Dryden Designs Fountain Pen - Medium 0.5mm and Fine 0.38mm Nibs | Includes 24 Ink Cartridges and Ink Refill Converter | Calligraphy Pen, Consistent Writing, Smooth Flow - Emerald Green

I love it. I use it with cartridges provided, rather than ink. I have only had it for 3 days. I totally love it.Initially the ink flow was bit. But that could have been me and the way I put in the cartridge. Eitherway, once you keep writing the flow is perfect.Beautiful fine nib. Love it. And great price.

The ink cartridges supplied are difficult to open up, and can be quite messy if not correctly done, as a result use the filler supplied. Writes smoothly and impressive design with the narrow nib fitted for business meetings. Far better looking and writing than the cheap ball point pens generally used these days.

Love it.Works brilliantly ..and gorgeous green casing

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.

This is not my first fountain pen by Dryden which I used DAILY for over five years. The colour and quality is superb. Both nib writes smoothly as well. For the price you really cannot go wrong. I just hope I will receive just a longer service than my previous pen.

Received a defective pen nib at first which cannot make the ink cartridges stay. Wrote my complaint and Dryden was quick to respond and after understanding the issue very generously send me three new pen nibs as replacement. Thank you Sarah! The new nibs they sent does not really fit with the rest of the pen though. Think I will just make do with it as it now can writes smoothly and nicely.Generally a nice fountain pen to have, if all works well. :)

This pen is a value for money equivalent to many available fountain pens. I choose the fine nib which is perfect. I would like to have received a trial cartridge but it did contain an ink holder which was fine for my use. It write smoothly, is nice to hold and a good weight for daily use.

This was a present for my daughter. I filled it up with ink and it was ok for a few words. When my daughter started using it, it was more off than on. I have rinsed the nib but sadly it’s no better. I’m loathe to send it back because when it writes it’s lovely and smooth but, I’m going to have to as it’s not consistent. What a shame.