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    Default NEED HELP IDENTIFYING A NAMIKI PILOT FP

    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:20160210_172901.jpg20160210_172914.jpg20160210_172925.jpg20160210_173009.jpg20160210_173216.jpg

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    Default Re: NEED HELP IDENTIFYING A NAMIKI PILOT FP

    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.

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    Default Re: NEED HELP IDENTIFYING A NAMIKI PILOT FP

    Looks lovely, hope it writes nicely!

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    Default Re: NEED HELP IDENTIFYING A NAMIKI PILOT FP

    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.
    Last edited by Wile E Coyote; February 10th, 2016 at 05:07 PM.

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    Default Re: NEED HELP IDENTIFYING A NAMIKI PILOT FP

    Quote Originally Posted by Wile E Coyote View Post
    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?

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    Default Re: NEED HELP IDENTIFYING A NAMIKI PILOT FP

    Quote Originally Posted by earthdawn View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Wile E Coyote View Post
    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 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.

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    Default Re: NEED HELP IDENTIFYING A NAMIKI PILOT FP

    Beautiful!

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