Kaweco Classic Sport Liquid Ink Cartridge Roller Ball Pen - Medium Point - Bordeaux Red Body

the idea behind this rollerball is awesome- a "regular" rollerball pen that can use fountain pen ink! However, the pen has a terrible tendency to skip on finer paper such as rhodia and clairefontaine. That said, it preforms admirably on cheap paper, laying down a thick wet line. Overall, a decent little pen that unfortunately does not play well with nicer paper. oh well, I guess I'll just use my Kaweco Al-sport (F) for that... ;)

This is a fun pen, and the idea behind it is great. However: As another reviewer noted, it does tend to skip; in my case, this may be due to my almost-exclusive use of fountain pens (i.e., I have trouble with the more-vertical orientation required for ball pens, generally.). Also, the Kaweco Sport ink converter DOES NOT FIT, so, unless you're willing to refill international shorts with an eyedropper or grease up the threads to try a conversion, you'll not be able to use bottled ink. I've not had / used it long enough to say anything about life expectancy for the ball / 'nib' assembly just yet. I won't be using it every day, but I'm glad to add one to my collection.

Bought this as a gift for someone who uses rollerballs, after having good experiences with the Sport fountain pens. I got to try it myself & find that, for smoothness, it can keep up with quality pens of either type. It seems to be getting hard to find affordable ballpoints that take cartridges, so this is a great way to give someone who's used to "normal" pens the opportunity to play with unusual ink colours. My only small criticism is that the inside of the cap has an insert of cloudy plastic (which is hard to see in the product photo) which makes it look a bit cheap compared to rest of the clear body: next time I'd probably go with black.

Увы, лёгкий пластик всё портит. Но дизайн ручки отличный. Как бы она выиграла, если бы использовался более "тяжёлый" материал для корпуса.