Kaweco Smokey Grey (Cartridge) — Ink Review #195
Kaweco Smokey Grey Ink Review #195 Originally posted on FPN: Jul 25, 2025 --- 🧾 Description Ink: Smokey Grey Brand: Kaweco Country: Germany Available: 50 ml bottles or cartridges. Pens Used: Kaweco Sport (EF/F/M/B/ BB), Karas Vertex FPNibs ultra-flex with ebonite feed. I got a pack of cartridges of Smokey Grey. Boy, I was in for a surprise; it refused to write in both pens, even after priming (Kaweco Sport and the Vertex), until I forgot it for a few days. Moral of the story, if you can’t get a sample, pop in the cartridge and let it be. Or syringe it., which worked fine in the Lamy Safari. If you want to see what the Japanese EF looks like, check @LizEF’s excellent review. Ink has low lubrication, and the flow is dry. However, with a Medium Kaweco Sport, when the pen finally wrote it was very pleasant, and it’s like an HB pencil, However, with a Lamy Safari Ef, it was yucky and pale, m...