Pilot Drafting x 30 (damn, I lost count!)

[drifand]

L-R:
• H-560 series in blue, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.7, 0.9
• H-1090 series, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.7, 0.9
• H-580 series, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.7, 0.9
• HF-605 For Film 0.5
• H-1080 series, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.7, 0.9
• H-1585 Shaker 0.5
• 1+1 BKH-100S blue grip
• H-2080 wooden grip 0.3, 0.5
• S10 series, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.7, 0.9

Bought this PILOT tray off Mercari on a whim and then realized when it arrived that it had 24 30 slots to fill.

I’m a stickler for keeping only Pilot pens in Pilot trays, so when a H-589 finally arrived, I had enough pieces to fill out the ranks. The 1+1 could be seen as an aberration perhaps, but I felt the similar style of lattice grip qualified it for a place at the table.

Interesting note: the caps actually have irregular fittings. Some sit taller than others and it was driving me nuts, so I manually ‘lifted’ some to better align with the tallest one in the subset.

[Ok-Satisfaction3135]

Wow!

[pearsonified]

This is such a cool shot—I don’t think I’ve seen a seen a tray that could fit 30 pieces wide before!

And the cap height struggle is real

[griffisu]

Now, starts the journey to fill another tray kkkkkk

[drifand]

Crap - my brain wasn;t working right lol
I just kept filling the slots and stopped counting at 24

[Hammer_Jackson]

Beautiful tray!!!

-but I will agree that the multi pen is sacrilegious…

-the HF-605 being included is something I can get behind though

Beautiful pics as well. Is there a certain category on YAJ or Mercari that these trays can be found??

I’d love one/some, but I they never seem to cross my path

[drifand]

I first came across such trays when I cast a WIDE net for ‘パイロット’ - and not filtering it down to ‘Writing Instruments’.

[amjacobs7]

The consistency in the length of these models is impressive. What is the length of H-58X series?

[drifand]

I never measure my pencils. But… the consistency is because I wrangled the buttons to align them for the shot. Some are slightly shorter or taller than others.

[Ras]

Why does your H-1084 seem to have a chrome knock button? Was the button from another model, or just like the chrome cap H-2080s, the H-1080s also have chrome cap versions?

[drifand]

Not sure I understand your question. The 108x series was produced with 2 types of buttons: blue plastic & chromed metal. I am not sure which came first but I preferred the metal ones and collected the series as such.

[Ras]

@drifand

108x series was produced with 2 types of buttons: blue plastic & chromed metal.

I guess you meant the 109x series? Pdunc67 said the plastic buttons were the early generation

I was talking about this one instead

[drifand]

Yup, my typo. To me, the finishing on the metal button is just production variance. The real difference is that on the H-1084 the top of the button has a shallow indent plus a sticker that says ‘0.4’. None of my other H-108x have the indent/sticker.

[Ras]

@Hammer_Jackson

Is there a certain category on YAJ or Mercari that these trays can be found??

Search keyword 什器 under the entire writing instruments category

If you’re looking for a specific brand’s one, remove the category filter, keyword the brand you’re looking for and then 什器