Pilot Vanishing Point Fountain Pen 6 Nibs and Line Comparison

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In this Vanishing Point Nib and Line Comparison, we are using our Nib Log template to determine line widths for each of the different nib sizes that a Pilot Vanishing Point nib comes in! Although Pilot VPs are only available in Extra Fine, Fine, Medium, Broad and Stub in the US, in Japan, they can also come in Fine Medium. This video is the follow-up to our Pilot Vanishing Point Explained video, where we introduce some of the special features of the Vanishing Point and talk about the history behind the world's best known capless fountain pen. Once you've figured out with Vanishing Point model you love, this video should help you to find your perfect Pilot VP nib out of the 6 available options! Thanks for watching :)
00:14 Intro
02:09 Opening a Pilot Vanishing Point to swap nibs
03:16 Yoseka Nib Log Template
04:56 Pilot Vanishing Point Nib Sizes
05:25 Writing with Pilot Vanishing Point Extra Fine Nib
13:22 Pilot Vanishing Point Extra Fine Nib Line Width
13:54 Writing with Pilot Vanishing Point Fine Nib
17:46 Pilot Vanishing Point Fine Nib Line Width
18:15 Comparing Pilot Vanishing Point Extra Fine vs Fine Nibs
19:55 Writing with Pilot Vanishing Point Fine Medium Nib
23:17 Pilot Vanishing Point Fine Medium Nib Line Width
25:00 Writing with Pilot Vanishing Point Medium Nib
28:47 Pilot Vanishing Point Medium Nib Line Width
29:26 Comparing Pilot Vanishing Point Fine Medium vs Medium Nibs
30:05 Writing with Pilot Vanishing Point Broad Nib
33:34 Pilot Vanishing Point Broad Nib Line Width
34:36 Comparing Pilot Vanishing Point Medium vs Broad Nibs
36:15 Writing with Pilot Vanishing Point Stub Nib
40:57 Pilot Vanishing Point Stub Nib Line Width
42:35 Summary of Pilot Vanishing Point Nib Size Line Widths
44:02 Summary
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@christinec3382 Жыл бұрын

Omg it would be so cool if you could eventually rank the different nibs in different brands that you’ve tested by their line width as a reference chart

@Yoseka Жыл бұрын

For sure! that's the idea :) Thanks for watching Christine!

Жыл бұрын

I'm definitely on the extra fine or fine side of this pen. I love your ink & pen tests, it's very conscientious, there's nothing missing. It makes it so much easier to decide. Thank you!

@CreatingCuteArt Жыл бұрын

This was so unbelievably thorough! Thank you!❤❤❤

@MaiikaK 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for this complete explanation of the nib sizes

@mekitronette Жыл бұрын

daisy, queen of line comparison vid 🙇‍♀️🙇‍♂️🙇

@beepmeepful Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for putting these line comparison videos together. Such a great resource!

@kjmav10135 14 күн бұрын

Thanks! You helped me decide to get a Medium!

@dorothyluz 5 ай бұрын

Great video Daisy! Thank you so much for all this good information. I’m saving for a décimo and this is really helping me decide what nib I will be getting.

@mariat9810 Жыл бұрын

I love my PIlot Vanishing Point! I currently have a M nib, which is very smooth and perfectly shows off inks. I am looking to buy a finer nib though and was torn between EF and F - but this video has helped so much! I think I'll go the F nib :) Great comparison between the nib sizes.

@gadgetstop321 Жыл бұрын

I like the nib log page that you guys designed!

@leejournals Жыл бұрын

I have a VP in EF and I've been thinking of changing the nib to an F so this video was very useful. Thanks so much!!

@qmechanic Жыл бұрын

The nib log template is such a good idea. Thank you for making it available as a free download. For people who are very organized, the template seems like a great way to standardize pen testing. Would you consider writing Chinese or kanji characters in your pen testing videos? It seems like Yoseka has a strong focus on East Asian fountain pens, so it would make sense to also test writing East Asian characters.

@Yoseka Жыл бұрын

Great idea!! I would love to but trust me...you don't want me writing characters hahah

@roxannelucero3670 Жыл бұрын

The nib/line comparison sheet is so cool! Thank you team for arranging this 🫶🏼

@LastChanceKnives Ай бұрын

This video was very helpful. I have no experience with Japanese nibs. From what I see, they write a little finer than the TWSBI's that I use. The pens are not cheap and there is no place local to test one out. That means I have to buy online.I am starting with the fine and the stub. If all goes well I'll add a medium. The fine will be used at work since I need something good on copy paper. The medium should be perfect on my desk or at home when it is desirable to see what the ink really looks like. Finally the stub for letters and a few product labels that I want to look good.

@HeidiRaatz Жыл бұрын

This is so helpful! In general, writing with any pen with a nib size > 0.5 makes me feel like I'm shouting though I go back and forth about choosing EF or F. I'd love to see you run the same tests with a European brand, for example Kaweco, so folks can have a better sense of the difference between a Japanese F and a European F. Thanks again!! 🙌

@Yoseka Жыл бұрын

Thank you Heidi! Sounds good :) Will work on one for Kaweco. We've been thinking about this for a while!

@catwhisperer911 Жыл бұрын

Hi Daisy. I would have preferred that the tests were done using something other than a non coated paper like Midori (which I love and have been using for a long time now) and ink tends to be sucked into the paper rather quickly. However, since all the tests were done using the same paper the results are indeed valid and greatly appreciated. Thank you for sharing this. Love you guys/gals at Yoeska and I hope to visit Yeseka one of these days as I'm only a borough away lol.

@Yoseka Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and sharing your feedback Jeff :) Hope you can get out to the shop some time soon and say hi when you're here!

@kenshinhimura3014 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for this remarkable nib comparison !!!

@bluejchou4404 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Daisy! These comparison video are super helpful.❤

@marym.1567 Жыл бұрын

This is so helpful!! Will you have these comparisons online? Please do with with different pen makers!! It’s so helpful having wetness and line width

@Yoseka Жыл бұрын

Yes, we'll be using this template for our line comparisons going forward and would love to make some sort of library available!

@martinarendasy7367 Жыл бұрын

Very well made, systematic nib size comparison. Thank you!

@EdwinJengalphawolfy Жыл бұрын

Super helpful video as I think about swapping out the Medium nib in my VP! It was thicker than I expected after using a different Pilot pen with a Fine nib (maybe because there's actually Fine Medium in between).

@Yoseka Жыл бұрын

Yup, that's definitely why there's a rather large jump from Fine to Medium across most Pilot fountain pens! Glad this video was helpful :)

@heathergleiser Жыл бұрын

While on the subject of retractable fountain pens, I’d love to see a video like this for the Platinum Curidas. That’s the one I’m considering but I’ve never bought a pen with a Japanese nib so it would be super helpful for choosing a size because the fine nib Twsbi Eco is the line thickness that suits my writing best.

@balwantpadaki6183 5 ай бұрын

What an exceptionally detailed video! Loved it. You have a new sub!

@sakshinash Жыл бұрын

You guys are absofreakinglutely geniuses! Hou took an abstract idea of a nib sizes that are arbitrary oer each manufacturer and you standardised into the metric system! Just pure genius! 🎉❤ I had been waiting for this video since you announced on oins and needles! But you did it even soo much better with your standardised nib-callibration sheets! 🤩 Thank you soo much for this comparison... I have these in every nib size and now I can go back and decide which sailor or twsbi or 3776 or Faber-Castell Guilloche line-up (hint hint) I can buy from you! Arghhhh still completely mindblown! Genius! 🎉

@Yoseka Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Sakshi! Glad you are a fan of the nib log idea :)

@heyspookyboogie644 3 ай бұрын

The VP has pros and cons like any pen, I only wish the nib units weren’t 2/3 the price of the pen. I was given a stub nib VP as a gift, and I love it, but it’s hard to justify getting a fine nib for general writing where I’d use it more cause it’s so expensive.

@ameruu Жыл бұрын

YAY!! So glad to watch the VP as I just picked a pair up for conor and I from my asia trip 🥰 Now i'm dreaming of nib sizes and all the possibilities!!!! and super love how the new pen testing sheet looks!!!!! and I've also finally caught up to all the yoseka videos hahah

@Yoseka Жыл бұрын

No way!!! Thanks for watching all our videos Ame!! We've been shooting videos a little...aggressively hahaha gotta make use of our studio! It's ok if you are behind!

@conor_olo Жыл бұрын

Such a wonderfully informative video! Thank you for pulling this together - I've got a M and i love the size of it a lot :)

@hawtdilf Жыл бұрын

Such quality videos with neat details. Love ‘em

@keri_plans 8 ай бұрын

This Video is so helpful thank you so so much!! 💗

@mw_paints4592 Жыл бұрын

I have two decimos, an F I use in my planner and an M I carry to work. Both are wonderful writers. Now I want a B and a stub!😂

@samirranjonrajkonwar1459 17 күн бұрын

I think twisbis extra fine will be pilot’s fine, when i inked my twisbi vac 700 extra fine with pelikan 4001 brilliant black it short of gave me fine nib vibe as the lines were noticeably thicker being an extra fine

@kalosevillinas 5 ай бұрын

I LOVE Namiki Fountsin pens. I have on with the broad nib. While I love the broad tip as I use it for everday writing, I sm starting to want a smaller nib. My question: I am thinking of going to either a fine or medium. I would be using regular cheap paper. So would a fine wet and thicker? And would medium still be aa thick and wide like my broad nib using everyday paper?

@DasOrangensaft. Жыл бұрын

Thank you! This is so cool and useful. 😌

@nayeonranghae 5 күн бұрын

i imitated the way she held the pen, and i think im starting to like my vp even more now. might not get a decimo anymore

@Yoseka 11 сағат бұрын

Yay so glad!

@InkDiaries Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! This was really helpful. Now I need to decide whether I want to purchase an extra fine or fine. I don’t want my pen to feel too “scratchy,” but I love writing with smaller nibs. Ugh decisions, decisions. Lol

@Yoseka Жыл бұрын

It's a tough decision but would probably go with the F for smoother writing and still, a very fine line width :)

@InkDiaries Жыл бұрын

@@Yoseka thank you!😊

@leocarney2605 Жыл бұрын

Thank you thank you for this video! I bought a pre-loved Fine and I like it, but I love my broad nibs! This just made me want to buy a broad nib cartriidge even more!

@Yoseka Жыл бұрын

Yess the broad nib is so different from the Fine! If this writing sample made you want one more, you should get one :)

@luslab Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for doing this video. I had been wondering about this. I have the EF VP (love how it writes, it's my main pen) and I have been on the fence about getting another one with a fine nib. Now I'm sure I want the fine nib one. In normal pens I never like anything above a 0.5mm and usually prefer something in the 0.3- 0.4mm range. I also write pretty small, which is one of the reasons I love Japanese planners.

@Yoseka Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! Yeah I would say the EF and the F are different enough to justify getting both :)

@rawida2 10 ай бұрын

Hello, i saw a review that said that you have to hold the pen high with the stub nib otherwise it won't write as well as at a low angle. What do you say ?

@joeynuggetz Жыл бұрын

Love this test. Could you make a download with one template per page so we can print on A5 paper? My download had 2 side by side. Also, I might be splitting hairs here but wouldn't the use of the ruler in the line test constrain the tines on the nib from spreading naturally? :-) Love you guys and I love Yoseka!

@Yoseka Жыл бұрын

Thanks Joe! Good point about the ruler but I think the difference would probably be very nominal? Definitely something to think about though, thank you!

@gorgoneion 4 ай бұрын

I have vp fine nub and at the upstrokes and right to left the flow is poor and also at fast writing is skipping. Very annoying for such a pen...... I really dont know what fo do since much cheaper pens are writing flawless..

@theibecks 2 ай бұрын

That sounds like it needs a bit of tuning. I have multiple VP fine nibs and they're all perfectly well-behaved, so yours is definitely not the expected experience with these nibs.

@KobieK 3 ай бұрын

Your hands are so attractive

@caduceus33 6 ай бұрын

That is a very strange looking pen, and the pocket clip does not look like it would be comfortable to write with!

@theibecks 2 ай бұрын

Strange-looking but a great pen. Comfort depends on your grip. Most people with a tripod grip find that their thumb and forefinger sit perfectly on either side of the clip. It can also help you to orientate the pen on the page without looking at it so it does have some advantages. For other types of grip it can be more of an issue but you'd have to try it and see.