Pilot Vanishing Point Black Faceted

Type Capless fountain pen – the nib retracts like a ballpoint.

Product Name Vanishing Point. A rather uncommon early version with faceted black matte and silver colored trim.

Manufacturer and Year Namiki (Pilot branded), Japan – 1991.

This nib has a 491 date code, so the pen was made in 1991.

Length 5-7/16"

Filling System Pilot cartridge or converter. A good CON-20 converter is installed.

Color Faceted matte black with silver colored trim.

Nib Medium 14k nib. Marked M. As a note, this era of VP had gold colored nibs.

date code nib 491

14k585 is the carat value of the gold nib (58.5% by weight of the nib is Gold) . The date code will be visible if the nib is removed from the section.

First letter is factory. First or first and second number is month. Last two numbers is the year.

H1278=December 1978 A908=September 2008

I forgot the various locations on the Pilot factories. Sorry!!