PENLUX MASTERPIECE GRANDE REVIEW- Great Pen But Has Some Flaws

[punjabi]

Pros –

• Smooth Piston

• Well Tuned Nib Out Of The Box

• Nice Material

• No Drying

• Great Build Quality (no cracking issues like TWSBI)

• Nice wheel clip

Cons –

• Size #6 nib looks disproportionate on this jumbo sized pen

• Not for people with small hands

• Expensive for a steel nib

• Not that comfortable if posted

• It takes around 2.5 turns to uncap

Specs that you must know–

• Ink Capacity – 1 ml

• Overall Weight – 33 grams

• Weight (cap) – 11 grams

• Weight (body) – 22 grams

• Length (posted) – 6.72in

• Length (overall) – 5.87in

• Nib Size – #6 Jowo nib

• Length (cap) – 2.75 in

• Length (body) – 5.30 in

• Grip Diameter- 11mm

• Diameter cap with clip – 21 mm

• Diameter of body – 15.2 mm

• Cap rotations to open- 2.5 rotations

• Body & Grip material – Resin

Packaging- 

Okay- Okay 😐, The pen comes in a black box with a black outer sleeve. The bottom has “Penlux '' written in golden colour. Their is nothing spectacular about this packing; it's pretty standard.

Build Quality & Material- 

Great 👍,The pen  is made of very nice resin & is similar to shape of Mont Blanc 149 . I like the pens in cigar shape , so I too like the shape of this pen very much. The cap finial & bottom finial both are dome shaped & the clip is a wheel clip which suits this pen.The cap has a cap band at the end of the cap over which company name has been written. The threads are not sharp at all & they won’t bother you while writing.The barrel slightly tapers from the barrel band towards the barrel threads where there is a slight step down. Overall it’s very nice design & build quality is great too.

                         

Filling Mechanism-

It is a piston filler , which is made by Penlux  in-house team. And honestly they have done great job in their first pen. The aluminium piston is smooth & holds good amount of ink. The piston mechanism works efficiently without any issues. 

Nib Performance- 

Great👍, The nib performed well out of the box. It is very smooth & wet out of the box .There's no drying at all even after a week , the cap seal works very well. The stock nib is Jowo #6, You can upgrade it to gold nib also.

 

                        

Overall- 

Good 👍, It's the first pen from the house of Penlux & they have done a great job.  The main point of attraction of this pen is its piston & Penlux has done a good job there. But you must keep in mind that #6 size nib looks very small on this pen as it’s fairly very large.Also it retails around $190 which I feel is on the higher side for steel nib .

 

Buying -  This pen is available with most of pen shops.Its also available at Wonder Pens who provide delivery option worldwide.

 

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[smitbret]

Noice.

 

I just picked one of these up on eBay and can't wait to get it.

 

Glad it didn't disappoint you.

[gregorius60]

Just purchased the Grande "Brown Wave" with 18k nib.  This pen is extra large as you indicated and has an aluminum in-house piston which works flawlessly so far.  Aluminum has good corrosion resistance so I think that it is a good choice for anything that will come into contact with a lot of moisture.  The beautiful #6 18K  nib is a joy to wield and I love the gold content which makes it noticeably softer than a steel nib.  In fact, that is the only reason I purchased a Penlux fp.  IMHO the nib is the soul of a fountain pen and as such benefits from the properties of a noble metal. I agree with you in that a #8 nib would be aesthetically much more appealing whatever the metal content.  Hopefully, Penlux will issue more 18k limited editions in their promising future as a major player in the upscale pen market!