice little squeeze converter/filler and is the same as the one that came with my 78G and Lucina.
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How does the Metro feel in the hand with that rather abrupt step down?
To continue to diminish the place of the handwritten in our lives is to diminish, in a small but real way, our humanity. Philip Hensher
Dunno ergo sum
You have my attention! Would it be possible for you, at your convenience of course, to measure the grip section's diameter in mm.? This diameter question is crucial to my ability to comfortably write with such a pen. Furthermore, I can't help but compare with pen with its apparent forebear, the Pilot 78G. That pen is my mainstay pen, always at hand. And yet even it is too thick, by just a little bit. But that little bit does make a difference.
It sounds extremely wrong! LOL! My narrowest pen is 8.5 mm. (i.e. Pilot Cavalier, Sheaffer Student, Parker Jotter, et al.).
You'll need calipers or else a ruler in mm. If the latter place the grip section on the ruler with one side on the 0 and the other should be between 8, 9 or 10 mm. You'd be eye-balling it from directly above. Thanks for trying!
Thanks WG!
The Metropolitan & 78G sections are identical/interchangeable. You can unscrew them from their barrels and swap them. So if you really wanted a silver Metropolitan with a red section and an EF nib from the Penmanship, you can totally make that happen.
The 78G has a gold nib.
Gold? maybe in color.
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Gold in color of course. The 78G does not have a gold alloy nib! Neither would the Metro at its price. So Wayne you are simply talking about color. Therefore, it is fair to say that the nibs are identical in material, shape, etc. as are the sections with their feeds, etc.?
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