After being away from fountain pens for a long time I found this one on Amazon for $20. (It has gone up since I bought mine.) It is a very attractive, solid pen. The included converter allows you to use bottled ink. The fine nib makes a fairly delicate line but allows the ink to flow fast enough to keep up with my writing speed. Like any good fountain pen, it writes effortlessly, needing only the weight of the pen to apply pressure to the paper. It glides smoothly over the paper and leaves a very solid line. The pen came in an attractive presentation box and included six ink cartridges as well. I haven't used the cartridges, but I remember them as being a needlessly expensive way to buy ink. The converter has a threaded shaft which drives a piston up and down in the ink reservoir. That's an excellent design which should last a long time. I have a technical fountain pen that I acquired over 60 years ago which uses a similar mechanism and it still works perfectly. Old style fountain pens used a rubber sac for the ink reservoir. Inevitably the rubber dried out and the sac started to leak. The piston converter is a very superior design. The one flaw I found with this pen is the cap does not fit securely on the barrel when I'm writing. Most people who write with fountain pens like to store the cap on the back of the pen (called "posting") when they are writing. It balances the pen and keeps you from losing track of the cap. If the barrel were tapered just a little more the cap would fit better. The nib on this pen is not replaceable. If you want a different nib than the one that comes with the pen look for another pen. If you're looking for a well made, solid pen that writes comfortably this one is hard to beat. I use an old bottle of Sheaffer Skrip Jet Black ink with this pen. It's the same ink I've used for many years. It is very dark black, flows nicely, dries quickly, and does not clog any pen I've used it with. You might get different results with other inks, some of which dry much quicker.
