Dryden DesignsFountain Pen - Medium and Fine Nibs | Includes 24 Ink Cartridges and Ink Refill Converter | Calligraphy Pen, Consistent Writing, Smooth Flow - Intense Black

Very elegant looking pen in black with gold trim and nib, nice weight and easy to fill from ink bottle, nib is a fine one. Writes beautifully, nib glides across the paper, feels comfortable when writing. Looks and feels a lot more expensive than the very reasonable price I paid. Would highly recommend Dryden and its a UK company.

Really good looking pen but, upon delivery this morning, I noticed that one of the nibs was missing. I sent a message around lunchtime and by 2:30 pm I had a response with assurance that the missing part will be in the post today! Brilliant service. Now I've just got to wait for Royal Mail to deliver it. Fingers crossed on that one :-) I should add that the cost of £13.64 is excellent value, particularly when you consider that it includes 2 nibs, 24 ink cartridges and an ink converter.

My wife recently joined a penpal group and wanted something to make her letters seem special. Normally my wife uses a ball point pen because she has severe arthritis and finds fountain pens hard to hold because of the weight. I decided to try and solve her problem and after a short trawl through Amazon I found the answer to her prayers.The Dryden Fountain Pen is well made, stylish and light. It is easy to install a cartridge or to convert it to use bottled ink using the ink converter supplied. She liked it as soon as she tried it and hasn't used a ball point since. I bought her the Dangerous Red edition with a broad nib. As a result of this purchase I bought myself one, this time Mysterious Blue with a fine nib. In conclusion these pens are worth the investment and can make writing even the most mundane letters more worthwhile and enjoyable.

Hi, My review might be from a different angle to most on here as I'm probably older than most of the reviewers and I was writing with fountain pens in the 1950's. Therefore, a good many have been twixt my fingers over the years.Having been a secret, lifetime pen fanatic/anorak, I started to gather pens like a collector again some years ago before it became 'de rigeur' to do so. I only bought this one because I guessed it would be good... great value for money to go with my growing collection of fountain pens, some of which go back to the 1940s at least.I am not disappointed. I just plain fancied owning one and this one has delivered. This Dryden is a great pen and excellent value for money, even if my shaky, ageing handwriting doesn't do it full justice. It would make a great starter pen for anyone seeking to find out what all the current fuss and desire to write with fountain pens is all about and I would thoroughly recommend it.It is beautiful to look at and as far as my own pearl white one is concerned, excellently engineered and beautifully weighted. When you can buy something like this for Just over £20, who in their right mind would want to spend thousands on a pen as some do. It's probably the same old story of snobbishness, pretentiousness and 'name,' I say good luck to those manufacturers if someone is gullible enough to believe that such pens really are that much better to write with.The service I received on ordering the pen was amazing too. I ordered at 5 on a Saturday evening on standard delivery and the pen turned up next day, midway through the Sunday morning. Stunning service.Now the business end. The pen writes very smoothly and constantly, with no drop outs. As good as most pens I've owned and some would have me cost more. It is clean and hasn't leaked anywhere so far. The converter and 24 cartridges supplied make it even better value for money. It looks classy in the hand and much more expensive than its actual price. For me, the weight of the stainless steel, laquered body is perfect and it's most enjoyable to write with a pen that is so well balanced. I don't personally find the gold trim garish, it sets the genuine elegance of the pen off very well.My only reasons for the 4 overall rating are that for my hand, I find the diameter a tad small to grip, noticeably but not overly, just in camparison to some of my other FP's, which fit my hand better. This might make it a good ladies pen for smaller hands.My only other gripe and it may be nit picking is that although the cap clicks on and off very positively, when the pen is in the closed (cap on) position, there is slight movement between the cap and pen body. Mine actually, moves back and forth by about a millimetre. This is not a major failure in my eyes, just more of a niggle.All in all, apart from the few points that made me score the pen a four, it would be five in every way. Excellent buy and I'm very pleased with this addition to my collection.

The first pen that arrived suffered from intermittent ink flow and a very scratchy nib. I persevered with it but when I finally gave up I was outside Amazon's date for returning the product. In addition I couldn't find a "contact the supplier" facility on the website. As a result I gave the pen a one star review and explained my experiences above. Within a couple of days Dryden Designs' customer services contacted me, out of the blue, and suggested I try flushing out the pen with water to see if that helped – which it didn't. On hearing this they immediately sent me a new pen which I'm happy to say works really well. Dryden's prompt and unsolicited action and concern for their product both surprised and delighted me!

has a nice look to it. Not bad weight.However the screw on part is plasticky and comes loose a bit too much for my liking.Writes ok but a little bit scratchy. Maybe this becomes better with time. Overall not a terrible purchase. I would consider trying a more expensive brand next time.

Lovely pen, gorgeous colour....purple. Nice and weighty in the hand, smooth writing nib. Like everything about it.

My line of work means I need to use a fountain pen everyday. This is a very pretty pen however it was hard to draw up the ink with the converter, when it did fill it wasn’t flowing correctly. The pen dried up if you didn’t use it for a day (and I’m mean even scribbling on a paper wouldn’t work). Last straw is that it started to blot and now doesn’t work. I’m three days past the return date and was so positive about the pen as it wasn’t a cheapy that I didn’t register within the 14 days. Do not buy or remember to register it.

This Dryden fountain is just what I wanted. My pen included refill cartridges and a medium and fine nib. It writes very smoothly and is a pleasure to use. Love it!

Writes so smooth and ink doesn’t run. Great weight and fits my hand perfectly

This fountain pen in very nice and beautiful. The quality is very good and easy to put the cartridge in. This is my first time trying a fountain pen and I am very happy. It writes smooth and when I inserted the cartridge the ink came in into the nib right away. This pen has some weight to it when using the cap on the back. I got this pen at a nice sale price (only $9, a great deal). It came with a nice pen pouch, 24 cartridges and a second nib (haven't switched them out to try yet). Also has a ink converter that you take out to insert the cartridge (was confused, I'm new). You DONT use the converter at all if your using the provided cartridges. Don't worry for first timers like my self Instructions are included!

The pens are of great quality and easy to fill or ad cartridges. The ink flows easy without smearing. Based on the quality I purchased another

Schreibt und gleitet über das Papier hinweg......weich und doch mit sauberer FEDER-FÜHRUNG.....UND die Farbe und das wunderschöne Design.....ist eine wahre Freude.