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Kaweco Al Sport Vs Liliput

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Really surprised to see this brass version appear today - I was talking with Nigel from The Hamilton Pen Company (they're selling them too) about all the special Sports and Lilliputs at the Northern Pen Show on Sunday but he didn't mention a brass one due on sale. But then maybe he didn't know, after all Kaweco haven't even put it on their own website!

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Well now they've done a brass one, they may well do a copper one. I had thought maybe the reason they'd done all those different versions of the Lilliput and not the Sport was perhaps because the larger size of the Sport would make them too heavy, but obviously not. Well, unless you consider 44g too heavy which some folk might, but Kaweco must have decided it's not.

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I'm looking forward to the weight of it. I think my two heaviest pens are my Cross Apogee and my Italix Parson's Essential; I think this has a good 10g on them. I do like heavy - as long as it balances well, which my other Sports (although they're only a Classic and a Skyline) do, it'll write under its own weight, needing no hand or finger pressure at all. It might even be perversely easier to use for longer stretches because of this.

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Normally, I don't include photos in my "quotations", but that pen is gorgeous. I have a Cultpens order in transit, now, otherwise I'd order one. Just checked they're out of stock, anyway.

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Normally, I don't include photos in my "quotations", but that pen is gorgeous. I have a Cultpens order in transit, now, otherwise I'd order one. Just checked they're out of stock, anyway.

It arrived today for me. It's really heavy but balances really well. It looks incredible. I can't wait to see the patina it develops.

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Your pictures are not to scale. The Liliput really is a tiny pen, even alongside the AL Sport. I have the black Liliput and the AL Sport Raw, each bought new from a German distributor on eBay (the AL Sport was £38, the Liliput £29):

 

http://i.imgur.com/csGzXsj.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/lbMtygv.jpg

 

I love the AL Sport. I wanted a pen I could tote around in a pocket or bag without worrying about it getting broken or scratched, and the Raw is perfect for that. I swapped the medium nib for an extra fine and it writes very nicely indeed for a steel nib. Once posted, it feels as comfortable as a full size pen. As for the Liliput, it writes as well as the AL Sport (in fact the two pens have interchangeable nib units), but I find it too small for comfort. Also, the fact that you have to screw the cap on to post it makes the Liliput a bit more fiddly.

Which is more robust among these two?

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