Pilot Custom 743 Falcon [FA] Review
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- We discuss the Pilot Custom 743 and the Falcon [FA] Nib. A wonderful writer with a truly fun flexible nib! This model is customized with an aftermarket double-slit ebonite feed to help with flow for full flex potential.
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0:07 History
1:31 Aesthetics
1:59 Cap
2:42 Body
3:30 Converter
3:43 Falcon Nib
4:45 Aftermarket Feed
6:30 Line Variation
7:10 How to Flex!
8:00 Feedback
9:28 Overall Thoughts
12:23 Size Comparisons
13:05 Conclusions
What a gem of a channel. quite new. I almost gave up on the FA nib because i got it first on the 912 and it was too mushy and was not practice. Then I got the fa on the 743. this was an amazing nib that can be an everyday writer. This is my top pen and I have 100s of fpns. .
Thank you for taking the time to watch and leave a comment! I do love the reliability and precise tolerances of this pen - and the Falcon nib puts it over the top. A joy!
Nice review, thank you 🙂. I've got a 912 with the "2 slit" ebonite (black) feed from Flexible Nib Factory. I can get it to railroad, but only when I'm trying to do so. In 99.9% normal cursive it works very well. I did try the std plastic feed when I first received this 912, and the std feed from Pilot just couldn't help but railroad if pushed very much. Ya, kind of subjective, what's pushing the nib really? One man's roof is another man's floor. My issue is I'd like to purchase a 743 with a FA nib, and maybe get a 3 slit ebonite feed as a gift for a friend. This friend claims to have used calligraphy pens when they were younger, and my thinking is the 743 might hit them where they were with whatever style calligraphy pen they may have used in the past. 912s/742s from Japan run $60.00 or so cheaper then the 743. With the ebonite feed, tack on it's cost. The 743's cost & new feed puts this a bit more. I just am trying to decide for someone who hasn't really been in the fountain pen stream so to speak for years, is the extra cost for the 743 really worth it? I'm pleased with my 912, but I'm no calligrapher, and I only use it for like Birthday Cards, Christmas cards when I want just a tad more creative enhancement that a flexible nib can give (sometimes... depending how much practice I put in prior to trying to spice up a card... ) I want this gift to be something that this wonderful person will use and enjoy. I'm willing to spring for the extra cash, but is it really worth it ? I could get a couple bottles of Pilot's Iroshizuku inks, for the larger nibbed 743... . I also just wonder too if the 3 slit is just too much. I've used some non Pilot flex nibs and depending on how hard and wide you go, you can move a lot of ink through a converter, even a con70. My 912 can use ink pretty fast too. Is the larger nib worth it?
nice pen and nib. i just ordered this nib on a 823 demonstrator with red ebonite two channel feed. looking forward to writing with it.
Hope you enjoy it! It is a really nice feed.
Noice
Thanks.
Like yourself,I ordered at the same time I ordered my 912 with the FA nib, I ordered a 3 channel ebonite feed from the Flexible Nib Company. I have not installed it yet since my stock feed has kept up with continuous flexing using Iroshizuku Kon-peki ink. I’m keeping the new feed in case I need it with dryer inks in the future. It’s a great pen and I love it, but it’s making me realize that I’m really a stub or italic writer, not a flex guy. Now I want a 912 with the SU stub nib, because I have been overjoyed with the CM cursive italic calligraphy nibs in my Pilot Prera and Metropolitan.I think a Pilot with the SF soft fine nib is in my future also.
I find myself more and more using my 912 FA with a very light hand and enjoying this nibs unique feedback. I get a little line variation with the bounce of ordinary writing. I normally write within 7mm line spacing and I think flex writing needs double this width to look good.
I love the big #15 nib of your 743, and I wish that Pilot offered a 913 with this nib as I prefer the flat finials and Rhodium trim of the 91 and 912 fountain pens.Collecting the Custom Heritage pens could become a serious addiction.
I'm happy to hear your stock feed keeps up fine! I do kind of feel bad I didn't give it a proper chance... but ebonite beats plastic any day so I don't mind the upgrade!
I like my flex's for when I intend to do very thoughtful writing. It's like a manual-transmission car - the user needs to give more thought and physical efforts to make the unit perform at it's best. And when you do, it can outperform (wider line variation).
However, when I just want to write without effort, I grab one of my 1.1 stubs and just write freely - allowing the nib to impart the line variation without conscious effort. Not as much line variation - but no thought required!
Then, I have my 1.5 Italic grind Nib for more calligraphic style, totally different writing mechanics vs either the flex or stub nibs. But, that one is great for large embellished writing - such as a graduation card I had to write yesterday. That's why this hobby is so unique, so many options!