Graphite Fine Art
The Faber-Castell Ambition Pearwood is a beautiful looking pen. I’m a sucker for wood and metal; organic and machined; old and new. Gets me every time. This is a stunning pen. In my big chunky hands this pen is a perfect length and weight but it is a little top heavy when posted and if…
If this isn’t proof that how pen makers classify nibs is almost meaningless, I don’t know what is. In order, from finest to mediumist: Pilot Prera (fine); Pilot MR (fine); Faber-Castell Ambition (extra fine); Waterman Translucent (medium); A. G. Spalding Maple Wood (medium); Kaweco Classic Sport (extra fine); Rotring Freeway (fine).
Waterman Translucent, Kaweco Classic Sport, Noodler Nib Creaper, Platignum Studio, Pilot Prera, Faber-Castell Ambition, Faber-Castell e-motion, A. G. Spalding Maple Wood.
I don’t know why I like this pen as much as I do. It’s a rollerball, which is fine, but it’s not a very black black, which is not fine. More a dark grey than a black. Not black. The pen isn’t much of a looker, either. So why do I keep picking it up?…
Back to work after the lovely summer holiday. Waterman Translucent, Rotring Freeway, Kaweco Classic Sport, Pilot MR, Pilot Prera, Scrikss ‘17’, A. G. Spalding Maple Wood Orange, Faber-Castell Ambition.