Kaweco makes a whole lineup of writing implements that are the same body with different guts. The fountain pen is a departure, being a two-part, screw-cap affair with a nib, but you can still see the family resemblance. The rest are basically the same. Short chunky bodies with a button and a faceted body. They sell clips separately and that’s nice I suppose if you’re the sort of person to have opinions on clips.
I picked one up after finishing a couple A4 sketchbooks in pencils with leads from three through 6 millimeters. I found I quite liked the short and fat bodies. I expected to like the same sort of body in a 0.7 millimeter lead. I didn’t. Thin lead made me want to work small which made me want to do more with details which made me very aware of how much paper a stub and hand blocked out. I couldn’t hold it farther from the tip because there was only a few inches to work with anyway.
If you gotta have a thin lead, a thick lead, a ballpoint, a fountain, and a kitchen sink all in the same color way, then sure. I can see the appeal. They have some very attractive opaque and translucent plastic options, along side various metals. I expected to like it, and honestly I think I do, or as much as you can like something without ever wanting to use it. Maybe if you’re a writer? I don’t know who it’s for though.
Here’s three color families of the pencil from Jet Pens.
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