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Greetings, fellow pen-addicts! :)

 

My parents have just come back from holiday and they brought me back an interesting looking pen. It's made by Cacharel, who supposedly make "luxury goods" though I'm not so sure about the quality of their products. I doubt that it's a top-quality pen, but I'm intrigued because I can't find any info on the net about pens made under this brand name, and I'd really like to know more. Does anyone have one, and if so, what do you think of it? I'm always fascinated to read reviews of pens here at the FPN. I haven't put any ink into this pen yet as I'm waiting for some sepia coloured ink to arrive in the post, so I have no idea how it writes.

 

Many thanks!

 

Flo x

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The only thing I know about Cacharel is that they make my favourite perfume - Anais Anais. Not much help I'm afraid. :hmm1:

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A quick Google turned up a German eBay shop Uber Pens who have the following to say about Cacherel pens

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Beautiful-CACHAREL-France-Amethyst-Color-Lady-M-Nib-Cartridge-Fountain-Pen-/271174389895?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3f2340d087&ssPageName=RSS:B:SHOP:US:101

 

"Not rarely and not few of the world renowned fashion brands embark on the task to produce a writing instrument. Almost always and as a rule they end up doing an awful job. It's quite rarely that a really good writing instrument comes out from these fashion houses. Exactly such example is this Cacharel fountain pen. The pen is simply amazing in all respects, and can go shoulder to shoulder to any Montblanc or other great pen manufacturer. The build quality of the pen is amazing, simply stunning; this is not an advertising pen, it is a real fountain pen meant to do an amazing writing with a class and style. The pen has a full brass metal base, over which the special molten plastic is applied. This gives the pen an enormous strength, endurance, but also quality and weight, making it very pleasant to write with great balance, hold, grip and feel in the hand. The shape is classic, old school Pelikan design, simple yet practical and appealing. Also it closely resembles the Waterman Patrician pen and it is almost the same size. The pen can take any standard or double ink cartridge, but also any standard piston converter. The nib is very smooth, true M medium size, not scratching and gliding on the paper, very very easy to write with. The pen is in excellent condition, minimal to no signs of use, no scratches, dings or cracks. It's simply an astonishing pen, proving that if the right people are set on the right task, regardless of tradition and know-how in a particular field, they can still produce an amazing high quality products. "

 

Following some of the other Cacheral Fountain pen links takes you to Chinese pen manufacturers, which may explain the original source of the pen? Currently Cacherel seem to be majoring on ballpoints which appear on a number of "Luxury Gift" sites.

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It seems much more likely to me that Cacharel never actually made a fountain pen, and that someone took some cheapo pen and stamped Cacharel onto it.

 

Special molten plastic? really? :/

 

p.s. As opposed to cartier, who actually make/made (?) very good fountain pens.

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Thanks both. That review sounds too good to be true, especially since the person writing it is selling these pens! I feel that Sirksael is most likely correct in his assumptions. I have a surprisingly good Chinese pen already though, so I hope that this Cacharel-branded pen turns out to be a decent writer too.

UK-based pen fan. I love beautiful ink bottles, sealing wax, scented inks, and sending mail art. Also, thanks to a wonderful custom-ground nib by forum member Bardiir, I'm currently attempting calligraphy after years of not being able to do so due to having an odd pen-grip :D

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I hope you found your Cacharel pen to your liking. I just saw your posting. I acquired a Cacharel pen in Tours, France, in 1994. At the time, the pen cost around $20 USD. I re-discovered it in a case I had put away and forgotten about. But it does look to be a legitimate pen. I've attached a couple of pictures.

 

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I loaded a converter (same as Waterman) with ink and tried it out. The nib on my pen must be Fine, although there is no indication on the nib itself. I find the flow to be on the dry side. It doesn't skip or block on start, but neither does it seem to flow too freely. It works best on smooth finish paper (Clairefontaine or Rhodia) and worst on laid bond (G. Lalo).

 

The steel nib is somewhat flexible allowing for some variation in the line and is engraved with "Cacharel".

 

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The pen is a variegated red with chrome trim (small band at the bottom of the cap and a broader band at the top of the cap engraved with "Cacharel"). The cap snaps onto the body of the pen.

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I hope you found your Cacharel pen to your liking. I just saw your posting. I acquired a Cacharel pen in Tours, France, in 1994. At the time, the pen cost around $20 USD. I re-discovered it in a case I had put away and forgotten about. But it does look to be a legitimate pen. I've attached a couple of pictures.

 

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I loaded a converter (same as Waterman) with ink and tried it out. The nib on my pen must be Fine, although there is no indication on the nib itself. I find the flow to be on the dry side. It doesn't skip or block on start, but neither does it seem to flow too freely. It works best on smooth finish paper (Clairefontaine or Rhodia) and worst on laid bond (G. Lalo).

 

The steel nib is somewhat flexible allowing for some variation in the line and is engraved with "Cacharel".

 

attachicon.gifIMG_0573.jpg

 

The pen is a variegated red with chrome trim (small band at the bottom of the cap and a broader band at the top of the cap engraved with "Cacharel"). The cap snaps onto the body of the pen.

Nice pics!

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I have what looks like the matching ballpoint to PenAfficianado's FP, only in gold trim. Warning: the plating on the trim rubs off very quickly.

 

Slightly drifting from the topic perhaps, but I have a few pens from fashion houses which have impressed me; a Cerruti rollerball which I believe was made by Laban, in lovely swirly acrylic very similar to the Laban Mento fountain pens I own; and two pens from Kenzo, with a rather odd overfeed, which write very nicely.

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