Discussing one of the most polarizing pens in the hobby: the Pilot Vanishing Point

“Not Another Pen Podcast “NAPP”

Intro:

-Welcome message

    - Explain the name change

-Intro us

-Anything new with us

Topic (VP) intro
Our experience with VPs (use, ownership)

-Yoss - bad experience initially

-Brownie - first gold nib, first over-100 pen, first over $300 pen with the raden galaxy, currently own 16 with 3 having custom grinds

History on the VP (http://carmenriverapens.com/Vanishing_Point_images/index.htm)

• Was originally called capless, still persists in Japanese versions of the pen

• Debuted in November 1963 as a twist action (like the modern fermo) and had an aluminum nib

• Second version came out in December 1963 and was a gold-filled version of the same design

• Became a click-action pen in the May 1964 release, dominated the history, first iteration of the modern design

• May 1968 had a unique sliding cap mechanism that only lasted in this model, incredibly rare and one brownie’s grails

• Truly modern design debuted in December 1998

• The twist action came back in September 2006 as a Japan-only release called the FERMO

-opinions

 -Yoss - traded mine for a parker 51 set, clip placement, grip issues, dislike of the CC

 -Brownie - The convenience, sheer number of finishes, easy nib swapability, cartridge makes it easy to fill worst case scenario, grip actually works in my favor because that is my grip

Coco's Planet's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cocosplanet/

Email for questions: [email protected]

Deepak's Discord Server: https://discord.gg/qx2BEex

David's Discord Server: https://discord.gg/NubE58M