The Essentio range of fountain pens from Faber Castell (formerly called the BASIC) features a range of overlay barrel finishes in either Shiny or Matt metal, leather or Carbon Fibre with a soft-touch cap and gripping section or an aluminium barrel and grip section. These models take standard size cartridges or they can be adapted to use bottled ink using a Faber Castell converter (use only this converter as other brands may be too wide for the barrel). The Essentio has a stainless steel nib and weighs between 27g and 44g depending upon finish with an overall length of 140mm when closed.
Note that in the images above the pen shown closed is actually a rollerball model so there may be small detail differences.
Aluminium barrel Ergonomic grip zone made of anodised aluminium Spring loaded clip Stainless steel nib Takes cartridge/converter - international standard (not supplied)
Anodised aluminium barrel Ergonomic grip zone Sprung metal clip Black magnum refill
Barrel made of anodised aluminium Ergonomic grip made of anodised aluminium Sprung metal clip Black magnum refill
Chrome plated barrel Soft touch cap Stainless steel nib Cartridge/converter - international standard
Anodised aluminium barrel Ergonomic grip zone Sprung metal clip Black magnum refill
Shny chrome barrel Ergonomic grip zone Sprung metal clip Black magnum refill
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