Kaweco Liliput

[WayTooManyHobbies]

Ordered a Kaweco Liliput from JetPens (no affiliation) on Monday, and it arrived yesterday (3 days shipping from California to Michigan - wow, USPS!). The main reason I wanted this pen was to have something small that fits the pen slot in my cell phone case. I had been carrying a Pilot Varsity there, but the Liliput is a much better fit. What I hadn't anticipated is how tiny this pen is, or how well it writes. The EF nib is very smooth, and the size when posted is reasonable. I definitely will not do much writing unposted - the pen is simply too small for my fairly large hand.

 

So far, very impressive.

[wastelanded]

You can't go wrong with Kaweco, good nibs even in their cheap pens. The Liliput is a good, minimalist, efficient German design. You can see Peter Behrens using one. I only wish there was a matching pencil!

Edited January 13, 2012 by wastelanded

[myyrkezaan]

Does it have the same nib as the Sports?

[WayTooManyHobbies]

Does it have the same nib as the Sports?

It looks the same as pictures of the Al Sport - in other words, embossed steel without any plating or color. The pictures of the standard Sport show a plated nib. I believe that the nib on the Sport is removable, but I'm hesitant to start pulling on my Liliput.

[myyrkezaan]

Looked on JetPens because they have the nib units and it fits the Liliput, Student and Sport.

[WayTooManyHobbies]

Looked on JetPens because they have the nib units and it fits the Liliput, Student and Sport.

Interesting... That's the entire nib and feed unit. The shape is subtly different - the section on my Liliput has a separate step close to the thread to control the depth that the feed/nib section can be inserted in the barrel, and mine lacks the step just below the nib. I'm puzzled - it doesn't look like it would fit the Liliput.

[myyrkezaan]

On a Liliput pen page under the parts on the right it lists a nib unit of the same size as in the pen.