When I got my first Kaweco AL Sport in 2020, I noted that I liked then pen very much but wasn’t all that happy with the converter’s ink capacity. Since then I’ve used the pen on and off, tried various inks, failed at getting Platinum Carbon Black to work with it, and experimented with different nib units. After a while though, I nearly forgot about it. But then Kaweco released a version that promised to fix that one complaint that I had with the pen: The Kaweco Piston AL Sport!
Last year, my partner gave me the black edition with gold trimming for my birthday and it not only became the favorite pen in my collection but also made me rediscover my first Kaweco and get another one in orange!
Unlike the AL Sport, the Piston AL Sport by default has a clip in the same color as the rest of the trimming. The knob to operate the piston is hidden below a small cap at the bottom of the pen (after the gold ring you can see in the pictures). My initial fear was that this would be easy to come loose and get lost, but it’s quite firm. The knob works very smoothly and has a more solid feel than for instance the one offered by the TWSBI Diamond 580.
When you remove the main cap you will also see a quite generous ink window. As with any such window, depending on which ink you’re using it might end up being completely useless. Right now I’m using Kaweco Royal Blue (because I haven’t written with that color ever since my school years) and there the window offers enough for a status indicator.
The nib is so far the best Kaweco nib I’ve had so far. Perhaps I was just lucky here but I simply haven’t yet found a thing that I do not like about this pen ❤️
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