The cap and barrel of the Ecco Pigment Pens are made from pre-consumer waste plastic materials, coming from the automotive industry. Pre-consumer waste means that the material was sorted out during a production process because the final product did not fit in the specification for its original purpose. Normally this material/product would be disposed of. Our supplier found a technology to recycle this material and bring it back into the raw materials circle to become a completely different and new product - e.g. our Ecco Pigment Pen.
Ecco Pigment Pen Does Not Bleed Through Paper
The pigmented ink is lightfast, waterproof and will not bleed through the paper. The ink is erasable on tracing paper.
Ecco Pigment Pen Tip Size and Color Availability
0.05mm, 0.1mm, 0.2mm, 0.3mm, 0.4mm, 0.5mm, 0.6mm, 0.7mm, 0.8mm
Black
0.1mm, 0.3mm, 0.5mm, 0.7mm
Red
Blue
Green
Ecco Pigment vs Pitt Artist Pen
The ink formulation between the two are slightly different.
Ecco Pigment Pen performs better on tracing (transparent) paper than the Pitt Artist Pens. The lines of the Ecco Pigment are blacker on this paper. The product comes more from the technical corner. It was invented to replace the TG1 ink pens. People that are involved in technical drawing enjoy the pen. The Ecco Pigment is for slow and precise drawing, not for fast sketching. 0.1mm, 0.3mm, 0.5mm and 0.7mm are available in a limited number of colors: red, blue, green and black. Black is available in 9 line widths 0.05mm - 0.8mm. The Ecco Pigment Pens have a metal clip on the cap and also a metal tip.
Pitt Artist Pen is more the artists´ tool for artistic drawing and sketching. The ink is suitable for dynamic drawing and writing.The brush pens are available in 60 colors. Limited colors are available in smaller line widths. Black is availalbe in extra super fine, super fine, fine, medium, brush, soft brush, chisel (calligraphy), soft chisel, bullet and brush and big brush. Medium, fine, superfine and extra superfine have a metal tip. Metallic colors are available in 1.5 mm bullet nibs: green, blue, ruby, copper, silver and gold. All pens have a plastic (polypropylen) clip on the cap.
The lightfastnesss, erasability and drying speed of the Ecco Pigment is comparable to the black India Ink of the Pitt Artist Pen. They are both document proof, waterproof and suitable for stencils. They are both water-based.