For the record, four years later, I just got my Kaweco Classic Sport with EF nib and it works perfectly, with Kaweco Ruby Red, right out of the box. I'm in love :)
Too bad mine is not. Just got mine today from Kinokuniya, Klcc. Anyway, i tried to put some force on it, it does write. But after sometime, it will skip again. Then i have to shake the pen then the ink comes out again. Not sure its the same prob as baby bottom. Gonna send it to a pen retailer to fix the nib. I got myself the bordeux version.
I am not a lover of this pen with regards to the writing experience but at the end of the day, I love it to travel with because of size, cost and if I loose it or break it then I don't care! Great review as always.
Great review, thank you! I have only just discovered your channel and loving it. Comment on 6:23 : a short international cartridge holds about 0.75ml of ink. There is also a long version which is 1.45ml, but obviously that wouldn't fit in the Sport. There is a new Kaweco Mini Piston Converter for the Sport but I have not tried it yet. I'm with you: as much as I love bottled ink I use cartridges in the Sport.
Thanks for this video. I just got on in a subscription box. This being my first fountain pen I could not figure out why it wouldn't ink. I didn't realize it snaps into the bottom portion I just slid it in and figured something was wrong when I could hear the cartridge shaking around.
My own Kaweco Sport Classic (burgundy too btw :D) had some startup problems at first too. It turned out the nib section wasn't pushed down far enough in the pen, which let the nib dry out pretty quickly whilst writing. Luckly I did not have any problem with the smoothness of the pen.
If you order a replacement nib unit as I did to get the 1.1 the grip nib and feed are supplied as a complete unit. Just unscrew from the barrel. These are cheaper in the UK than in the US.
Great review, very informative and thorough. I have the Skyline Sport in medium and had to do some adjusting on my nib. Thankfully, I found tutorials on youtube to assist with that. I prefer bottle inks, as well, so it's an adjustment to having a cartridge fountain pen. I'm not brave enough to do the eyedropper conversion.
My first foutain pen was a very old Kaweco my dad gave to me when I was 12. The head was two toned with pretty engraving on the gold portion. I loved it...but I was 12 and... :'(
I got my first Kaweco Sport. Black body with gold accents... it's pretty cool and is writing well out of the box with blue ink... have to see what "baby's bottom" is as I'm new fountain pens. Thanks for the linked video!
I haven't yet had any issues with my Fountain pens, knock on wood, but I am definitely picking up a pack of those pads you mentioned for future. It's worth noting that the ballpoint versions of this are really quite lovely writers as well.
Thanks for the informative review. I'd have to steer clear of this pen, even though its small size appeals to me, because I wouldn't know what to do if I got a bad nib.
+Susan White fixing baby's bottom or doing a little nib smoothing is actually quite easy and there are loads of videos out there on how to do it. My thing is, I'm not interested in paying full price for a non-functional pen, or anything else. So I'll probably take a pass on this one too.
Kaweco changed their nib supplier a while back I believe and new pens come with improved nibs. I have also noticed a huge difference between Diamine inks the Golden Honey has startup problems if the pen is left sitting with the cap off for a few minutes, however the Aqua Blue suffers no such issues in the same pen. The Aqua Blue is also noticeably more free flowing when in use (both in the Kaweco and my backup Lamy pen.)
I use cheap pens and cheap notebooks everyday. But I tell you, your reviews are always great. Love the tobacco reviews especially. What about a guitar or amplifier review ?
Why would saying "10 and a quarter" be "inappropriate" (7:53) when talking about the metric system? A centimeter can be divided into quarters, or halves, just as easily as an inch can.
Pilot Petit1 follows the same functionalities (post the clip to get a decent size) as the Kaweco Sport, but is cheaper (~ $4) and consequently feels a bit flimsy. But so far I have read, and used, its nibs are exceptionally good considering the price.
I had the same issue with my kaweco, and the spare nib unit I ordered with it! I did manage to get it writing decently, with the help of some micro mesh. I shouldn't have had to though. I picked up one for my penpal at the same time that I purchased mine with the hopes of converting her to fountain pens. I hope hers doesn't have this problem, or she may end up wondering why anyone would bother with them!
+Julie Hawkes - Yes, a pen SHOULD write well without having to mess with it first. FYI, I just received another Kaweco Sport, and it wrote quite well right out of the box.
Not a squeeze converter sir a proper small twist converter. I use a Burgundy coloured one with gold clip and f nib with Kaweco brown cartridge ink. And I have a black one with a silver clip and a 1.1 nib. I use a converter with Schaeffer Black ink. Both pens wrote beautifully right out of the box. My favourite edc pen. Ideal for dress shirt pockets.
Good review. I appreciate you coming up with something other than the "Quick Brown Fox" business. Although when you went with "I like.." I was sure you were going with a Sir Mix-A-Lot reference. Maybe next time.
The threat of babies bottom is a huge turnoff to Kaweco for a newbie to the fountain pen world. Would Kaweco not repair it? I would hope most online retailers would take it back and exchange it.
I hear that Kaweco nibs are generally broader than others of the same size. How fine was the fine nib on this pen compared to other fines or mediums in your collection?
+MyLifeMits - I know, you shouldn't HAVE to put it in the work! It is pretty easy to fix though if the issue is baby's bottom. Maybe it could be a fun project.
A nice color and material match. It may just be paranoia, but I fear converted eye droppers. They will leak when at writer's conferences. Good one Bradley.
Hi! Do you still use it on the Midori Passport? It caught my eye, nowadays I'm using a Pilot Vanishing Point that is really dear to me and I'd hate losing. So, if you can, give me some feedback about it! PS: I'm not afraid about polishiing the nib!
Just got this as a gift from my friend, never used a fountain pen before so hopefully u can teach a donkey like me to use it properly and appreciate it lol
My new green classic sport DID seem to have hard-starts (definitely) and a bit of skipping (maybe). Disappointing, when there are things like Pilot Kakuno actually being great. 25-ish may not be a lot, BUT when you add a clip and converter, that’s another $10-12. I think these “entry level” “it just works” “grab and go pocket pens” need to work better out of the gate. It’s neat that hobbyists have space to dabble with nib mods and syringe filling of the body, but SMH Kaweco needs to “get it done” a little better. 20-35$ plush shipping is the opposite of cheap when “it doesn’t work”. I’m just tying to get a few more nib sizes-I’m a super-small writer, so I bought a few tiny Sailor PGS and PGSMini-but I want to look beyond my preference to check out more ink properties. Also, my Sport F nib is WAY broader than the Perkeo M nib I bought previously in this “check other broader nibs project. After I got over my disappointment, it was a well, they ARE different pens, after all, but are those two budget lines known to be so different? Are Kaweco nibs know to be so inconsistent in their sizing (i.e. order an M; get what you get! Sort a a “spin the wheel” experience.)?
Got one with A Medium Nib from BespokePost in a Frontier Box, and I loved it. So much I bought a second one from Goldspot.com - black chess with a Piston Converter.
Man, whenever over the years I search for old pocket knives or smoking pipes (when I use to smoke) or any other esthetic old world things I many times end up here.
I just bought one of these pens and it is hard-starting and skips all the time, like wtf seriously? I need to spend an hour watching videos and order something to work on the pen's baby's bottom or whatever in order to get it to simply WRITE? for a $20 pen like seriously thats ridiculous
Please, never put words "plastic" and "classic" in one sentence! It's just a crap cheap pen which they want to sell x50 of its real price... Classic - is wooden, leather, or metallic...
Great review! This was super helpful. I laughed quite a lot at the baby bottom drawings and unintentional sound effect.
+Jennifer Sheu - Ha. That drawing turned into something it wasn't meant to be!
I need more of your reviews in my life.
+holly elizabeth - I'm glad you enjoy them!
Dammit man! Buy the lady a drink :D
For the record, four years later, I just got my Kaweco Classic Sport with EF nib and it works perfectly, with Kaweco Ruby Red, right out of the box. I'm in love :)
Great to hear!
Too bad mine is not. Just got mine today from Kinokuniya, Klcc. Anyway, i tried to put some force on it, it does write. But after sometime, it will skip again. Then i have to shake the pen then the ink comes out again. Not sure its the same prob as baby bottom. Gonna send it to a pen retailer to fix the nib. I got myself the bordeux version.
@@mustaphasabli1985 Sorry to hear that. With these pens it's just probably a hit-or-miss quality thing. Hope you'll get yours fixed soon!
I am not a lover of this pen with regards to the writing experience but at the end of the day, I love it to travel with because of size, cost and if I loose it or break it then I don't care! Great review as always.
+Pens & Tea - I'm in the same boat. The more I use it, the more it grows on me.
Great review, thank you! I have only just discovered your channel and loving it.
Comment on 6:23 : a short international cartridge holds about 0.75ml of ink. There is also a long version which is 1.45ml, but obviously that wouldn't fit in the Sport.
There is a new Kaweco Mini Piston Converter for the Sport but I have not tried it yet. I'm with you: as much as I love bottled ink I use cartridges in the Sport.
+Allan Engelhardt - Interesting. I hadn't heard about a piston converter for the Sport. Thanks for watching!
You can save your cartridges and refill them with the ink of your choice.
This guy does FP reviews so well, I wish he'd do more.
+Jay Karlson - Thanks for watching. I'll review as many pens as I can afford to buy!
Thanks for this video. I just got on in a subscription box. This being my first fountain pen I could not figure out why it wouldn't ink. I didn't realize it snaps into the bottom portion I just slid it in and figured something was wrong when I could hear the cartridge shaking around.
Great video man....very rarely do we get to see interesting product review videos ,or else it's just out of anxiety
My own Kaweco Sport Classic (burgundy too btw :D) had some startup problems at first too.
It turned out the nib section wasn't pushed down far enough in the pen, which let the nib dry out pretty quickly whilst writing.
Luckly I did not have any problem with the smoothness of the pen.
Hi Bradley !
I really enjoyed this kind of pens even a little small...I´ll buy one!
Thank you so much for your precious review.
My best!
+Nick - My pleasure! Thanks for watching, and I hope you enjoy the pen.
If you order a replacement nib unit as I did to get the 1.1 the grip nib and feed are supplied as a complete unit. Just unscrew from the barrel.
These are cheaper in the UK than in the US.
I noticed Goulet pens has a piston converter. I might just try it.
3:00 I got mine (25€ black one) in a metallic case with a cardboard cover that had room for 2 pens. And it came with a clip as well (the normal one).
Great review, very informative and thorough. I have the Skyline Sport in medium and had to do some adjusting on my nib. Thankfully, I found tutorials on youtube to assist with that. I prefer bottle inks, as well, so it's an adjustment to having a cartridge fountain pen. I'm not brave enough to do the eyedropper conversion.
+CJSpooks - I'm a little leery of the eyedropper conversion too, especially if I'm carrying it in my pocket.
My first foutain pen was a very old Kaweco my dad gave to me when I was 12. The head was two toned with pretty engraving on the gold portion. I loved it...but I was 12 and... :'(
+Ernest Sheffield - It's nice that you have memories of your first pen!
My first pen was the Lamy ABC pen. I had him for like 9 years, but now he isen't so good anymore.
I got my first Kaweco Sport. Black body with gold accents... it's pretty cool and is writing well out of the box with blue ink... have to see what "baby's bottom" is as I'm new fountain pens. Thanks for the linked video!
I haven't yet had any issues with my Fountain pens, knock on wood, but I am definitely picking up a pack of those pads you mentioned for future. It's worth noting that the ballpoint versions of this are really quite lovely writers as well.
+Hexeter Banzai - Yes. The micro mesh can come in really handy.
Cool review. I have one in green colour, I use it for drawing and it's great pen!
Another great video...thank you for sharing this information on this pen of interest.
+BlushnBlue - Thanks for watching!
Thanks for the review on my favourite pen.
My pleasure!
Thanks for the informative review. I'd have to steer clear of this pen, even though its small size appeals to me, because I wouldn't know what to do if I got a bad nib.
+Susan White fixing baby's bottom or doing a little nib smoothing is actually quite easy and there are loads of videos out there on how to do it. My thing is, I'm not interested in paying full price for a non-functional pen, or anything else. So I'll probably take a pass on this one too.
+Susan White - For the price, I didn't mind doing a little work, but I can totally understand someone who might be put off by that.
Kaweco changed their nib supplier a while back I believe and new pens come with improved nibs.
I have also noticed a huge difference between Diamine inks the Golden Honey has startup problems if the pen is left sitting with the cap off for a few minutes, however the Aqua Blue suffers no such issues in the same pen.
The Aqua Blue is also noticeably more free flowing when in use (both in the Kaweco and my backup Lamy pen.)
Could you review the pilot metropolitan fountain pen.
Why do you need to put silicon grease on the threads? What would happen if you didn't? Thanks!
It helps seal the threads to prevent leaking.
How would you compare it to the Perkeo? Does the clip fit both pens? If only the sport was an inch inch longer...
I use cheap pens and cheap notebooks everyday. But I tell you, your reviews are always great. Love the tobacco reviews especially. What about a guitar or amplifier review ?
+woodandwirepiper - I'm glad you're enjoying the reviews! We might do a music related review in the future.
Mine worked great straight out of the double pen tin, thank goodness because I do not know how to work on them.
Why would saying "10 and a quarter" be "inappropriate" (7:53) when talking about the metric system? A centimeter can be divided into quarters, or halves, just as easily as an inch can.
Lol. Cuz it is, noob!
Pilot Petit1 follows the same functionalities (post the clip to get a decent size) as the Kaweco Sport, but is cheaper (~ $4) and consequently feels a bit flimsy.
But so far I have read, and used, its nibs are exceptionally good considering the price.
I had the same issue with my kaweco, and the spare nib unit I ordered with it! I did manage to get it writing decently, with the help of some micro mesh. I shouldn't have had to though. I picked up one for my penpal at the same time that I purchased mine with the hopes of converting her to fountain pens. I hope hers doesn't have this problem, or she may end up wondering why anyone would bother with them!
+Julie Hawkes - Yes, a pen SHOULD write well without having to mess with it first. FYI, I just received another Kaweco Sport, and it wrote quite well right out of the box.
Glad to hear! Did you get the aluminum version? ☺☺
Brass!
I got missing lines with kaweko sport burgandy bold
Very nice Bradley! I love how your channel appeals to all sorts of people's interests :))
+stutter (Cynthia+Susan) - It's always nice to know you're watching! Thinking of getting into fountain pens?
great another review to look at later keep them coming
+nastro 74 - Will do!
Hi bradley, whats ur mosy favorite fountain pen?
Not a squeeze converter sir a proper small twist converter. I use a Burgundy coloured one with gold clip and f nib with Kaweco brown cartridge ink. And I have a black one with a silver clip and a 1.1 nib.
I use a converter with Schaeffer Black ink.
Both pens wrote beautifully right out of the box.
My favourite edc pen.
Ideal for dress shirt pockets.
Yes I love the Strokes!!!
Do you have any recommendations for a quick drying ink? I'm left-handed, and sometimes the smear becomes unbearable!
+LeeSpringfield - This link might help: www.gouletpens.com/bottled-ink/c/14/?sortBy=productName+asc&facetValueFilter=Tenant~Fast_Drying%3Atrue
Little late but my go to is noodler's lexington gray, dries pretty much instantly in my pilot metropolitan extra fine nib
Hello. This LeRoy. I have the Kaweco "Sport", but in a limited edition "Amber" color which I adore. Perfect for my Midori Notebook. Best & Care, LeRoy
channeling ernests ghost for a bit there?
How long do one of those cartridges last?
There's a mini piston converter now
+Harry Sargent - Yes, I've seen that on Goulet Pens. It apparently doesn't quite fit the metal Sport pens though.
Good review. I appreciate you coming up with something other than the "Quick Brown Fox" business. Although when you went with "I like.." I was sure you were going with a Sir Mix-A-Lot reference. Maybe next time.
+John McGregor - Ha. I'll keep that in mind!
The threat of babies bottom is a huge turnoff to Kaweco for a newbie to the fountain pen world. Would Kaweco not repair it? I would hope most online retailers would take it back and exchange it.
I'm sure they would have, but it was a simple enough fix for me to do on my own.
I have this pen (in green) and it is AWESOME. I use it every day.
Where do you get mylar sheets from? I can't find them
baby bottom на новом пере?
I love it when you read the Japanese lines , too funny !! I am a fan. Love and Light from Amsterdam Holland X
I hear that Kaweco nibs are generally broader than others of the same size. How fine was the fine nib on this pen compared to other fines or mediums in your collection?
Great review, How to buy this pen in Viet Nam? How much?
Nice review. By the way, what do they call a quarter pounder with cheese in Paris?
+Frizzlefry - Royale with Cheese.
Came for a pen review, but the video gets a like for the shirt
Great review! I have nib issues as well and I'm not happy with having to put in extra work :/ I do like the fact that it's nice and compact though :)
+MyLifeMits - I know, you shouldn't HAVE to put it in the work! It is pretty easy to fix though if the issue is baby's bottom. Maybe it could be a fun project.
A nice color and material match. It may just be paranoia, but I fear converted eye droppers. They will leak when at writer's conferences. Good one Bradley.
+James Jacocks - I'm a little leery of using eyedropper fill myself. To my surprise, I don't mind using cartridges in this pen.
We have three of these and have experienced no starting problems whatsoever.
What about the convertor what r the options regarding that? (Im anxious that I'll keep running out of ink n cartridges r too expensive for me)
@@Clydedonovn2424 get a cheap needle syringe and fill the empty cartridge back up with your bottled ink
Hi! Do you still use it on the Midori Passport? It caught my eye, nowadays I'm using a Pilot Vanishing Point that is really dear to me and I'd hate losing. So, if you can, give me some feedback about it!
PS: I'm not afraid about polishiing the nib!
I certainly do. It's held up quite well.
Just got this as a gift from my friend, never used a fountain pen before so hopefully u can teach a donkey like me to use it properly and appreciate it lol
My new green classic sport DID seem to have hard-starts (definitely) and a bit of skipping (maybe).
Disappointing, when there are things like Pilot Kakuno actually being great. 25-ish may not be a lot, BUT when you add a clip and converter, that’s another $10-12. I think these “entry level” “it just works” “grab and go pocket pens” need to work better out of the gate.
It’s neat that hobbyists have space to dabble with nib mods and syringe filling of the body, but SMH Kaweco needs to “get it done” a little better. 20-35$ plush shipping is the opposite of cheap when “it doesn’t work”.
I’m just tying to get a few more nib sizes-I’m a super-small writer, so I bought a few tiny Sailor PGS and PGSMini-but I want to look beyond my preference to check out more ink properties.
Also, my Sport F nib is WAY broader than the Perkeo M nib I bought previously in this “check other broader nibs project. After I got over my disappointment, it was a well, they ARE different pens, after all, but are those two budget lines known to be so different? Are Kaweco nibs know to be so inconsistent in their sizing (i.e. order an M; get what you get! Sort a a “spin the wheel” experience.)?
Got one with A Medium Nib from BespokePost in a Frontier Box, and I loved it. So much I bought a second one from Goldspot.com - black chess with a Piston Converter.
Man, whenever over the years I search for old pocket knives or smoking pipes (when I use to smoke) or any other esthetic old world things I many times end up here.
It's good to have you!
Nice review +1
I just bought one of these pens and it is hard-starting and skips all the time, like wtf seriously? I need to spend an hour watching videos and order something to work on the pen's baby's bottom or whatever in order to get it to simply WRITE? for a $20 pen like seriously thats ridiculous
with that pen, i thought you would be writing more beautifully
Different company...same name.
Is that the Looney Tunes theme song
#freethenib
Please, never put words "plastic" and "classic" in one sentence! It's just a crap cheap pen which they want to sell x50 of its real price...
Classic - is wooden, leather, or metallic...