Kaweco AL Sport Fountain Pen - Vibrant Violet (Limited Production)
This limited production Kaweco AL Sport is a pocket-sized fountain pen that when posted transforms into a full-sized pen that easily fits in your hand. The body and cap are aluminum with an anodized purple colored finish. It comes with a gold-plated steel nib and an ink cartridge to get you started writing right away! It accepts short standard international cartridges. Kaweco converter and optional clip sold separately.
Note: This pen comes with an ink cartridge stored in the body. If it doesn’t fall right out, you can get it loose by giving the body a few solid taps on a hard surface.
Click here to shop all compatible short standard international ink cartridges.
- Condition
- New
- Brand
- Kaweco
- Type
- Fountain Pens
- Color
- Purple
- Demonstrator
Whether or not the barrel of the pen is translucent, allowing you to see the ink and filling mechanism inside.
- No
- Body Material
- Aluminum
- Cap Rotations
For pens with a screw-cap closure, how many rotations it takes to uncap/recap the pen.
- 1.75
- Cap Type
How the cap is opened/closed from the barrel of the pen. Some common options include Snap-Cap, Screw-Cap, Magnetic Cap, or Capless (no cap).
- Screw-cap
- Compatible inks & refills
Which ink this pen will accept. Choices include bottled ink and various styles of pre-filled ink cartridges.
- Bottled ink, Standard international short ink cartridges
- Filling Mechanism
How the pen fills with ink. Click here to watch our video tutorial on common filling mechanisms.
- Cartridge, Converter
- Grip Material
- Metal
- Nib Size
- Fine, Medium
- Nib Color
- Gold
- Nib Material
- Steel
- Postable
Whether or not the cap fits securely onto the back of the barrel when open.
- Yes
- Retractable
Whether or not the nib/tip can retract into the body of the pen (usually for click or twist-open style pens).
- No
- Diameter - Body
- 11mm (0.43in)
- Diameter - Cap (without clip)
- 14mm (0.55in)
- Diameter - Cap (with clip)
- 18mm (0.71in)
- Diameter - Grip (mm)
Measured from the place most people choose to rest their fingers, which varies with each pen.
- 9.4mm
- Length - Body
The measurement from the back end of the barrel to the tip of the nib.
- 100mm (3.94in)
- Length - Cap
- 70mm (2.76in)
- Length - Nib
The measured length of the visible portion of the nib when it is installed in the pen, from grip to tip.
- 17mm (0.67in)
- Length - Overall (Closed)
- 105mm (4.13in)
- Length - Overall (Posted)
When the cap of the pen is posted onto the back of the pen body, this is the measurement of the entire pen including the nib.
- 132mm (5.20in)
- Weight - Body
If a converter is included with the pen, this weight is reflected in the total.
- 11g (0.39oz)
- Weight - Cap
- 9g (0.32oz)
- Weight - Overall (g)
- 20.0g
- Max Ink Capacity - Cartridge
The maximum volume of ink that can fit in the pen when using a cartridge.
- 0.97ml
- Max Ink Capacity - Converter
The maximum volume of ink that can fit in the pen when using a converter.
- 0.67ml
