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Mitternachtsblau (Midnight Blue) - Kaweco


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Founded in Heidelberg in 1883, as Heidelberger Federhalterfabrik, the company started by producing a modest range of wooden dip pens. The Kaweco brand name, originally developed as a model name and coined after Koch, Weber & Company, the owners, was adopted as the company name in the early 1900’s. By the 1930’s over 600 staff were producing a huge array of fountain pens and pencils, including the popular Sport range of pocket pens. The company's survived almost one hundred years but in 1980 its operations were closed.



Happily that wasn't the end of the brand. Horst Gutberlet - owner of H&M Gutberlet GmbH and pen enthusiast and his son Michael were able to but the brand name in 1994. They started working on reviving the brand. It took many years of dedicated work. The brand was initially distributed by Diplomat however over the years their line-up has extended and they were able to create their own international network of distributors.



As with most big dreams the realisation took many years of dedicated work. The Kaweco brand was initially distributed by Diplomat. Over the years, the model line-up has expanded and Kaweco has created their own international network of distributors.



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Today Kaweco offers wide variety of fountain pens and accessories. They have eight inks in their line-up. I don't know makes their inks, however I've read somewhere it was Dr. Pflug from Aratrum (creator of Caran d'Ache inks). If anyone has some data on this topic, I'd like to learn it :)



Anyway the inks are sold in generic glass bottles (30 ml) and their price is steep. Given that in my country Kaweco inks are priced higher (price per 1 ml) than Edelstein or Graf von Faber-Castell I keep on aking myself "what were you guys thinking"? I expect premium priced products to offer premium experience - premium inks should be well-behaved and offer some added value as aesthetic bottle. Here KaWeCo doesn't deliver. The bottle is cheap, heneric and boring. Practical, no doubt, but if you want me to pay premium give me premium :)



  1. Karamel Braun (Caramel Brown)
  2. Konigsblau (Royal Blue)
  3. Mittertnachtsblau (Midnight Blue)
  4. Palmen Grun (Palm Green)
  5. Paradies Blau (Paradise Blue)
  6. Perlen Schwarz (Pearl Black)
  7. Rubinrot (Ruby Red)
  8. Sommer Lila (Summer Burple)

Mitternachtsblau is supposed to be Midnight Blue. Well, I'm not really into blue/blacks. I can say I dislike the color.



Ink Splash




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Drops of ink on kitchen towel





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Waterproofness



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Software ID




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Oxford, Kaweco Sport Classic, B





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Mohawk via Linen, Kaweco Sport Classic, B




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Cheap callendar, chinese no name pen, F







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Comparison




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Blue-blacks are my favorites. As they go, this one is fine. Thanks for reviewing all the Kaweco inks!

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That's a pretty good blue black. I wonder how it compares to the long lost Pelikan 4001 blue black. I will say the water resistance is a bit disappointing but it doesn't advertise itself as being water resistant.

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Thanks for the review.

This appears to be one of those blue-blacks that fall more into the "blue-grey" category. I'd be interested in seeing how it looks side by side with the likes of Akkerman #9 Laan van Nieuw Oost-Indigo and Noodler's Henry Hudson Blue (both of which I like a lot). Also, as I think of it, R&K Salix.

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"It's very nice, but frankly, when I signed that list for a P-51, what I had in mind was a fountain pen."

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This is one of my favorite inks. It does, however, run rather dry like most Kaweco inks.

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