Kaweco Liliput Fireblue

Kaweco Liliput Fireblue is one of those mesmerising pens for 2 reasons, it’s gorgeous anodise titanium look and small size.

I have been eyeing this fountain pen for quite some time but never pursued it seriously due to its cost.

My Traveler’s notebook pen holder was providing troublesome as I could not find a suitable pen in my possession that could fit the holder conveniently. I had a few that I could forcefully, force in but I did not want to go through such inconvenience.

However, a recent outing and seeing it for myself, the pen fits snugly into the Traveler’s notebook snugly and knowing that it was the last unit at the shop, convinced me otherwise.   

I had to purchase the clip as a roll stopper and also to clip it to the Traveler’s notebook as there was wiggling room in the pen holder. The Kaweco Supra Fireblue fits perfectly. No pen clip needed but the shop was out of the Supra Fireblue version. 

Michael Gutberlet, the CEO and owner of Kaweco was inspired by a customer who wanted some blue steel like some furnish he had. Michale said that they do not have it but will figure it out. Michael did lots of R&D in the seller of his own home burning and testing products. Finally with a special grasp and training, he achieved the expected results but was turned down by the customer as this was not what he wanted. The customer eventually bought one, after many years.

Here is the Liliput Fireblue in all its glory.

Comparison with a Fisher Space Pen

The Fisher was not ideal for me on the Traveler’s Notebook as its girth was a little too small

Comparison with other pens / pencil

Even with my small hands, uncapped is unusable unless you intend to write a line or two

The pen is sturdy like any Kaweco so fret not by its size.

A workhorse as I have tested for far and suitable edc. 

If the price is not off putting, it is indeed a piece of art. The steel barrel is hand torch by Michael himself to get the desired effect. I do not know if he still torches it himself or has trained someone to undertake the task. 

The pen colour may vary as this is hand torched. So no two pens may look alike. Sample picture below from the internet.

I hope that that this blog does provide some help if you are in a conundrum over the liliput. 

  

How to revive a marker pen with dried ink

This activity was done today, 1 June 2022. 

My daughter previously bought some marker pens on 70% discount from an art shop at Pavilion.  The caveat was that buy at your own risk as there was possibility that some of the markers may not be working, i.e. being old stock, it may have dried up.

We purchased it anyway and a few markers were indeed not working.

I remember seeing a YouTube video by JetPens that you could revive dried ink from the nib of fountain pens that has been stored too long with ink inside by dipping it in water and though let's use the same concept and give the markers a try.

So that's what we did. We soaked 3 of the dried up markers for about 3 to 5 minutes. Two coolers worked remarkably, the yellow and blue.

Unfortunately, the red, even after soaking for more than 8 hours still did not work.

We will keep soaking it overnight to see what happens. 

Writing sample of the 2 working inks after soaking in water