Pilot Kakuno Fine-Nib Fountain Pen, White Body, Soft Violet Cap (FKA-1SR-SVF)

I got my Kakuno in soft Violet <F> and it writes well on all pages! Here is a sample of my writing with the pen and black ink (cartridge came with the pen). In my humble opinion, its the perfect pen for making a new user fall in love with writing with fountain pens! The fine nib gives a slight feedback which I personally love but if someone wants more smoothness, they may go for the medium nib, I guess. The pen manages to look both fun and classy at the same time which is a feat. Pilot ensures that we get value for money! ♡

Pilot Kaküne pen with it's winky nib is just so kawaii, you have to have it! Even as a Japanese Fine nib, this nib is buttery smooth! Definitely smoother than it's western equivalent Lamy Extra fine nib in my experience. The Pilot Kaküno pen is genuine and the delivery was super fast, and it was also at the cheapest rate you'll find this pen in UK!

Suckered by that cute winky nib, I finally gave in and bought one of these, though I certainly don't need another Metropolitan avatar. But I was pleasantly surprised by this pen. First, it's very lightweight (which I much prefer), but has a good length and a nice comfy girth. The hard plastic it's made of doesn't feel cheap or unpleasant in the hand. The grip has slight indentations something like the Pilot Plumix which guide the fingers to the right position, but these are more subtle than those on the Plumix (which I also like) and very comfortable. The pen is hexagonal so it won't roll away, plus it has a little roll stop on the cap just in case it decides to try. The snap cap is quick to deploy and quite secure. The pen posts well if you like posting, and the lightweight cap won't overbalance the pen though it does get pretty long. Best of all, the barrel is large enough that it can take the big Pilot con-70 converter, which normally only fits the higher-end Pilot pens and not all of them. You can't eyedropper the pen unless you plug up the holes at the end of the barrel, but the Con-70 will hold a lot of ink. The fine nib on my pen wrote very smoothly from the first moment. And of course like all the low-end Pilots, it's reliable, writes the moment you pick it up, and is easy to clean. The only slight downside to this pen is that maybe because of the holes in the cap it does dry out a little faster than some others, but it's still fine to leave it for several days, and it will recover quickly with a drop of water if you do leave it too long. It's a great everyday writer. It's also a fun, simple, sturdy pen to introduce children to fountain pen writing - but I love it for me as a grownup too. Wish it came in colours I like better, but I'm not going to quibble about that!

Der Füller schreibt meiner Meinung nach sehr fein und vor allem sehr schön. Zudem liegt er durch den rundlichen Griff und das geringe Gewicht auch sehr angenehm in der Hand. Der Versand aus Japan war absolut unproblematisch und zudem auch viel schneller als gedacht. Danke an Amazon für die tolle Möglichkeit einen solchen Füller auch hier in Deutschland zu kaufen.

Just lovely fountain pen. Buy the converter to go with it as the cartridges are rather expensive.