Pilot pen identification
I have this metal pen that looks a lot like a Sheaffer Targa but has a black dot on the clip. (I just realized I didn't fully close the pen before taking the picture)
Pilotone.jpg
However it has a Pilot nib, that appears to be steel and is marked: Pilot <F> ROK
Pilottwo.jpg
The cap has what appears to be a "Q" on the top which I would guess is some kind of advertising.
żDoes anyone know the model of this pen? żApproximate age?
Last edited by carlos.q; June 24th, 2018 at 03:51 PM.
Re: Pilot pen identification
That "Q" is a "P" for Pentel. As for when, hopefully someone with more knowledge can help.
I enlarged your photo and the cap says pilot...l have seen the "P" logo on their Pentel RS3 rollerballs...hummm.
Last edited by Rapidray; June 24th, 2018 at 03:49 PM.
0.5mm vs 0.7mm graphite sizes is much like 9mm vs 45acp...they both work if you know what you are doing. - me
Looking for Caran d'Ache Type 55 2mm set and Rotation .7 pencils.
Re: Pilot pen identification
Ok so far we have a pen that looks like a Targa, has a Pilot nib and a Pentel logo...
PS. Upon further inspection the nib also has the "Q-looking P" logo, just below the <F> and above the ROK inscription. Sorry but I can't take a decent closeup picture.
Re: Pilot pen identification
Presumably ROK is Republic of Korea. I have seen Korean Pilots before.
Ahriman4891 (August 6th, 2018), carlos.q (June 24th, 2018)
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Yep! I put your new info in and FPN has one on the first google hit. The only difference is the logo at the top is totally different. Rest of the pens are a match up. Oh a Pilot TOW.Originally Posted by fqgouvea
Last edited by Rapidray; June 24th, 2018 at 05:06 PM.
0.5mm vs 0.7mm graphite sizes is much like 9mm vs 45acp...they both work if you know what you are doing. - me
Looking for Caran d'Ache Type 55 2mm set and Rotation .7 pencils.
carlos.q (June 24th, 2018)
Re: Pilot pen identification
Thanks guys! So my mistery pen is a Korean made Pilot that looks like a Targa with a logo that looks like a Pentel...
PS. Speerbob is still selling these pens.
Re: Pilot pen identification
Certainly ooks like a "frankenpen." That's definitely a Pentel logo on the cap top. The cap/body may have been from Pentel and then the nib assembly from Pilot. Looks very much like one from a Volex. On occasion, I have seen pens from Korea that were peculiar, assembled with a variety of parts to create a "new" pen. This looks to be one of them. For a time, both Pentel and Pilot had production facilities in South Korea. I'm guessing that at some point when production ceased, left over inventory was auctioned off rather than shipped back to Japan. And as such, some enterprising company(ies) went about assembling and making local sales in Korea. A seller like speerbob occasionally gets inexpensive lots of pens that can originate from such a source.
carlos.q (June 26th, 2018)
Re: Pilot pen identification
I do not think it is a frankenpen, but just a Korean Pilot.
That Q is not a Q, but a P. That is only one of the logos used by the Korean Pilot.
Cheers,
BT
Ahriman4891 (August 6th, 2018), carlos.q (August 4th, 2018), dfo (August 3rd, 2018)
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