The Pilot Falcon Fountain Pen Review

[@Abid_Zaman]

never seen a purple resin falcon before. wow!

[@MrAndrew1953]

Excellent review that encourages me to be adventurous and try a sift-fine nib with a Falcon. Normally I use mainly mediums but a soft-smooth Fine is worth a try.

[@MrAndrew1953]

I would get the metal Falcon so you can use the Con 70 converter. Does Pilot make a purple Falcon with gold indents.

[@alexeypopov314]

I have two, a red plastic SEF and a black metal SF. Plastic one is lighter but metal one is my favorite/EDC. Nibs are out of this world. CON-40 converter sucks big time, replaced it with an old CON-50. Beside that Falcon is the best pen ever. Adore Iroshizuku ink. I'm a Pilot fan though and biased. Wish you great experience and long use of this pen!

[@user-gl5ld9vm7i]

It looks like a Pilot Prera. Will you keep the silver sticker on it? For some reason, alot of Pilot owners keep these silver stickers on their pens. Nice review.

[@KnightsWritingCompany]

Thanks for your comment. It’s a larger more solid pen than the Prera and the nib is something else! I stuck the sticker on my water bottle :)

[@vinaynagdev03]

Is it worth buying pilot falcon?what about writing experience and build quality of resin/acrylic body?any issues problems while using the pen?

[@KnightsWritingCompany]

I found it to be of premium quality. Wonderful writing. Very well engineered barrel and threads. The only problem I had was my awful handwriting.

[@rgj8044]

I recently (August 2024) bought a Pilot Falcon fountain pen with the soft nib. I have collected and used fountain pens for 20 years. This pen worked for about a month of casual use before the ink ceased to flow through the nib. Then it just failed. There was no damage to the nib - the ink just stopped flowing properly. In my sad experience this was just a piece of junk and do not recommend this at all. I really expected so much more from a Japanese product but... in this case it was a shameful, cheap piece of shame. This is my experience and resulting opinion.

[@SpringNotes]

This could be a lemon. Can you exchange for another ? It'll be a shame to dismiss the whole brand, due to 1 negative experience. Or, have you tried cleaning it out, before inking the new pen ? Some say, this is good practice. How about trying a different ink ? Or sending it to a nibmeister to fix the pen ?