Pilot Custom Heritage 823
The Custom 823 is the truest ‘demonstrator-style’ pen with the largest ink reservoir available by Pilot. The black barrel with stunning gold accents lends an air of distinguished sophistication to this exceptional fountain pen. The pen is refillable for continued use with Pilot’s bottled ink through a unique vacuum plunger system to ensure a long lasting and smooth writing experience. Available with expertly crafted 14-karat gold nib in fine. The Custom 823 arrives in a striking presentation box complete with a glass bottle of Pilot ink.
Emma (verified owner) –
I received my Pilot Custom 823 in amber today, and I’m amazed at how lovely it is… I suspected from the reviews that it would be wonderful but it’s the perfect weight, ink capacity, and it’s absolutely beautiful. The fine nib is probably my favourite part; it writes like an extra fine, but has the sturdiness of a fine, with very slight line variation due to the flexibility of the gold. There’s a good reason why certain famous authors call this pen their go-to for their longhand writing, I’m obsessed!
(Also it’s worth noting that the ink bottle has a genius little mechanism that involves turning it upside down, filling a compartment, and then filling the pen, so that you will never waste ink!) 10/10 would buy 50 of them if I could.
landie1407 –
Once you have written with the Pilot Custom 823, you won’t want to write with anything else. This is a beautiful pen that is well-balanced, smooth, and comfortable.
The medium nib lays down plenty of ink with nice line variations due to the slight flexibility of the gold nib.
This is truly a holy grail pen that is matched by its everyday usability and classic fountain pen beauty.
If you are considering buying this pen, I highly recommend it.