Pilot Custom 74 Fountain Pens Reviews

Wonderfully beautiful pens that are easy to maintain and have very smooth nibs

My top 2 pen. Very refined. Medium nib produces a good wet line and with a fast drying ink can we everyday writer. But Fine nib even better. Even with wet inks writes so well to be everyday pen.
Well worth the money especially the Merlot color pen.
Pair the Merlot one with Iroshizuku Tsutsuji- match made in heaven.

I've purchased 3 of these so far and on my way to a 4th. Need I say more? LOL!

These pens are not exactly cheap, but Pen Chalet has a great price. They are easy to use, write beautifully and are one of the most reliable pen models I have ever had. I have two! Pick your color and you are ready to write! I highly recommend the medium nib.

Oh Pen Chalet - you just made my day! I received my Custom 74 Teal (B) so quickly and the ink sample you sent matches it perfectly. I love it. This is my first Custom 74. I thought it might be a bit boring, but it's not. It's a very handsome pen and writes beautifully right out of the box - with its matching ink :) I think this pen lives up to its fine reputation and I'm glad I purchased it. Thanks!

My go to pen for all note taking, letter writing, journaling tasks. Writes beautiful and has an exceptional balanced feel. The ink flow is super consistent as well.

I was a bit disappointed with this pen. I initially bought a Medium Nib. It was very smooth but much too wet for the note taking for which I needed it. I was expecting a "finer/dryer" medium nib like my Sailor pens. Ink flow reminded me of my medium point Pelikans. So, I exchanged the pen for a Fine Point Nib. The Fine point I have is very scratchy and the ink flow was almost too dry. Some strokes had predictable skips in them. Solved the ink flow problem by removing nib to clean it. However, nib is still incredibly rough compared to the medium point I initially received. It is even rougher than my Pelikan fine steel nibs. However, the Fine nib produces the line width which I need for note taking on lower grades of paper. Typically I use Ampad Gold Fiber Pads, which are probably not meant for fountain pens. On the other hand, the Medium point version of this pen is an excellent value if you don't mind a wet medium nib.

I got the teal pen, and it's just stunning. It writes well too! I have one other Pilot pen with a gold nib that's a M point. I wanted to see how a F point wrote.

Conclusion: I like it!

Buttery. Smooth. So buttery, it would go great with my toast. I love it!! I just got this Pilot in the mail, have written with it for a few days, and am jumping back onto this website to get another. Oh man. That medium nib moves like Michael Jackson on a waxed dance floor. Glides, man. Glides. I don’t normally go for a medium nib because I have small handwriting, so I am going to try the F next in this pen to see if it is a oily, buttery, slickity smooth as the M.
I am a small Asian woman, so posted it is a bit heavy and long in my hand. I seem to prefer to write with it unposted which usually I avoid because I lose things easily.

Great pen for everyday writing. Writes smooth, doesn’t dry up and looks great.
My go to fountain pen. Very recommended.