Well this is one of my latest acquisitions from Stan. I'd heard of the Pilot Custom before but have never held one. This pen reminds me of a Parker 75. It has a similar feel and look to it with the top and bottom tassies and the way the cap "snaps" on. It doesn't have the same type of nib though, it has a (integrated) nib similar to other Pilot pens I own. The model I have is steel and feels a lot like a Murex Long Sr. type pen. The Custom has a spring loaded clip to fit a variety of fabrics.

The nibs on these pens are either 14K or 18K white gold. It appears that the older version's of these pens have 18K while the newer ones have 14K. Pilot used WG to indicate white gold on the older pens, but the newer ones have 14K-585 on the nib.

All in all it's a very well made pen. This one was used for which I'm thankful as it made my decision to try it out much easier. I'll probably keep this as a writer in my rotation. These pens take the standard Pilot cartridges or converter.

The black lines on this pen are etched into the steel so they won't suffer from wear. This is probably similar to the black-striped MYUs. These pens appear to have come in a variety of patterns similar to the way the Parker 75 was done. I don't believe there was as large a variation though. I haven't seen any in gold, but I have see them in Sterling. I'm guessing most were like this one.