The Hi-Tec-C refill is the standard refill used on Pilot’s stick-type Hi-Tec-C, G-Tec, and Maica pens.
Pilot Hi-Tec-C Gel Pen Refill
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Pilot LHSRF-8C Gel Pen Refill
The Pilot LHSRF-8C is a plastic pen refill that uses gel ink.
Pilot BRFN-10F Ballpoint Pen Refill
The BRFN-10F is a plastic body Pilot refill that is found in the Dr. Grip pens as well as the Pilot Ageless and S20 executive pen. It’s a proprietary shape that only Pilot uses, which makes this refill difficult to swap out in place of another refill. The BRFN-10 is not sold in an extra fine model, for that you need to upgrade to the BRFN-30EF.
Pilot makes a higher end refill in the same shape: the BRFN-30F.
Pilot BRFN-30F Ballpoint Pen Refill
This refill is the metal version of the Pilot BRFN-10F. It uses Pilot Acro ink (an oil-based hybrid). This is a 0.7 mm refill, wher the BRFN-30M is a 1.0 mm refill. This pen is not commonly found included in pens but its rather sold as an upgrade for pens like the Pilot S20 and Dr. Grip.
Pilot BRFN-30M Ballpoint Pen Refill
This refill is the metal version of the Pilot BRFN-10M. It uses Pilot Acro ink (an oil-based hybrid).
Pilot Acro 1000
The Acro 1000 it the executive version of the Acro 300. They are both click retractable hybrid pens with a distinctly old-school design, but the Acro 1000 has a metal grip and plastic body where the 300 has a plastic body and grip. The Acro 1000 has a retail price of 1000 JPY, as it befitting an executive pen, as well as a classy matte paint job.
Pilot Acro Drive Ballpoint Pen
The Acro Drive is an executive pen from Pilot. It’s in the Acro series, which means it uses Pilot’s hybrid ink and is the company’s competitor to the Uni Jetstream series. Being an executive pen, the Acro Drive has a full metal body.
Pilot Sprinter Mechanical Pencil
The Pilot Sprinter (sometimes called the Namiki Sprinter) is a true historical oddity. First made in the early 1980s, it’s a mechanical pencil whose body is made of a steel coil spring. The body springs when the pen is clicked, making for a design that is both unique and also extraordinarily clever.
The original sticker price of the Sprinter was 1,000 JPY.
Pilot S20 Drafting Pencil
The S20 is a executive style drafting pencil. It has a body made of wood with either a Dark Brown or Deep Red finish in the US. This is a popular pen that is respected for its build quality and good looks. In Japan the S20 is sometimes called the Escienti. The pencil is normally sold in 0.5 mm but the red and dark brown colors are also sold in 0.3 mm.
Pilot V7 Hi-Tecpoint Cartridge System Rollerball Pen
The Pilot V7 Hi-Tecpoint is a needle-tip rollerball pen with a useful cartridge refill system that utilizes cartridges just like those found in Pilot’s fountain pens.
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Pilot Hi-Tecpoint V10 Grip Rollerball
The Pilot V10 Grip Hi-Tecpoint is a capped needle-tip rollerball pen. The V10 is the 1.0 mm broad size of this pen.
Pilot Frixion Ball Clicker Gel Pen
The Frixion Ball Clicker is a erasable, retractable pen from Pilot. It comes in both a US and a Japanese version, with only aesthetic differences between the two.
Pilot Acroball 3 3-Color Multi-pen
The Acroball 3 is a multi-pen from Pilot that uses Acro hybrid ink. This is a highly regarded multi-pen that is known for its excellent ink and relatively slim body. Like the other Acroball pens it has a “sneaker grip” which has a high-traction sneaker-like pattern that is very comfortable to hold.
The more popular version of this pen is Pilot’s Acroball 4, a 4-color hybrid multi-pen.
Pilot G2 Gel
The Pilot G2 is a retractable gel pen. It’s famous for being one of the best office pens of all time as well as being of the top “gateway pens.” A gateway pen being one of the pens who don’t generally care about pens use, grow attached to, and start to realize that not all pens write the same. Many offices, restaurants, banks, and other venues had purchased Pilot G2s in bulk, people have used them them, and started to realize that they are smoother and write better than a normal bulk pen.
The G2 is most commonly sold in blue and black in 0.5 mm and 0.7 mm, but then pen is available in huge number of varieties outside of those. The pen does not use a Parker-style G2 refill but rather a popular size of Japanese rollerball/gel refill that people commonly refer to as a G2 refill. This, of course, has led to endless confusion.
Pilot Juice Gel Pen
The Pilot Juice Gel pen is an excellent retractable gel pen. It’s like a more fun version of the office-focused Pilot G2.
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