If I can find a decent H-3005 I think I can call this “done”. no plans at this time to even bother with a H-5005
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Excellent, Patrick!
I hate to break it to you but…
H-2103, H-2105
But they are kind of the odd-man out. No engraving, but black metal knurling instead.
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Love it. Thanks Gary.
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Sheeeeiiiiitttt, your specimens are AWESOME. I don’t have any with stickers 
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IMO, the H-2103/5 are the best of this series.
And the Gentleman Young double-knock is the best piece Pilot ever made 
(I don’t count the H-5005 as a real piece 
)
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Thank you. I’ve been holding out, looking for NOS or as close as I can get to it.
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Technically, no. These are part of a standard drafting pencil category for PILOT. I believe distribution was much wider and longer than for the double-knock hi-mecha.
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I only consider the double-knocks a family because [1] they’re double-knocks and [2] they have escalating model numbers, so the relationship is fairly easy to see.
With the non-double-knock drafters, I take a slightly different approach based on aesthetics (and mainly tip design):
- H-58X, H-108X, and H-208X are a family
- H-56X, H-109X are a family
- H-100X, H-200X, H-300X, Automatic, and H-5005 are a family
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Does the Automac fit in here anywhere?
The H-XX8X family also includes the H-1585, easily the most interesting and in my opinion the best of them.
The Automatics (0.3 and 0.5) are actually considered a separate series.
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Automacs are a separate series - automatic pencils with a conical tip for writing. These consist of the E, E 500 and the recent double knock Automac (although you could argue that these are separate)
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These are all so good looking! Let me know if you need to free up any space!
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Oh. My. God. That’s an H-5005
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Two of them! And three Automatic 0.3s, which are even rarer.
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https://buyee.jp/mercari/item/m18708102823
is 25,599 yen a “good” price for a (new?) H-2103?
EDIT: for a NOS it looks the the red PILOT has faded on the sticker. Is that normal?
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That’s the best price for a stickered piece you’re ever likely to see again. If I had a proxy open, I would have bought it and then replied to your post
One thing to remember right now: We’re dealing with an unprecedented exchange rate in our favor. To quibble over ¥3000–¥5000 is to lose bigly.
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thanks Chris. I just bought it. 
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OK dammit - NOW i’m done with my PILOT Hi-Mecha collection 
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