Tom Hessin Charles Fountain Pen - Birmingham Noir
Bringing heritage, expertise, creativity and contemporary design to create fine writing instruments for everyday writing. The Tom Hessin Charles collection is an enviable design that will doubtlessly be the eye-candy of every office meeting, and will flawlessly carry you through to any album-worthy signature occasion. The Charles collection is the culmination of five generations in the pen industry; each generation represented by a diamond design elegantly depicted in the clip detail. With expertise dating back to 1870, the Charles fountain pen earns its moniker from the ‘Charles’ name that spans the family tree.
The Charles Birmingham Noir will take you straight from the office to a working lunch. A fountain pen inspired by 18th Century heritage in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter. Once the centre of a thriving global pen industry, Birmingham is now the UK’s second city with a vibrant and trendy scene. This fountain pen carefully crafted using high grade European resin with an elegant and modern finish. The black finish of the pen represent the industrial era, and modernized with a glossy tapered barrel and chrome trims.
Featuring a reliably smooth silver PVD JoWo nib x Tom Hessin, it also has a screw cap. The chrome clip features an engraved five diamond design detail, emblematic of the five generations that span the Tom Hessin legacy.
Each fountain pen is presented in a stylish Tom Hessin box, complete with pen card leaflet, two ink cartridges and converter. Backed by a two-year mechanical warranty.
Click to shop all compatible long standard international ink cartridges.
- Condition
- New
- Brand
- Tom Hessin
- Type
- Fountain Pens
- Color
- Black
- Demonstrator
Whether or not the barrel of the pen is translucent, allowing you to see the ink and filling mechanism inside.
- No
- Body Material
- Resin
- Cap Rotations
For pens with a screw-cap closure, how many rotations it takes to uncap/recap the pen.
- 1.25
- Cap Type
How the cap is opened/closed from the barrel of the pen. Some common options include Snap-Cap, Screw-Cap, Magnetic Cap, or Capless (no cap).
- Screw-cap
- Compatible inks & refills
Which ink this pen will accept. Choices include bottled ink and various styles of pre-filled ink cartridges.
- Bottled ink, Standard international short ink cartridges, Standard international long ink cartridges
- Filling Mechanism
How the pen fills with ink. Click here to watch our video tutorial on common filling mechanisms.
- Cartridge, Converter
- Nib Size
- Flex Extra-Fine, Fine, Medium
- Nib Color
- Silver
- Nib Material
- Steel
- Postable
Whether or not the cap fits securely onto the back of the barrel when open.
- Yes
- Retractable
Whether or not the nib/tip can retract into the body of the pen (usually for click or twist-open style pens).
- No
- Trim
- Chrome
- Diameter - Body
- 14.6mm (0.57in)
- Diameter - Cap (without clip)
- 14.6mm (0.57in)
- Diameter - Cap (with clip)
- 17.0mm (0.67in)
- Diameter - Grip (mm)
Measured from the place most people choose to rest their fingers, which varies with each pen.
- 9.5mm
- Length - Body
The measurement from the back end of the barrel to the tip of the nib.
- 124.1mm (4.89in)
- Length - Cap
- 64.8mm (2.55in)
- Length - Nib
The measured length of the visible portion of the nib when it is installed in the pen, from grip to tip.
- 23.6mm (0.93in)
- Length - Overall (Closed)
- 139.0mm (5.47in)
- Length - Overall (Posted)
When the cap of the pen is posted onto the back of the pen body, this is the measurement of the entire pen including the nib.
- 174.6mm (6.87in)
- Weight - Body
If a converter is included with the pen, this weight is reflected in the total.
- 13g (0.46oz)
- Weight - Cap
- 10g (0.35oz)
- Weight - Overall (g)
- 23.0g
- Max Ink Capacity - Cartridge
The maximum volume of ink that can fit in the pen when using a cartridge.
- 1.72ml
- Max Ink Capacity - Converter
The maximum volume of ink that can fit in the pen when using a converter.
- 0.88ml
