Tag: midrange

Kaweco Allrounder fountain pen review

17 November 2014 By ian

The Kaweco Allrounder is an all metal cartridge/converter fountain pen. It’s available in black, blue, red or silver and with nibs from extra-fine to double-broad. The pen in this review has the broad nib. It costs around £75 (around $115) and in the UK comes with a converter. (I don’t think this is always the […]

Kaweco Student fountain pen review

6 October 2014 By ian

The Kaweco Student has an acrylic barrel and chrome plated brass section and clip. It’s available with stainless steel nibs from extra-fine to extra broad and in black, translucent blue (which looks fab), white and red. It costs about £45 in the UK (with a converter) and $55 in the USA (without). The black barrel/chrome […]

Pilot Elite fountain pen review

22 September 2014 By ian

The Pilot Elite is a vintage fountain pen that can be easily found online. It was first produced in the 70s and was available in a posh gold-nib metal-barrel version and in a non-posh steel-nib plastic-barrel version. This is a review of the non-posh version. Pilot have also released a new version that can be […]

Diplomat Traveller Fountain Pen review

4 August 2014 By ian

The Diplomat Traveller fountain pen is a metal barrelled pen that, as far as I know, is available only with a medium steel nib. The nib is surprisingly good – I perhaps had low expectations but it’s smooth and very pleasant to write with. It takes international cartridges and my Monteverde converter fitted without any […]

Kaweco AC-Sport fountain pen review

14 July 2014 By ian

The Kaweco Classic Sport was the first pen I reviewed on Pens! Paper! Pencil! I love that pen. Until recently I kept it in my pocket and used it every single day. It got scuffed up but I didn’t care, although I did buy a lovely leather sleeve for it. It now sits stored away […]