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My Waterman Concorde weigh 16.3 grams but some of my other pens are double even triple that, it doesnt really matter to me as long as they are well balanced. I very seldom carry pens in my shirt pocket so that is not an issue.

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I was "looking" at another fp over at nibs.com ( after a fpn review lead me there http://pics3.city-data.com/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif ). So, I added the Omas 360 to my list. Fits right into my sweet spot for fp weight.

 

FP Weights

30g 1.06oz Pilot VP
31g 1.09oz Lamy Studio
25g 0.90oz Lamy 2000
24g 0.85oz Omas 360
22g 0.78oz Lamy Al-Star
20g 0.70oz Pilot Decimo
17g 0.60oz Lamy Safari

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According to various sources....

 

True Writer Silver Anniversary 30 g

Lamy Al Star 22 g

Jinhao 159 50g

Parker 45 Flighter 20 g from a FPN review

all my Pelikans are about the same - 12-14 g (120/M150/M205)

Brad

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I took a moment to measure a few favorites.

 

  • Pilot Vanishing Point, 31g. The clip is removed, and it's inked, using a CON-20 converter. The remaining pens are empty at the moment. I don't know how much weight is added by 0.5 to 1.0 ml of ink.
  • Pelikan M205, 11g.
  • Esterbrook SJ, 12g.
  • Parker Vacumatic, 17g.

I think that balance is more important than weight for writing comfort,

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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

 

Thanks, saved me from going out to use my wife's brand new digital kitchen scale.

Not, that I'd spent more than two seconds thinking about it.

It sounded like work....that wasn't needed.

Sigh, I'll have to go weigh Osmia's now.....well, I'll have to do some sort of spread sheet first to make it worth while.

Now, that sounds like a real lot of work.

 

Light, medium-light, medium, medium-heavy and heavy will have to do.

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How does your garden grow?

 

With light pens and heavy pens and above and below.

 

 

 

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