ScriveinerLuxury EDC Fountain Pen (Medium), Stunning Matt Green Pocket Pen, Chrome Finish, Schmidt German Nib, Converter, Best Writing Pen Gift Set for Men & Women, Nice Fancy Office Designer Pen

This is my fourth EDC from Scriveiner and they all write smooth and true to nib size. They run a bit on the wet side, which I prefer. These pens feel great posted or unposted and they are very solid, yet lightweight and nimble. When posted, they respond like full sized pens and are very well balanced. There is plenty of length to use them unposted as well. The cap screws off in 1.5 turns.The best part about these pens is the customer service behind the brand. I have 14 Scriveiner's and I've had problems with three of them. The problems were only cosmetic issues and didn't affect the running of the pens, yet the customer service department didn't hesitate to send me new replacement pens immediately on all three occasions. I didn't have to bother returning the originals either. They responded quickly and I felt they truly cared about my concerns.The pens are wonderful writers and underpriced for the level of quality they offer, but it's the people standing behind them that really create the value of this brand. If you're looking for a solid metal fountain, rollerball, or ballpoint pen, I'm not sure you can do better than Scriveiner for the money. I have several higher end pens that are now gathering dust while I use the Scriveiner's every day. They just feel right. I also know that if I have even the smallest concern with my pens, they will go out of their way to make it right. You don't find that level of customer service very often these days.

I bought the "Black with Gold" option with the Fine nib. It weighs about 27 grams with the cap and 13 grams uncapped or unposted. (As a comparison, my Kaweco AL Sport pen weighs 23 and 14 grams respectively.) It is made of aluminium that is electroplated and covered with some protective coating. It looks gorgeous. At first it was too slippery in my hand, but over a number of days it started to feel alright. It is not yet as comfortable in the hand as my 30 years old, like new Harley-Davidson -- I had two of them and this one I had not used until about a month ago.My previous favorite pens were the above mentioned Harley-Davidson and an equally old Feraud. Both have a medium (or a little wider) nib and slide extremely smoothly on paper. When I want thinner, more precise lines, I turn the pens 180 degrees around and write with the back side of the nib. Both of these pens slide perfectly in this reverse mode. The Fine Schmidt nib of the Scriveiner writes a little thinner than the other two in the reverse mode, slides perfectly on paper and is a pleasure to write with. Even though I have absolutely no need for an even thinner line, I tried to write with the reversed nib, but it gets very scratchy.I find the length of the unposted Scriveiner (11.6 cm) perfect in my hand, just like the Harley-Davidson's 11.4 cm. Both take the 73 mm LONG standard WATERMAN INK CARTRIDGES -- this is a major advantage in my usage and this fact does not seem to be advertised, at least not clearly enough. Of course, one can use the widely available 38 mm standard cartridges in both and the Scriveiner comes with a very well engineered 'converter' included. Feraud and Kaweco are shorter (10 cm each) and they need to be posted for comfortable writing. (Capped, they are all about the same length.)Speaking of ink. I wanted to match the black Scriveiner with the Intense Black ink of Waterman and use the Serenity Blue ink of Waterman in my dark blue Harley-Davidson. Unfortunately, the black ink of Waterman does not flow well in the Fine feather/nib of my Scriveiner. Every now and then I have to press relatively harder on the paper to get the ink flowing again! On a hunch, I swapped the inks around and put the blue cartridge in the Scriveiner. Now it is faultless!!! The added benefit is that the black ink in Harley-Davidson leaves a slightly less wet line on the paper -- just the way I like it.AN UPDATE:About two months later, I bought the "Silver with Gold" option with the Fine nib. This is made of brass, as opposed to the aluminium "Black with Gold". The aluminium and brass pens weigh about 27 and 49 grams with the cap and 13 and 30 grams uncapped or unposted respectively. Interestingly, the "silver" version is less slippery between my fingers than the black version. Otherwise, both have identical dimensions.What I did not know when I wrote the original review is that this pen can carry two (2!) 38 mm standard cartridges simultaneously -- one connected to the ink feeder in the normal position and the other in the reverse direction behind it. I read this in another review by chance. I very much like this feature, because when one cartridge runs empty I simply switch them around immediately and replace the empty cartridge later at a convenient time. None of my other pens accommodates two 38 mm cartridges simultaneously!FURTHER UPDATE:Another 5 months passed and I bought the brass pen with fine nib. Now I have a collection of three pens. I do not like to have my brass pens covered with fake paint decoration and lacquer. I prefer the look and feel of bare polished brass.So, I removed the lacquer with very fine sandpaper and polished the pen with a universal metal polishing paste. The only place I did not touch was the grip section, because polished brass is more slippery than the lacquer of Scriveiner pens. The result is shown in the attached photos in the middle of the chrome and black anodised pens.I found that the Schmidt stainless steel F nib wrote a little too wet for my taste and replaced it with a gold plated EF Schmidt nib. It writes now a little less wet, but I cannot see the line being any thinner. Maybe it is just a little thinner, but not by much. On the positive side, it is not scratchy at all.From the point of view of writing or gripping comfort, my favourite version is now the gold-look-alike polished brass pen, followed closely by the chrome and gold version. The black anodised aluminium pen is still too slippery (and a little too light) for my taste. But this is just a relative assessment within the Scriveiner group. All three are excellent pens.

I ordered and received a fountain pen with Fine nib. It was very scratchy, so I sent it back. Thanks to Amazon for a great return policy.Update: I'm updating my review from 1 star to 5 stars. Catherine from Scriveiner Customer support reached out to me after learning I'd had a bad experience with the pen. Even though I'd sent the original pen back for full refund, she insisted on sending me a replacement. Unbelievable, amazing, unprecedented emphasis on customer satisfaction. I'm happy to report that the new pen arrived with the requested Fine Nib. I inked it with Parker Quink and it writes as smoothly and consistently as any fountain pen I've ever used. It is an outstanding writing instrument. The capped pen is 4-3/4" long. Uncapped is 4-5/8" long. Posted, 5-1/2" long. Weight with full converter is 31.2 grams (no cap), 49.4 grams (w/ cap). Grip diameter is 0.374" (where I grip it, in the concave section just above the nib), and purchase is nice, no slipping, good friction. Body diameter is 0.425" and the cap diameter is 0.512". The cap attaches and detaches with 1-1/2 rotations and screws on to both cover the nib and to post. Writing is comfortable with cap off or posted, but I find it slightly more comfortable when posted. Flow is nice and wet. My ONLY request for future models is to improve the clip. There is a little ball on the underside of the clip. I do not like clips with the little ball. They are all difficult to put into and remove from a shirt pocket. Now this pen is pretty hefty (which I love), so I don't plan to put it in a shirt pocket, so this is picking a nit. If Scriveiner changes that clip ball, this pen is now six stars instead of just 5. Thank you Scriveiner for an excellent product, and even better customer support. You have a lifelong customer.