Product record
Pilot V-Ball 05 Black Rollerball Pen
1 / 1 FrontFront photo matched to this barcode via Open Food Facts contributors. It is not evidence for the selected observation.
Single capped liquid-ink rollerball pen from Pilot's V-Ball line, 0.5 mm ball, black ink.
Versions & editions
Pilot France V-Ball 05 product page[3]
Market not established · French · supported
Evidence reviewed
Context, dates & evidence notes · Other observations
- Evidence observed
- 2026-09-14
Maker's page for the V-Ball 05 range in all colours; read with own web access (server fetch answered 403).
Specifications
- Material
- tungsten carbide[3]
Conditions & original evidence
Recorded: tungsten carbide
known · printed
Conical tip with tungsten carbide ball; Biro Center says the same.
Other observations & source differences (4)
Different sources or national labels can coexist. Differences alone do not establish a change to the product.
- Biro Center product description (Slovenian) supported · Compare evidence
Retailer description of this EAN; a shop text, not the pen's own print.
- Pilot France V-Ball 05 product page supported · selected
Maker's page for the V-Ball 05 range in all colours; read with own web access (server fetch answered 403).
- Barrel print on Open Products Facts photos supported · Compare evidence
Two contributor photos of a loose pen (2019-01-21 and 2025-05-19); barrel reads PILOT, V-Ball, Pure Liquid Ink, 0.5, with a barcode sticker. No retail pack is photographed.
- Evidence awaiting context review unconfirmed · Compare evidence
Product facts
Explore the family ↗- Barcode
- 4902505085406 check digit OK
- Also named
- Pilot V-Ball 05 roller encre liquide noir (fr)
- Brand
- Pilot
- Family
- Pilot V-Ball
- Category
- Stationery/Office Machinery/Occasion Supplies, Stationery/Office Machinery, Writing/Design Implements/Aids, Pens
- Sold in
- 🇸🇮 Slovenia[1], 🇪🇸 Spain[2]
- Model
- BL-VB5-B
- Colour
- black
- Last observed on sale
- 2026-09-14
- Last sale evidence
- Listed with this EAN and a price by Biro Center (SI) and Librería Badia (ES) on 2026-09-14.
- GS1 prefix
- 490 · Japan
- Status
- active
About this product
The Pilot V-Ball 05 in black is a disposable, capped rollerball pen with liquid ink, a 0.5 mm tungsten carbide ball and a 0.3 mm line.[3][1] Its barrel is printed "Pure Liquid Ink", and a V-System regulator controls the ink flow.[4][1] V-Ball is one of the brands of Pilot Corporation, Japan's largest pen maker, headquartered in Tokyo.[5] This barcode appears with the model code BL-VB5-B on shop listings in Slovenia and Spain.[1][2] Open Food Facts' sister catalogue has photos of the pen itself.[6]
Where it's sold
🇸🇮 Slovenia
PILOT ROLER V-BALL 0.5 ČRN[1] sourced
- Listing observed
- Recorded price
- EUR 2.59
- Condition
- new
Biro Center lists "PILOT ROLER V-BALL 0.5 ČRN" with Šifra artikla 4902505085406; price incl. VAT (EUR 2.12 excl. VAT).
🇪🇸 Spain
PILOT V-BALL 0.5 ROLLER NEGRO BL-VB5-B[2] sourced
- Listing observed
- Recorded price
- EUR 1.90
- Condition
- new
Librería Badia lists "PILOT V-BALL 0.5 ROLLER NEGRO BL-VB5-B" with EAN 4902505085406, reference VBALL0 5N, in stock.
A listing is evidence that this barcode is sold there, on that date; a price is what that listing showed, not a recommended price.
Other names for this product
Also known as
- V-Ball 05
- PILOT ROLER V-BALL 0.5 ČRN sl
- PILOT V-BALL 0.5 ROLLER NEGRO es
- Pilot Stylo Roller V Ball VB 5, Pointe Métal, Noir fr
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Sources & research
Evidence reviewed
Librería Badia
PILOT V-BALL 0.5 ROLLER NEGRO BL-VB5-B
retailer · Accessed 2026-09-14
Source & attribution [2] ↗Pilot Pen France
V-Ball 05 - Roller encre liquide - Pointe Fine
manufacturer · Accessed 2026-09-14
Source & attribution [3] ↗Coverage & research gaps (7)
Coverage measures the evidence recorded here. It does not rate the product.
- Identity: 3 / 3 · Name, brand and classification recorded
- Context: 3 / 4 · Evidence groups assigned to a researched label, edition or analysis
- Label photographs: 0 / 3 · Researched contexts with an assigned photograph
- Specifications: 1 / 8 · Recorded specifications mapped to comparable property keys
- markets · unknown: Open Products Facts tags France and French retailers (Cultura, Lamartine, Burolike) show this EAN in listing URLs, but every French listing and pilotpen.fr answered 403, so FR is not listed.
- relationships · unknown: No source names the GS1 licensee of prefix 4902505 or the factory that made this pen (Pilot has plants in Japan and Annecy, France).
- specifications · not_researched: Length, weight and recycled content are not stated by a readable source.
- identity · unknown: Whether this EAN is sold loose, on a blister card or both is not shown by any source.
- evidence · stale: Evidence was observed over a year ago; check for newer labels. Historical evidence remains valid.
- schema · schema_gap: Review and assign legacy facts to coherent observations.
- schema · schema_gap: Some specifications retain source labels without comparable property keys.
All references & source details
References
- ↑ PILOT ROLER V-BALL 0.5 ČRN Biro Center. retailer. Accessed 2026-09-14. Record: 4902505085406.
- ↑ PILOT V-BALL 0.5 ROLLER NEGRO BL-VB5-B Librería Badia. retailer. Accessed 2026-09-14. Record: 4902505085406.
- ↑ V-Ball 05 - Roller encre liquide - Pointe Fine Pilot Pen France. manufacturer. Accessed 2026-09-14.
- ↑ Photos of the pen barrel (front 2025-05-19; second photo 2019-01-21) Open Food Facts. pack. Accessed 2026-09-14. Record: 4902505085406. imgid 2 and 1. CC BY-SA 3.0. Open Food Facts contributors.
- ↑ Pilot (pen company) Wikipedia. publication. Accessed 2026-09-14. infobox: Brands. CC BY-SA 4.0.
- ↑ Pilot Stylo Roller V Ball VB 5, Pointe Métal, Noir Open Food Facts. catalogue. Accessed 2026-09-14. Record: 4902505085406. ODbL. Open Food Facts contributors.
- ↑ Old Barcodepedia page "pilote v ball 05 noir" (archived 2009) Barcodepedia (Internet Archive). other. Accessed 2026-09-14.
- ↑ Pilot Company Pilot Corporation of Europe. manufacturer. Accessed 2026-09-14.
Further sources
Additional sources recorded for this entry, including other observations and related pages.
- LEI record 353800AR8E9WFDU10092 GLEIF. registry. Accessed 2026-09-14. Record: 353800AR8E9WFDU10092. CC0.
Barcode & identifiers
- GTIN-14
04902505085406- EAN-13 / GTIN-13
4902505085406
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