Franklin-Christoph M-14 FP-Red

[snugglebny]

This is my first review.I hope it helps.My husband,moustache,has been collecting fountain pens for quite awhile now.I finally caught the bug last year.The highlight for me was going to the LA pen show last month.It was there i won my first fountain pen:A Franklin-Christoph M-14.It is a nice pen.Here is a photograph of it:

 

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h93/n7myw/Pens/FC2.jpg

 

The pen has a very nice ,heavy weight to it.It is much heavier than the celluloids and such i borrow from my husbands pen case

 

The cap is held by a magnet on either side:posted or capped.And it is a strong magnet.This cap is going nowhere!

 

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h93/n7myw/Pens/FC4.jpg

 

The nib came as a fine,which i requested.I used a blue cartridge supplied to try it out.Very nice feel and the nib is average to me.Not too wet and not toothy or dry.

 

 

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h93/n7myw/Pens/FC3.jpg

 

Since i didn't pay for this pen,the value ratio is not something i will address.I see the retail/list price is around $90.That seems like a decent price for this pen.

It has become my every day writing pen.I hope to start collecting other pens.Maybe even review more!!

 

Ann(snugglebny)

Vancouver,Wa

[handlebar]

Well done review!! Even if i'm a wee bit biased towards the person doing the review

 

 

JD

Vancouver,Wa

[Phthalo]

A classy pen! How long is it when capped and posted?

[snugglebny]

The FP is 5 5/8 capped. 6 1/4 posted.

 

Ann

Edited July 4, 2007 by snugglebny

[handlebar]

Sounds like a nice pen to me

 

JD

[acfrery]

Hi Ann,

 

Nice review and very nice pen. I commented somewhere here in FPN that my only experience with Franklin-Christoph was excellent, thought I did not buy one of their brand pens.

 

If you enjoy heftier pens that those nasty celluloids your husband insists on carrying, may I suggest you send them all at once to me and I will conveniently dispose them without harming nature. I am sure Mr. Moustage will understand and appreciate your gesture... in fact, he might even consider giving you an Arte Italiana Omas full size Arco, which is more substantial than those you have tried.

 

Enjoy your new addiction!

 

Alejandro

[handlebar]

QUOTE (acfrery @ Apr 8 2007, 05:51 PM)

Hi Ann, Nice review and very nice pen. I commented somewhere here in FPN that my only experience with Franklin-Christoph was excellent, thought I did not buy one of their brand pens. If you enjoy heftier pens that those nasty celluloids your husband insists on carrying, may I suggest you send them all at once to me and I will conveniently dispose them without harming nature. I am sure Mr. Moustage will understand and appreciate your gesture... in fact, he might even consider giving you an Arte Italiana Omas full size Arco, which is more substantial than those you have tried. Enjoy your new addiction! Alejandro

Hmmmmmmm

 

 

 

JD

[georges zaslavsky]

Never heard of this firm but quite a nice pen , enjoy it

[jonro]

Nice review and nice pen. It looks like it has a lot of nice detail to it, which is always nice to see in a fountain pen.

[HDoug]

Thanks much for the review and pix. I'd never heard of them before.. The use of a magnet is very clever. Why didn't Lamy think of it (to avoid the "ears" on the 2000)? The shape of the pen is also very appealing.

 

Doug

[Cloud]

Is the color pinkish or red red? I just bought one and maybe I should have gotten the black one if it's really pink-red.

[handlebar]

Red red no doubt.

 

Jim

[Cloud]

Thanks!

 

I'll probably do another review when I receive the pen:)

[alvarez57]

OH Ann!!!! Finally you caught up the bug!!!!!! Well, now you two can't blame each other for the money spent on pens..hopefully

Welcome to FPN.

[smoky]

Franklin-Cristoph is featured in the current Stylus magazine. The print edition has several pages on them, though online (without subscription) there is just a snippet.

Edited December 2, 2007 by smoky

[jameswatts]

Glad to see someone else is impressed with this pen. It is solidly made, and has been a breeze to use from the start. It is one of the pens I like to use when I have to take notes in a theater because I don't have to worry about the cap coming loose and flying off somewhere in the dark (It's happened before...no bad results, beyond mild heart attacks and panic).

 

I have the black model with a fine nib, and the flow is perfect.

 

Very nice pen -- I look forward to trying some of their other models in the future.

 

jdw

[Rainwalker]

I bought one of their demo M-14s from a pen show back in November - it is a Medium nib, black with rhodium trim.

 

This pen has turned out to be one of my favorite writers. It has an awesome nib that writes smooth as silk with just a touch of feedback - difficult to describe, but a very pleasant experience. The pen is quite heavy with the magnets, but writing with the cap unposted makes for a great length and good balance and weight for me. It has handled any ink I have used in it with no problems, is a nice, wet medium.

 

I was tending more toward fine nibs and always wrote with the cap posted until this pen - my tastes have switched to medium and even broad, now, and the rest of my pens are now used unposted.

 

Great pen, but because of the weight, probably not for everyone.

[ianmedium]

Thanks for the great review Ann, next we will have I hope a husband and wife review which of course means you will both have to get a his and hers pen set!

 

Thanks again from a resident of the "other" Vancouver!

[RayOski1]

I hve this pen and use it as a daily writer. I have several other Franklin-christoph pens. They are all well balanced and good value. I don't think they make any piston fillers so the ink volume is lower.

[Ed Ronax]

Nice review and a nice looking pen, thanks.