Weight Of The Faber-Castell Basic

[ImperialJoe]

I've seen a few comments about how the Faber-Castell Basic is very heavy. However, I checked out the specs of the pen (I'm interested in the Carbon version but others had similar stats) on gouletpens, and its weight was 28 grams. This is only a couple grams heavier than the Pilot Metropolitan, which isn't light but isn't that heavy at all. Was the information there wrong, or what?

[Kuscer]

I've never actually held either but I have a Parker Vector which supposedly weighs 50 grams but that's probably incorrect too

[arcadeflow]

Each version of the Basic has different weight. They have about 4 different finishes. In my opinion, the "weight problem" of the Basic is that the pen is horrible to use posted (it is very long) and people claim it has a lot of weight on its back, so the nib feels unbalanced.

[KBeezie]

Both the Carbon Fiber and Leather version didn't seem all that heavy to me, not nearly as bad as some of the Jinhao offerings for sure. I currently own the Leather version, previously had the carbon fiber.

 

If you hit up Goulet Pens and hit "product Details" you'll see all the specs such as weight, size, diameter, etc.

 

Carbon Fiber:

 

Overall: 28g (0.99oz)

Body: 22g (0.78oz)

Cap: 6g (0.21oz)

 

Leather:

 

Overall: 27g (0.95oz)

Body: 21g (0.74oz)

Cap: 6g (0.21oz)

 

 

Matte Chrome:

 

Overall: 34g (1.2oz)

Body: 28g (0.99oz)

Cap: 6g (0.21oz)

 

Polished Metal:

 

Overall: 36g (1.27oz)

Body: 30g (1.06oz)

Cap: 6g (0.21oz)

 

A Jinhao 159:

 

Overall: 50g (1.76oz)

Body: 31g (1.1oz)

Cap: 19g (0.67oz)

 

Lamy Safari:

 

Overall:17g (0.6oz)

Body:10g (0.35oz)

Cap:7g (0.25oz)

 

Pilot Metropolitan:

 

Overall:26g (0.92oz)

Body:17g (0.60oz)

Cap:9g (0.32oz)

 

Each version of the Basic has different weight. They have about 4 different finishes. In my opinion, the "weight problem" of the Basic is that the pen is horrible to use posted (it is very long) and people claim it has a lot of weight on its back, so the nib feels unbalanced.

They used to have one more, a Mother-of-Pearl finish in "Precious Resin", but it's no longer made.

 

The balance is my main complaint of the BASIC, the nib is Great, Very smooth, very well controlled, the pen's body itself feels a bit unbalanced, and it's not comfortable to post. Also the clip sticks out further than it needs to.

 

The very large grip portion is just solid plastic with a soft feel to it, so most of the weight is on the barrel. I originally thought it was a rubber wrapped around the section, but after the section cracked in half on my month old carbon fiber BASIC it was clear it was one piece of plastic (The carbon fiber one I had was also supposedly one of the defective batches of smaller diameter barrels, which may have caused stress on the threads).

Edited September 17, 2014 by KBeezie

[ink-syringe]

I had a polished metal one. Maybe my scale was off.

 

I got about 40g on mine and seemingly 39.9 of that was in the ass of the pen (okay that part was hyperbole) but I did weight it and it was more than 2 Safari.

 

For the record SEB's video gives the weight of the pen and that more lined up with what I had than what Goulet has.

 

http://youtu.be/la71op7RHj4