Pilot PeTiT 1 Fountain Pen

4 November 2023 my son and I celebrated fountain pen day @ PenGallery. 

We only went there to mainly purchase some basic items like the Visconti my pen system of our initials to replace the Visconti logo on the top finial of the cap. And maybe purchase some nice ink colors as they were having their lucky draw by spending a minimum of RM200.

How wrong I was, we ended up NOT purchasing any of what was planned. 

What did we purchase? One item was shared in the previous blog. The other i will share at a later blog.

What I would like to share in this post is the Pilot PeTiT 1 fountain pen. On Shopee the cheapest is about RM6.90. What can you expect from a fountain pen at that price? Crap and nothing much? IT SITS at the same price point or slightly more than some pilot or faber castell gel pens. I was not expecting much. I had tried in the past using some cheaper made fountain pens at RM300++ but all were regretable to say the least and my mind was made up. Cheap = Crap. So at RM6.90 this will be super crap?

How wrong I was and to my delight and utter surprise, it was Brilliant. Never in my wildest imagination did i expect something so cheap to be so good. The plastic made pen was sturdily built. The cap opens / close with a solid click sound. The cap post solidly also with a solid click. 

The steel nib writes wonderfully. Does not skip a beat no matter how fast i write or scribble. What else do you want! Any improvements or any suggestions for improvement to take it up a notch? None! It is that good in my opinion. 

The pen is so cheap and sturdy, i can take it anywhere without a care. The surprising thing is that now it is my go to pen that i use regularly on a daily basis and i get worried if i cannot find it. Amazing. When my more expensive pens i cannot find, i usually don’t bother much as i know it is somewhere in the house, i just need to look again. But if this Pilot goes missing, i look for it everywhere until it is found. Hard to believe but it is true. 

Oh! The best part. Not once since using the pen did i get ink on my fingers. I always get ink on my fingers When using other fountain pens. If not now then later. Just a matter of time. I have used this pen for 3 weeks now. Never once, ink on my fingers. Great. That alone tells you how good this pen is. For the deceptive size of the grip section my fingers should long ago slip and touched the nib section or a little of the feeder but no, it does not. The material in the plastic grip section is smooth but grippy enough. Wonderfully design.

The bonus factor is the transparent feed. So the feed would change color reflecting the color of the ink it is filled with. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻.

I understand that this fountain pen has been around since 2014. And I’m only now discovering this. Available only in F nib. For a F nib, it is not scratchy at all. 

I have not converted it into an eyedroper but will do so in the near future, once the ink cartridge finishes. 

This is One of the many free gift we receive from Pengallery for attending the event. Pictures below in the free goody bag. The Pilot FP, cartridge, Sharpie, postcards and t’ shirt.

In conclusion, this cheap pen has completely changed my mind about cheap pens and to give all pens a fair try before deciding. No more pens DISCRIMINATION. Try first. Then decide. 🤗