Pilot Parallel Fountain Pen - Red, 1.5mm
The Pilot Parallel fountain pen is a major breakthrough in calligraphy pen design. The unique parallel plate structure achieves a more beautiful and sharper handwriting than existing calligraphy pens. This product comes with a Parallel pen with a 1.5mm stub italic nib, one black and one red ink cartridge, a converter to flush the pen, and a nib cleaner.
Using two Pilot Parallel Pens, each with different Pilot Parallel Mixable color cartridges, you produce beautifully gradated lettering by touching the nibs together before writing. To use with bottled fountain pen ink, the Pilot Con-40 converter works best (sold separately).
Click here to shop all compatible Pilot ink cartridges.
- Condition
- New
- Brand
- Pilot
- Type
- Fountain Pens
- Color
- Red, White
- Demonstrator
Whether or not the barrel of the pen is translucent, allowing you to see the ink and filling mechanism inside.
- No
- Body Material
- Resin
- Cap Rotations
For pens with a screw-cap closure, how many rotations it takes to uncap/recap the pen.
- 2.5
- Cap Type
How the cap is opened/closed from the barrel of the pen. Some common options include Snap-Cap, Screw-Cap, Magnetic Cap, or Capless (no cap).
- Screw-cap
- Compatible inks & refills
Which ink this pen will accept. Choices include bottled ink and various styles of pre-filled ink cartridges.
- Bottled ink, Proprietary Pilot ink cartridges
- Filling Mechanism
How the pen fills with ink. Click here to watch our video tutorial on common filling mechanisms.
- Cartridge, Converter
- Grip Material
- Resin
- Nib Size
- 1.5mm Italic
- Nib Color
- Silver
- Nib Material
- Steel
- Postable
Whether or not the cap fits securely onto the back of the barrel when open.
- No
- Retractable
Whether or not the nib/tip can retract into the body of the pen (usually for click or twist-open style pens).
- No
- Diameter - Body
- 11.3mm (0.4in)
- Diameter - Cap (without clip)
- 13mm (0.5in)
- Diameter - Cap (with clip)
- 19.4mm (0.8in)
- Diameter - Grip (mm)
Measured from the place most people choose to rest their fingers, which varies with each pen.
- 9.8mm
- Length - Body
The measurement from the back end of the barrel to the tip of the nib.
- 159mm (6.3in)
- Length - Cap
- 60mm (2.4in)
- Length - Nib
The measured length of the visible portion of the nib when it is installed in the pen, from grip to tip.
- 7.5mm (0.3in)
- Length - Overall (Closed)
- 168mm (6.6in)
- Weight - Body
If a converter is included with the pen, this weight is reflected in the total.
- 6g (0.2oz)
- Weight - Cap
- 4g (0.1oz)
- Weight - Overall (g)
- 10.0g
- Max Ink Capacity - Cartridge
The maximum volume of ink that can fit in the pen when using a cartridge.
- 1.17ml
- Max Ink Capacity - Converter
The maximum volume of ink that can fit in the pen when using a converter.
- 1.37ml
- Max Ink Capacity - Eyedropper
The maximum volume of ink that can fit in the pen when filling the entire barrel of the pen via eyedropper.
- 4.03ml
Customer Reviews
I enjoy writing and doodling with this pen. I'll be looking for a converter, even though there is nothing wrong with the supplied 2 cartridges... The red one is a very nice candy apple. The ratio of the up down stroke to the side stroke is about 5:1, which makes a broad up down line.
I bought some cool ink colors from Pilot. Some time later (after putting on my glasses) I discovered I'd bought ink for Pilot's parallel pen. I panicked at the thought of what a parallel pen would cost. $10.00! Bought it. Used it. So easy to use. Great ink flow. This pen writes beautiful calligraphy. I think I need another one.
Having lots of fun,both with writing and with using it in my art work!
Great for dipping your toes into calligraphy! And a great value.
This is such a great pen. Very easy to use, fun to play with, and it is so affordable! The size of the stub makes it ideal for writing at a big but not too big size. Perfect for a birthday card message or calligraphy journal, but too big for typical everyday handwriting - although, you CAN write with the edge of the pen to get crisp fine lines, which is neat. Writing with the edge is super for adding fine-line calligraphy details, but I find it too scratchy to write with the edge for extended periods. Use one of your finer nibs for that, and use this one for the fun bold lines! The body of the pen definitely feels like a less expensive pen, because it is - and that's one of the things I love about it. I don't feel the need to baby this pen on a fluffy pillow - I can happily toss it in my bag without a care. And the nib is top notch, no quality complaints. I do recommend getting a converter so you can play with a broader range of inks (and be less wasteful without all those plastic cartridges).
