Kanwrite Desire Fountain Pen
Everyday Carry. Effortless Writing.
Designed for writers who appreciate comfort, versatility, and timeless fountain pen design, the Kanwrite Desire is an everyday-carry fountain pen built for effortless writing. Its classic cigar-shaped silhouette, ergonomic hourglass section, lightweight construction, and interchangeable nib system make it a dependable companion for everyday writing.
The hourglass-shaped grip section is carefully contoured to follow the natural shape of the fingers, providing a secure and comfortable grip even during extended writing sessions. At just 16 g with the cap and approximately 10 g uncapped, the Desire offers an excellent balance of lightness and stability in the hand.
The pen is manufactured from a specially engineered acrylic resin using a precision injection molding process, resulting in a lightweight yet durable body with clean, consistent dimensions and a refined finish.
3-in-1 Filling System
The Desire gives you complete freedom in how you fill your fountain pen. Choose between:
- Cartridge – Convenient and mess-free for everyday use
- Converter – Enjoy the freedom of using your favourite bottled inks with Proprietary threaded KW converter for leakproof operation
- Eyedropper – Fill the entire barrel directly for increased ink capacity
Handcrafted Nibs, Tuned for Pleasure
Choose from a range of handcrafted Kanwrite nibs, each tuned and tested to deliver a smooth and enjoyable writing experience. Whether you prefer precise fine writing or a broader, more expressive stroke, there is a nib option to match your writing style.
Your Choice of Feeder
The Desire is available with two feeder options to suit different writing preferences:
- ABS Plastic Feeder – Controlled and dependable ink flow, ideal for everyday writing. Recommended for Finer points for regular flow.
- Ebonite Feeder – Higher ink flow for a wetter, richer writing experience. Highly recommended with Flex, UltraFlex and broader point nibs for wet flow.
Plug & Play Interchangeable Nib Unit
The interchangeable nib unit makes changing or upgrading your nib simple. Its Plug & Play design allows you to switch nib units easily and personalize your writing experience without replacing the entire pen by just twisting the threaded nib unit in anti-clockwise direction.
An elegant spring-steel clip adds the finishing touch, combining a refined appearance with the flexibility needed for secure everyday carry.
Lightweight, ergonomic, versatile, and built around Kanwrite’s expertise in handcrafted nibs, the Kanwrite Desire is made to go wherever you write—and make every writing session a pleasure.
Nib Guide – Choose Your Writing Style
Every Kanwrite Desire nib is handcrafted, tuned, and tested for a smooth and enjoyable writing experience. Choose the nib that best matches your handwriting and writing style.
Regular Nibs
Extra Fine (EF) – 0.5 mm
Fine, precise lines for small handwriting, detailed notes, and precision writing.
Ideal for: Small handwriting • Fine notes • Precision
Fine (F) – 0.6 mm
A versatile everyday nib offering a smooth balance of fine lines and comfortable ink flow.
Ideal for: Everyday writing • Notes • Journaling
Medium (M) – 0.75 mm
A smooth, fuller line with excellent balance and ink presence.
Ideal for: General writing • Journaling • Signatures
Broad (B) – 1.0 mm
A bold, expressive nib that brings out ink shading and character.
Ideal for: Signatures • Headings • Expressive writing
Flex & UltraFlex Nibs
Designed for line variation and expressive writing, Flex nibs produce a broader stroke as pressure is applied. They require a lighter, more controlled writing technique than regular nibs.
Extra Fine Flex – 0.5–1.5 mm
Fine starting line with controlled flex and delicate line variation.
Ideal for: Fine expressive writing • Flex practice
Fine Flex – 0.6–1.6 mm
A versatile flex nib combining everyday usability with noticeable line variation.
Ideal for: Flex writing • Lettering • Expressive handwriting
Medium Flex – 0.75–2.0 mm
A fuller starting line with more pronounced flex and expressive strokes.
Ideal for: Creative writing • Signatures • Calligraphic styles
Fine UltraFlex – 0.6–2.6 mm
Designed for maximum line variation, offering a fine starting line with dramatic flex when controlled pressure is applied.
Ideal for: Advanced flex • Flourishing • Expressive lettering
Feeder Recommendation
The Desire is available with ABS plastic or ebonite feeders.
- ABS Plastic Feeder: Controlled, dependable ink flow; recommended for regular EF, F, M and B nibs.
- Ebonite Feeder: Higher, wetter and more consistent ink flow; highly recommended for Flex and UltraFlex nibs to maintain a steady ink supply when the tines open during flexing.
SPECIFICATIONS:
| MODEL | DESIRE |
| Body material | Engineered Acrylic Resin |
| No. of ink filling systems | 3 |
| Ink filling mechanism | Cartridge/Converter/Eyedropper |
| Cap type | Screw on |
| Trims | Golden/Silver |
| Nib material | SS |
| Nib tips | EF/F/M/B |
| Nib cuts | Reg/Flex/UltraFlex |
| Nib color | SSF/GP/TT |
| Feed material | ABS Plastic(Regular Flow)/Ebonite(Wet Flow) |
| Total length with cap (mm) | 140 |
| Section Diameter (mm) | 10.8 |
| Total weight with cap (gms) | 16.2 |
| Total weight without cap (gms) | 10.3 |
*If you want to customize the nib to a non-stock nib not mentioned in the options above, drop us a mail at kanpurwriters@gmail.com and we will share a customized quote. All nibs available on request.
janna.harttgen (verified owner) –
This is a beautiful fountain pen. Simple, classic, elegant.
It‘s quite lightweight and of a perfect size for my hands (I am female).
The resin looks very interesting and is of a nice warm colour.
At first glance, the pearlescent marble effect seems to be on the surface only. It looks as if a transparent brown pen had been dipped into different pearlescent colours (mostly gold, silver, copper) that were dripped into a water bowl, like you do it when marbling papers by hand.
Having a closer look, though, you can see that the pearlescent strings are not only on the surface but also inside of the resin. At least it seems so.
I really love the look of this resin, and in my collection, it‘s absolutely unique.
Unlike many (if not all) of the other Kanwrite fountain pen models, the feed of the Desire is made of plastic, not of ebonite. But it goes very well with this nib, so I am fine with that. Although I still definitely prefer ebonite over plastic when it comes to nib feeds.
The Desire is eyedroppable and comes readily prepared for this purpose, having an o-ring installed above the threads, and the threads are even readily greased! This really impressed me!
So far, I use the included converter, though. It holds a good amount of ink and does a good job. There are better converters on the market, of course. I haven’t tried it, yet, but it looks like you can easily replace the included converter for any international standard converter.
The nib (I chose an M here) is a very smooth writer right out of the box.
I have purchased seven Kanwrites: Four Desires, 3 Heritages. All with different nibs.
I smoothed some of them out a bit, since they had a little bit too my feedback for my taste but that would not have been necessary, since they were not scratchy at all.
One nib did skip a bit. It needed a bit extra effort to make it into a good writer.
Before I ordered, I did some research and heard that Kanwrite nibs can sometimes make problems and tend to need some tuning at the beginning.
That didn‘t keep me from buying, since I am an experienced fountain pen enthusiast and know how to handle an unpleasant nib.
To my surprise, all of the nibs that I got are excellent!! Most of them right out of the box. It‘s such a pleasure to write with them!!
All of them add a bit more character to my handwriting than my German, Chinese and Japanese nibs do.
The flex nibs, even the full flex nibs, are not extremely flexible and do not produce a huge line variation, but they do have some nice, bounce. I really appreciate that.
The nib units are easily replaceable, which is another huge pro for me. I have purchased a set of three separate nib units, so I can play around with different nib options.
All of my seven Kanwrite pens write fairly wet. Exactly the way I like it.
I am a little bit obsessed with all four of my new Desires. I can‘t stop writing with or looking at them.
The clip is beautiful, I love its shape. It‘s very functional, too, and you can even remove it, if you want, since the finnial is detachable. But I wouldn‘t recommend to remove it, since the clip definitely adds to the look of this pen.
The cap posts very well. It weighs the pen back a little bit, but that doesn‘t bother me at all. I can still hold this pen very comfortable when it‘s capped, even during long writing sessions.
Uncapped, it‘s a very cute, lightweight and well balanced pen.
One little con: All seven pens do have a certain smell. I hope that it will disappear over time.
Shipment via FedEx went very smooth as usual.
International buyers, please note that FedEx parcels do always have a stop at the customs and if there are additional tax costs in your country, you can be sure that you‘ll be charged with them – mostly a few weeks after your parcel has arrived. So you might want to do some research on the taxes in your country before purchasing here.
All in all, would I recommend the Kanwrite Desire in Marble Pearl Maroon? Absolutely yes!!!
I am so happy with my purchase!
kanpurwriters –
Dear Miss,
Thanks for your good words and normally most of the kanwrite pens write out of the box it’s only sometimes when users want to make it somewhat more personalized as per their writing needs.
regards.
sandeep
Navin S (verified owner) –
Great and one of the smoothest pen. Medium regular is great suitable for left hand writer like me.