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Kaweco AC Sport Red LE FP Review History (reproduced from the Kaweco web-site) The first Kaweco Sport was founded in 1912 as a pocket fountain pen for ladies, officers and sportsmen. In 1930 the brands and models of Kaweco and Aurumia fused and the Ka We Co three part circle emerged. This circle is still used today on nearly all of it’s pens. In 1993 H & M Gutberlet GmbH made it’s first prototypes for a relaunch of the Kaweco Sport under the name Trekking, but gained and registered the rights to rename as Kaweco in 1994. The Kaweco Sport was newly produced as a cartridge holder in 1995, but the design remained the same as the 1935 model. In 2000 the first Limited Sport edition was produced in green celluloid, and the AL Sport as well as the Art Sport were launched in 2003. The Pen Measurements: Closed; 109mm, Posted; 135mm, Nib; 17mm. When I first saw this pen, I said 'wow' to myself. It looks so much better 'in the flesh' so to speak, than it does in pictures that I have seen. This is one spectacular looking pen. It has an octagonal barrel in satin red aluminium, with black carbon fibre inlays.The cap screws onto the barrel when closed to make a compact pocket pen, like all Kaweco Sport FP's, then it posts onto the end off the barrel when open, to make a good size writing pen. I was a bit scared that the cap might mark the amazing carbon fibre of the barrel, but that hasn't happened yet. Even the Kaweco circle is painted black on the end of the cap of this pen. My only tiny little disappointment was to see that it came with a polished steel nib as standard. So I decided to try it with the optional black nib, and this made it look so much better. Nibs are interchangeable with AL pens, they just screw out. Assuming you are holding the pen in your right hand, hold the nib top and bottom (not sides) and it unscrews out of the section in a clockwise direction using your left hand. This pen comes with nib options EF, F, M, B and BB.I am advised by Kaweco that threaded calligraphy nibs are also available to purchase separately as are 14ct gold options plus black options. The Filling system As I’m reviewing some Kaweco pens and inks, I selected a Ruby Red cartridge for the AC Sport red LE FP. The cartridges are International Short cartridge size. If you’re looking for a pen with a sophisticated piston filling system, or even a classic type of twist converter, then you might be disappointed with this pocket-sized pen. There is only room for one International short cartridge due to it’s miniature size. However, I don’t find this a problem at all. The Writing Test After I inked up the pen with the Ruby Red cartridge, it wrote straight away. It was so lovely to write with, not at all tiring, and I didn’t find the grip at all slippery. The firm, black steel Fine nib gave me a smooth writing experience that rivalled that of some gold nibs in more expensive pens. There is no flex with the nib. I also tried an optional 1.1 threaded nib in this pen, and that really showed off the red ink. I'm reviewing the Ruby Red ink separately, so I won't say too much about it here, but suffice it to say I really enjoyed the pen and ink combination. The pen was a good colour match for the ink, if you sometimes like to match inks with pens as I do. Overall Opinion Kaweco Sport pens have a really good screw cap that prevents their cartridges from drying out, and I have always liked that in this type of pen. I also love the fact that the Sport pens come in the Kaweco super metal gift tin that easily takes two pens plus a couple of spare cartridges. If you want a clip or a converter they are available separately, but I find it as easy to refill cartridges from bottled ink with a syringe, as using the tiny squeeze type of converter that is made to fit this pen. Kaweco sell their inks in 30ml bottles or packs of 6 cartridges. All in all, I really like this pen and I would recommend it. This is an expensive Kaweco Sport RRP £92 in the UK, but you can find them for less. An optional black nib unit would cost you an additional £30 or less. Kaweco loaned me this pen to review, and I really appreciate that. Thank you Kaweco.