PelikanPelikano M Right Handed Fountain Pen - Red

I got this fountain pen for my son (age 9) and it has improved my son's handwriting, and his enjoyment of writing, immensely.It is a leading brand school fountain pen for upper primary age or above, as recommended by school stationery lists in continental Europe. The pen is easy to handle, with a soft-grip area that comes in 2 versions for Left-handed or Right-handed. The design of a proper fountain pen is ideal to help children develop more fluency in their handwriting, due to the elastic response of the nib. The M - size nib gives a medium thickness ink-line, which suits the intermediate stage (younger children should perhaps use a beginners' A-nib, and for them there is a Pelikano Junior version of the pen).The fountain pen will accept 2 standard small ink cartridges (e.g. royal blue washable ink that can be erased with ink-eraser pens), or one long size cartridge (which was included in the original pen we got), so the child needs to change the cartridge less often.Now why the 4 star rating?Other reviewers have described the stiff plastic clip as a design flaw when trying to clip the fountain pen into an adult pocket - well it is a children's pen, and schoolkids aren't really encouraged to clip ink devices to their clothes. BUT - this clip is so stiff indeed that you can't really clip it to anything but a thin sheet of paper, and, on a previously owned pen of the same design the clip did break, so it should be treated with care.So the pen is a classic, writes beautifully, chunky good looks, and my son loves it. Just don't flick the clip ...

I love this pen. It doesn't dry even after not being used for a longer period of time (I had this problem with other pens- they required some extra time to make them write). It looks nicely as well. Definitely recommend it!

Good first pen