Do they even make one? If not, I wonder why?
Pilot Metropolitan - Broad Nib?
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tankerjohn
A little poofier than I prefer
They sell the Metro with a 1.0mm stub nib. Maybe a broad nib is too redundant?
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Probably so... Funny, I do own the Stub. One of those "Thinking outside the Box" moments... Thanks
The old-school Pilot 78g came in 4 nib sizes ... F, M, B, and BB. B and BB were both stub/italic nibs.
The Metropolitan was essentially the "same" pen but with a different body (79g plastic, Metro metal) and with the Metro having a "step down" where the pen parts joined ...
... that wasn't there on the 78g.
These were the 78g nibs:
My suspicion is that the Metro used the same set of nib sizes, including B and BB. (Typically, most pens available were F or M ... B and BB were harder to find. IIRC when the Metro first came out, it seemed like only the M was available.)
A few years back, the 78g seemed to be discontinued. A few years after that, they brought out a new-and-improved "78g+" pen.
I've never tried the 78g+, so can't say if the B nib is still a stub, or if they have a BB.
The Metropolitan was essentially the "same" pen but with a different body (79g plastic, Metro metal) and with the Metro having a "step down" where the pen parts joined ...
... that wasn't there on the 78g.
These were the 78g nibs:
My suspicion is that the Metro used the same set of nib sizes, including B and BB. (Typically, most pens available were F or M ... B and BB were harder to find. IIRC when the Metro first came out, it seemed like only the M was available.)
A few years back, the 78g seemed to be discontinued. A few years after that, they brought out a new-and-improved "78g+" pen.
I've never tried the 78g+, so can't say if the B nib is still a stub, or if they have a BB.
tankerjohn
A little poofier than I prefer
I read somewhere that the 78 and Metro have the same nibs. So I guess you could swap a B 78 nib into a Metro if you really want.
When I bought my Metropolitan back in 2014, only the M was available.
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Rhody
I'm a Lumberjack.
Recently I saw some negative reviews about the metropolitan stub so I bought the M.
Lefonque
Even more clueless than you
Good Choice
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Hmmm, negative reviews? Maybe I was fortunate enough to get ahold of a good one, I could use it as a daily writer. My Leonardo Officina Momento 1.5mm is only used for special occasions as it is too broad with the 1.5mm stub.
