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4th March 2023 - Pen Addiction ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hi, my name is stug and I have a pen addiction. Perhaps a Kaweco pen addiction. Today, the postie brought a package with 2 new pens. Both are Kaweco but they are different materials. The first is the Sport in plastic with the Tamoma Teal colour. The sport is an interesting pen but the lid sort of puts me off. It is pretty bulky and has an octogon shape which helps with the rolling issue. The lid is like two thirds of the pen length. I wanted to get a feel for a sport as it is one of the main models from Kaweco so wanted to see what I was missing. The plastic versions are cheap and light. I can easily use the pen unposted which is good. There are mini convertors for this model. When I used the pen, I was using it with Diamine Blue Black which is becoming my preferred ink colour. It is different while being work appropriate. Well with the sport, I found it was a lighter colour than I expected. Turns out this pen is so light, the colour is more blue. The length is a bit longer than the Liliput. It does not feel as pocketable due to the increased thickness of the lid. The screwing of the cap on and off is a bit off putting with the plastic. It is a bit squeaky too. The colour is not as vibrant as I would like compared to what I saw online but it is still pretty nice. It is a nice pen to load up with an unusual ink I think. I got the extra fine nib and it performs well for me. The second pen is the Supra. This is a thicker and longer version of the Liliput really. There is a larger nib too. I got it in stainless steel which looks smart and avoids the brass smell lingering on hands issue. The Supra is a full length pen which has a removable middle section. With this section removed, the length is the same as the Liliput. The thickness feels double that of the Liliput. This is a heavy pen. There is a huge difference. No wonder at 40 grams to the aluminium Liliput's 10 grams. The pen feels nice in the hand and I sort of appreciate the increased thickness. The removable middle looks likes the cap has elongated. To me, this makes it look slightly off compared to the shortened version. A minor issue for sure. It writes rather lovely and glides over the page without any tuning. Once again, I went for the extra fine nib. It still feels pretty heavy in the shortend version at a whole 20 or so grams. The feel of unscrewing the various parts of the pen is great. I have put in an ink cartridge so I can play around with the length and make a decision. My gut instinct is to keep it in short mode. I do sort of want to try a stainless steel Liliput now. Maybe this is enough pens now. Maybe.....