PILOTPlumix Refillable Fountain Pen, Light Blue Barrel, Medium Nib, Blue Ink (90042)

This is my second pen of this make and model. The first one I received was defective. The ink would saturate the paper after so many words written as if there was no regulation on the ink flow. I returned it the very next day after my first bad experience just after opening it. I have already received another. I'm not one to place judgement so quickly on only the first use. These are mast produced. So what if I happen to get a defective one on my first purchase of the item? Slam the product a negative review? Not me. I'll give the product a chance. It was under $7.00 shipped! Besides, it's the customer service that prevails in my book on how they choose to handle their product if defective.So here I sit with a new replacement. All I can say is that I'm well pleased with it. The ink that was supplied was not as black as I prefer. It was more of a dark gray compared to my favorite black.The feel is light yet the way it writes is consistent. No wider lines on the vertical, all is nice and uniform. The nib is smooth on a few papers I've tried it on and no catching and skipping of the nib.I read other reviews of plastic pens and the complaint is that they are too light. Well duh! The pen is made of plastic and it cost under $7.00 shipped! I can tell my mind to accept the weight and only look at only the end result - the way the ink is on the paper after all is written.The ink cartridge is not a common type. This requires you to buy their cartridges. No biggy! I have no problem with that. I can use a syringe and refill the original cartridge with my fave black ink.Another plus to me is that this fountain pen can be used as an eye-drop filler type. Meaning no cartridge at all. I just install a small o-ring on the body threads and coated the threads with silicon grease (not silicon adhesive or sealant). I fill the ENTIRE body with ink and now I have an almost unending writing instrument. I don't recommend this to you first time FP users but if you know about the advantages and disadvantages of an eye-drop filler and are familiar with them... this pen can do it.I would recommend this pen if you have no problem buying only the required ink cartridges and are happy with the color. If you like to use FP's and like a certain ink cartridge that can be used on many other pens, this one is not for you.Njoy Life...qarawol

I try a lot of different fountain pens but I keep coming back to these. They are easy to clean, sturdy, smooth to write with, the lids screw on so there's no malfunctioning like the snap on caps that so many others use, easy to throw in a bag, and they are comfortable to write with.I have probably collected 10 of these over the years and I'm finding (thanks to stay at home working and the opportunity for organizing) that the other pens I have purchased just don't hold up. I have yet to have any issues with these leaking while using. I did have one that developed a leak (I found it in the bottom of an old travel bag so it had been a while since I'd used it) but the ink pooled in the cap and not over everything else. After cleaning it all up (warm water is all it took) the pen works fine again!The small, flat nib gives your writing an extra flourish and I get compliments all the time about how nice my hand writing is just on notes I've taken at work. The ink cartridges are the standard, universal cartridge so refills are easy to find and inexpensive.

I started out using a traditional calligraphy kit with a dip pen and everything, but I found that (for me) running out of ink quickly and constantly having to re-dip the pen was too much of a hassle, which drove me to look for a fountain pen that gave me similar results to more traditional looking calligraphy but wouldn't run out of ink quickly.After watching several YouTube reviews and reading a few articles, this led me to purchase the Pilot Metropolitan with the fine nib. While it wrote very well with zero problems, the fine nib couldn't give me the line variation I was looking for that comes from a more traditional style calligraphy.After further research, I decided to try a medium italic/stub nib to see if it would give me the line variation I was looking for but with the affordable and convenient fountain pen experience. Thus I bought the Pilot Plumix.My niche is LOTR / Hobbit style writing, sort of a union between italic and uncial, but small enough to be handwriting as opposed to large lettered calligraphy. As you can see in the pictures, despite my poor lettering skills and all-over-the-place letter sizing, this medium italic/stub nib from the Pilot Plumix performed perfectly for what I was looking for!Because the Pilot Metropolitan and Pilot Plumix use the exact same nibs, I was able to take the medium italic/stub nib from the Plumix and use it on the Pilot Metropolitan pen (as you can see in the picture). It's a perfect replacement, though I did find better writing results when using the ink feed that came with the Plumix rather than the ink feed that came with the Metropolitan.The medium italic/stub nib on the Plumix gave me the precise results I was looking for. It writes smoothly, isn't scratchy (though I'm not writing fast at all), doesn't require large amounts of pressure, and provides me with just enough line variation in the letters while still retaining that "hand written" feel.If you're looking for that extra bump in line variation while still using a fountain pen, but also don't want to break the bank, you can't go wrong with the Pilot Plumix. And if you spend a little bit more for the Pilot Metropolitan as well, you get the nicer looking Metropolitan pen and refillable ink converter, plus you can use either the fine nib from the Metropolitan (if you just want a smooth quick writer for note taking) or you can swap in the Pilot Plumix medium italic/stub nib and give your writing a bit of flair. It's really a great combination and I would highly recommend both pens.

Elegante y cómoda

Caneta excelente, com um "grip" muito confortável. O único ponto a se considerar, que já conhecia antes de adquiri-la, é a pena, que, embora excelente, não é realmente uma pena média (como as encontradas na Metropoltan ou na Kakuno), mas modelo que, em outras canetas, a Pilot denomina "CM", ou "calligraphy medium", que é uma pena itálica, do tipo "stub" ou caligráfica, de mais ou menos 1.0mm; a mesma pena da versão européia, e diferente da versão Chinesa/Japonesa/Indiana. Usa, diferente da irmã européia, cartucho proprietário da Pilot (ou conversor do tipo con-20, con-40 ou con-50; o con-70 não é compatível). A escrita se diferencia um pouco das penas normais, por conta do formato da extremidade da pena, que confere variações na espessura da linha, conforme a direção tomada. No geral, uma ótima compra.

These are a great buy. The nibs are smooth and the pens are fun to write with. I bought extra, to swap-out with my Pilot Metropolitans. Easy to switch the feed and nibs between the two models, and I enjoy the metros much better with the plumix stub nibs.

Great starter pen. Wish there were more colours available.

Pilot plumix broad nib (1mm sized square nib) is really pretty caligraphy work and also in daily writing as well. It comes with one cartridge in black ink.