Kaweco Lunar Sport Fountain Pen Shadow Purple

Kaweco have been making writing instruments in Heidelberg since 1883, and the Lunar Sport is their newest arrival to the standard range. It does something clever with light. The finish is iridescent, so the colour shifts across the barrel depending on how you are holding it. Shadow Purple is the deeper of the two, a dusky violet with flashes of green as it catches the light.

The body is ABS, which keeps it to 11 g and makes it feel almost weightless over a long writing session. It measures 10.5 cm closed and grows to 12.7 cm with the cap posted, so it lives in a pocket and still writes full size. The 060 nib is made in Germany and screws out, so you can swap it for a different size later if you change your mind.

It arrives with a blue ink cartridge fitted, ready to write, and takes standard international short cartridges or the Kaweco mini converter for bottled ink. Packed in a Kaweco gift box.

Available here in Extra Fine (0.5mm), Fine (0.7mm) and Medium (0.9mm).