How Much Does Your Fp Weigh?

[85AKbN]

Post your FP and it's weight. http://pics3.city-data.com/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif

 

I find the difference in FP weight fascinating. To date, not having been able to visit a FP store to test drive anything, or a FP show (which would be optimum!), I only have experience with two FPs; the Lamy Al-Star and 2000 Makrolon. I keep a FP text file with useful links to threads / posts and sites and started a short list of weights for comparison purposes.

 

30g 1.06oz VP
31g 1.09oz Lamy Studio
25g 0.90oz Lamy 2000
22g 0.78oz Al-Star
20g 0.70oz Decimo
17g 0.60oz Safari

 

They are from the Goulet Pen site from the full product specs tab. I don't know if these are with or without ink, with or without convertors (or cartriges), but they are a good starting point when shopping and researching and visualizing writing with a fp that you may purchase.

[Edwaroth]

Some are lightweight, some are mid. The ones I use the most are 1 ounce plus. Especially if the balance is good,I like heavier pens.

[ac12]

Here are stats that I have collected on some of my pens as well as pens that I am interested in.

 

Parker 21 super, 19g

Parker 45, 13-17g

Parker 51 desk pen, 12g

Parker 75, 15g

Parker 88, 20g

Parker Arrow, 17-20g

Parker 180, 15-19g

Parker Classic, 15-17g

Parker IM, 30g

 

Sheaffer snorkel, 18g

Sheaffer Prelude, 28g

 

Pilot Metro, 28g

 

Baoer 100, 26g

Baoer 388, 23g

Baoer 517, 35g

Baoer 519, 30g

Baoer 801, 28g

 

Hero 100, 22g

Edited December 8, 2013 by ac12

[Ink Stained Wretch]

Every now and again I've put the fountain pen I have with me at that moment on the scale at the local Post Office. So far all of my fountain pens have weighed in at about 0.4 oz.

[Jadie]

All my pens weigh 28g or less. Any more and my hand gets tired from holding them. Interestingly enough, my heaviest and lightest pens are both Italians. The Visconti Rembrandt was a brick at 32g, so I sold it, but the Omas is like writing with a cloud. <3

[Dillo]

Hi,

 

I write with everything unposted. I think my heaviest pen unposted is about 20-25 grams. Many of my pens are about 15 grams or under unposted-filled weight with converter.

 

Dillon

[sargetalon]

How much does a Pelikan weigh?

 

100N - 0.50oz

120 - 0.53oz

140 - 0.53oz

M1xx - 0.42oz

M200 - 0.46oz

M205 - 0.46oz

M215 - 0.71oz

M250 - 0.46oz

M400 - 0.53oz

M425 - 0.85oz

M600 - 0.61oz

M800 - 1.02oz

[gawain3]

My Franklin-Christoph Collegia is a bit heavy at 1.65 oz or 46.78 g. Took some time to get used to it and I do write with it unposted.

[Blade Runner]

I've a wide range. Choice depends on the mood, but I only carry the lighter ones in a shirt pocket.

[mirosc]

Anything beyond 30g is not an option for me, because I want to carry my pens in my shirt pocket. So the heaviest is the Pilot Vanishing point with 30.5g. The others are lighter, but I have never weighed them.

[Paul80]

Hi

 

These are my weights for the collection

 

Montblanc 149 37.3g

Montblanc 146 26.8g

Montblanc 22 15,3g

Pelikan M800 29.5g

Pelikan P1 16.3g

Parker Vacumatic Slender 13.8g

Parker 51 Vac 18.9g

Parker 51 Aero 20.8g

Parker 61 Capillary 19.9g

Parker 45 Flighter 19.8g

Parker Duofold AF 17.8g

Sheaffer Sovereign II 13.6g

Sheaffer PFM III 22.2g

Jinhao 159 48.2g

Kaigelu 316 46g

 

Some of those pens are inked so the empty weight will be a gram or two lower.

 

Paul

[richardandtracy]

I reckon anything under 25g is good for all day writing.

Anything over 25g needs good ergonomic design to be good for all day writing.

 

I like my P61 c/c at 21g and P51 at 24g for these reasons.

The Duofold Centennial at 35g is OK due to good design. The identical shape Kaigelu 316 at 45g was not good, due to the high CG and weight. After replacing the brass barrel finial with an acrylic one, the weight dropped to 35g and the CG to lower than the Duofold. The pen is now slightly easier to use all day than the Centennial.

 

Regards,

 

Richard

[BrandonA]

From memory, my MB WE pens range from low 20 grams to mid 60s.

 

My heaviest though is my MB Einstein which weights slightly over 80 grams.

[write to me often]

I did a table for that long time ago and I also have a comparison table for Pelikan. You can see in the links.

 

http://www.banasikcayaz.com/2012/06/weights-of-pens-kalemlerin-agirliklari.html Misc. Pens

http://www.banasikcayaz.com/2013/08/pelikan-fountain-pen-size-comparison.html Pelikans M1000-M800-M600-M400-M200_M150 ...

[warblerick]

Conway Stewart gives all the weights and measures for their full line of pens on their web site. I wish more pen companies did this. It makes online shopping much easier and less of a surprise. A few years back I wanted (and got) for Christmas a Stipula Model T and was quite surprised when I got it how large it was, and how little it weighed (having only seen it on line, never in a store).

[85AKbN]

I did a table for that long time ago and I also have a comparison table for Pelikan. You can see in the links.

 

http://www.banasikcayaz.com/2012/06/weights-of-pens-kalemlerin-agirliklari.html Misc. Pens

http://www.banasikcayaz.com/2013/08/pelikan-fountain-pen-size-comparison.html Pelikans M1000-M800-M600-M400-M200_M150 ...

 

Nice list - Thanks!

[OcalaFlGuy]

My very pretty Blue Lacque Shimmer Cross Townsend pen weighs around an ounce.

 

 

 

It's cap weighs about a pound and a half.

 

Bruce in Ocala, Fl

[DanF]

Nibs.com has a great chart on all the pens they sell, including weight and section diameter, the two most important characteristics for me. Unfortunately, they don't cover any pens at the lower end of the price spectrum.

 

For the record, I prefer something around 20 - 25 grams in weight. Pilot Custom 742 and Sailor Pro Gear fall in this range, and are my most comfortable pens to use for extended writing sessions.

 

Fountain Pen Measurement & Comparison - Nibs.com

[Ink Stained Wretch]

Every now and again I've put the fountain pen I have with me at that moment on the scale at the local Post Office. So far all of my fountain pens have weighed in at about 0.4 oz.

 

Okay, I see that almost everyone else is going all metric on me.

 

So using Google I've converted the above weight of the pens I usually carry in my pocket to about 11.3

grams.

 

Some years ago I bought one or two Chinese fountain pens that had broad nibs, actually broad nibs with tipping material and everything. I've never brought them to the Post Office, and so have never put them on a digital scale, but they were quite heavy, they were solid metal, and I really had a hard time writing with them. I frequently write at quite an angle, with a clip board balanced on my leg with my knees drawn up. So weight tells in pretty short order under those conditions.

 

I think those two Chinese fountain pens are the heaviest ones I own.

[Ana_]

I love this thread, it caused me to immediately drop what I was doing, grab my scale, and break out all of my fountain pens... just give me a reason! The weights below include ink filled barrels. It came to this:

 

Kaweco sport: 1/2 oz. = 13 grams

Lamy Safari: 5/8 oz. = 19 grams

Inoxcrom Mini: 5/8 oz. = 20 grams

Parker 51: 5/8 oz. = 21 grams

 

I have to concede that the brand of scale and its level of accuracy i'm sure will cause the numbers a degree of variability. I noticed on another post that the Kaweco sport was listed as 19 grams. Same pen and very different than my 13 grams.