PilotMetropolitan Collection Fountain Pen, Black Barrel, Classic Design, Medium Nib, Black Ink (91117)

Great value for the money spent.It’s daily use for me for all my client meetings. Never failed so far. No dried out issue.Rigid nib unlike gold nib. But smooth and does the job.Takes on fingerprints on the surface.

If you have an interest or really love to write with Fountain Pen. This will be a good collection and if want to relive your fondness for Fountain pens, this is the one for you.

Japanese Rocks. High class quality. Ink flow good. Looks gorgeous. Worth buying.Could have been medium point. The tip is EF to F. Could have been F to M.

This my fourth Pilot Metro. My favorite thing about it is that the bold G-2 gel refills fit. I use one at work, and I use them at home. It’s my all-time favorite pen. I have tried various ball point, fountain and gel rollerball pens, and I keep coming back to it. The value is hard to beat.

This was my first fountain pen, and even after adding a Twisbi Eco and 580, LAMY Safari and Monteverde Invincia, this is still my go-to pen for taking notes. I work full time running a print shop (GREAT for pen enthusiasts, so many types of paper!) and this little guy sees a lot of action there. However, I typically carry a pen with a bigger nib there, as I’m typically writing much larger things. This pen excels writing notes at home however. I also go to school for Computer Science online, and this pen is FANTASTIC for marathon writing sessions, especially ones that require a lot of detail. I do a lot of math, and typically physically write a lot of very small, very organized code. And the detail this pen can achieve is phenomenal! With a decent ink (platinum carbon black) on even cheap graph paper, the lines do not bleed, and dry in less that three seconds. Really the perfect note taking set up. For reference, I have the medium nib, full black variant. Here’s the bottom line. BUY IT. It’s a fantastic pen, and at this price, you’re getting totally screwed if you don’t own at least one.

PROS+ Amazing price+ Lovely construction with a great weight+ Writes very well+ Nibs are easily replaceable+ Lots of ways to fill the ink+ Clip is quite sturdyCONS- Prone to leaking into cap if carried around; if you post the cap, you'll probably end-up with ink on the top of your pen- The point where the cap meets pen isn't terribly comfortable, but you get used to itQUICK & DIRTY: This pen is so cheap, that you shouldn't even hesitate on the purchase: you won't be sorry! I love this pen so much that I bought 3 of them (1 as a gift, 2 for me). It's not without its flaws, but you'd be spending a lot more money to get a pen that can beat it!LONG & NERDY:Within the first hour of using this pen, I dropped it on the nib. Hooray. Rather than buying a new one, I found out that this pen is compatible with the Pilot Penmanship which is an extra fine (AKA even thinner nib than this Metropolitan's). I loved the result so much that I replaced the nib on the 2nd Metropolitan I purchased. Doing so is as simple as removing the plastic and metal section of the nib by gently squeezing and twisting it off (please, for the sake of your white dress shirt, be sure that there isn't any ink left in the pen), and switching out the metal nib while using the same plastic holder. -- Penmanship Fountain Pen with Ergo Grip FP50R－NCEF 3 Pens Value SetThere are lots of ways to fill the pen with ink. The easiest and cleanest method is by purchasing replacement cartridges. The pen comes with one cartridge as well as a converter (AKA thing that you can use to manually refill the ink) inside the pen by default . More on that later. I recommend buying a few cartridges just to have at the ready in case you run out of ink while out. Note that refilling with this method takes a minute or two for the ink to be ready to use. Even if you go down the dip-ink method, it's handy having a few empty cartridges. More on that later as well. -- Pilot Namiki IC100 Fountain Pen Ink Cartridge, Black, 12 Cartridges per Pack (69100)The included converter is a convenient squeeze bladder where you dip the pen tip into ink, squeeze, let the bladder fill with ink (repeat until there aren't any bubbles), and wipe the tip with a paper towel. This is nice if you'll be leaving the pen at home, but not that practical if you're using the pen as an everyday carry since you can't see how much ink is left + it holds slightly less than the cartridge. I highly recommend the Pilot Iroshizuku inks! -- Pilot Iroshizuku Bottled Fountain Pen Ink, Syo-Ro, Dew on Pine Tree, Dark Turquoise (69206)You can also buy Pilot's CON-50 twist converter. I've avoided it so far because it holds even less ink than the bladder, though it's easy to see how much ink you have left. -- Pilot Fountain Pen Converter (CON-50)I was taking a class where I was basically writing nonstop from 8am - 5pm, and I'd almost go through an entire cartridge in a day (something I don't think I'll manage to do again for quite some time). The other lower-capacity methods weren't that appealing to me, so I came across a simple solution that's my go-to method now. I basically rinse out a depleted cartridge, remove the little, black seal if it's still there, and use a syringe to refill the cartridge with my favorite ink. Now I have the best of all worlds: a high-capacity cartridge, the ink I love, the ability to see how much I have left.At the end of the day, I needed a pen that could write dependably and beautifully. This pen does that. I've devoted a lot more time and research into this writing utensil than anyone really needs to, but here's my excuse (this is mostly addressed to my eye-rolling wife): I now have 2 pens that I use for pretty much every bit of writing I do. They write dependably, look VERY nice (even when compared to pens costing 10x as much), and make writing a pleasurable experience for me. I'm notorious for losing pens all the time. Now I don't.