Ludicrously Good Faber-Castell Offers At Cult Pens (Uk)

[Tom Traubert]

Hello all. Other than the fact that their very existence costs me thousands I have no affiliation with www.cultpens.com. Anyway, their latest Faber-Castell offers are insanely good. If you spend £25+ you get a free Grip 2011 mechanical pencil or ballpoint, and if you spend £40+ you get a free Loom fountain pen, which cost £27 on it's own on their site!

 

I got:

 

A carbon fibre Basic with a broad nib

Two Faber-Castell converters

Some H lead and some B lead

 

Which came to £40.08

 

And my freebies are:

 

Grip 2011 mechanical pencil

Loom fountain pen with a medium nib (all they have) and a purple cap

 

Would've been £77 without the offers!

[deepakbhatia]

That's a really good deal!

[shahrincamille]

Excellent deal!

 

Based on this thread, I went over to Cult Pens, bought myself a F-C Ambition Sand, a Kaweco Classic Sport plus 2 Kaweco mini converters and the bronze clip; I was given a F-C Loom FP, a Kaweco pen pouch and TWO Grip 2011 pencils as free gifts. All-in including shipping to Malaysia - £80.81 only!

 

Shahrin

[grmbrk]

Hello all. Other than the fact that their very existence costs me thousands I have no affiliation with www.cultpens.com. Anyway, their latest Faber-Castell offers are insanely good. If you spend £25+ you get a free Grip 2011 mechanical pencil or ballpoint, and if you spend £40+ you get a free Loom fountain pen, which cost £27 on it's own on their site!

 

I got:

 

A carbon fibre Basic with a broad nib

Two Faber-Castell converters

Some H lead and some B lead

 

Which came to £40.08

 

And my freebies are:

 

Grip 2011 mechanical pencil

Loom fountain pen with a medium nib (all they have) and a purple cap

 

Would've been £77 without the offers!

 

Thanks! I've always wanted a carbon basic.

When it comes to you, can you tell us if it breaks? I've heard that is pretty frail.

 

 

Thanks!

[shahrincamille]

 

Thanks! I've always wanted a carbon basic.

When it comes to you, can you tell us if it breaks? I've heard that is pretty frail.

 

 

Thanks!

 

I bought my very own Carbon Basic last week from Pengallery's B&M store.

 

Not the toughest of pens, but does not strike me as being particularly frail either. But then again I'm not the type to throw my pens around and subject them to abuse. It's just sacrilegious!

 

One thing I have to warn you though - the Carbon Basic DOES NOT accommodate a standard Faber-Castell ink converter. Neither it does the Graf von Faber-Castell's too, or even Schmidt K1/K5/K6 ones. Those converters are just too long to allow the barrel to fully screw on to the section. Ultimately I managed to fit in a generic squeeze converter (with an international-sized opening) that I bought from eBay a few years ago. A shorter piston converter that came with a Baoer 388 also managed to fit in.

 

 

 

Shahrin

[grmbrk]

 

I bought my very own Carbon Basic last week from Pengallery's B&M store.

 

Not the toughest of pens, but does not strike me as being particularly frail either. But then again I'm not the type to throw my pens around and subject them to abuse. It's just sacrilegious!

 

One thing I have to warn you though - the Carbon Basic DOES NOT accommodate a standard Faber-Castell ink converter. Neither it does the Graf von Faber-Castell's too, or even Schmidt K1/K5/K6 ones. Those converters are just too long to allow the barrel to fully screw on to the section. Ultimately I managed to fit in a generic squeeze converter (with an international-sized opening) that I bought from eBay a few years ago. A shorter piston converter that came with a Baoer 388 also managed to fit in.

 

 

 

Shahrin

 

Thanks a lot. I would really apreciate some links for the converters.

[Tom Traubert]

One thing I have to warn you though - the Carbon Basic DOES NOT accommodate a standard Faber-Castell ink converter. Neither it does the Graf von Faber-Castell's too, or even Schmidt K1/K5/K6 ones. Those converters are just too long to allow the barrel to fully screw on to the section. Ultimately I managed to fit in a generic squeeze converter (with an international-sized opening) that I bought from eBay a few years ago. A shorter piston converter that came with a Baoer 388 also managed to fit in.

 

 

 

Shahrin

I worked that out a little late. Luckily, my Jinhao X750 came with a short converter and that fits. Bit annoying but whatever.

 

In terms of the pens, I'd suggest they're pretty equal in terms of writing quality. Both smooth and wet, with not much difference in width between the broad and the medium. Aesthetically though, there's no contest; the Basic is phenomenal looking. It's also a smidge heavier than the Loom, though I'm told that the metal models are seriously weighty. It does seem like a pen to be careful with, but I try and be careful with all my pens!

Edited November 11, 2014 by Tom Traubert

[bbs]

Just to add that Cult Pens are also doing a charity deal for African children - donate a pack of pens bought from them for £1 and they add one too ....

 

Good people to deal with.

[shahrincamille]

Received my purchase from Cult Pens exactly a week after ordering. All items were in, and well-packaged too.

 

Great to deal with and highly recommended.

 

I didn't actually expect to receive TWO Grip 2011 pencils instead of one. Plus the purple Loom FP, that's THREE free gifts for the purchase of ONE Ambition FP. Hard-to-beat deal, huh?

 

 

Shahrin

[pen10]

Your deal is excellent i have a Faber-Castell pen which is nice and also comfortable for writing and i also prefer this pen.

[senzen]

Your deal is excellent i have a Faber-Castell pen which is nice and also comfortable for writing and i also prefer this pen.

 

Necro thread... Particularly for a deals post, and with post Brexit GBP... You'd got my hopes up!