Waterman Expert Fountain Pen, Gloss Black with 23k Gold Trim, Fine Nib, Luxury Fountain Pen in Gift Box, Fountain Pen for Writing

Lovely fountain pen, writes well and looks good on the desk.

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Very nice nib, well tuned and wetness is about right, you will enjoy writing with this fountan pen, I got the Fine nib and is very smooth.Highly recommend this Fountain Pen

What can one say. It’s a Waterman. Works as well as the day I first used it

This purchase was made out of curiosity rather than need. I have been very happily using a Parker Urban fountain pen (medium tip) with success and satisfaction thus had no particular need for a new or different pen. However, as much as I like the Urban and how it writes, its heft and relatively thick ink line caused one to wonder what using a fine point would be like thus this pen.The first noticeable differences between the Waterman Expert and the Parker Urban are the light weight of the former and its body's rather plasticky finish, in contrast to the Urban's wonderful lacquer finish and real heft.Frankly, the light weight and high polish plastic finish was a bit offputting and I immediately didn't like the pen. It is one of the reasons for choosing not to buy an ink reservoir and to go with cartridges, at first. Nevertheless, the writing experience of this Waterman is excellent. The pen writes first time, the line is fine but the nib allows one to write fluidly while the light weight of the pen body does allow one to write neatly for longer than I find I am able to do with a heavier pen. Actually, I like the writing experience with this Waterman so much that the ink in the Urban has dried up.While I haven't taken the step to using an ink bladder and bottled ink for the Waterman, it is something that may be worth exploring. Also, I should note that using the ink cartridge on this pen has been without problems while with the Urban I wasn't able to get the supplied cartridges to flow well and the pen never wrote first time with a cart. installed.The only reason I don't rate this 5 stars is that the plasticky body is still kind of an issue for me, even though I really like writing with this pen, and also because I am not keen on the style lines of the pen's body; they are somewhat contradictorily simultaneously sharp and lumpy. Nevertheless, I recommend this pen.

The Waterman Expert fountain pen arrived today on schedule and included a wonderful blue ink. The fine nib writes well and is what I hoped for. The pen weighs about 30g which gives a good solid feel and is about 50% when posted vs the Lamy Safari Vista that I was using previously before backing over it with my car last week, sadly.I must note also that I very much like the clip tension on this Waterman Expert. It is not crazy tight so slides onto my clothing without me worrying it is going to mess up my shirt pocket, which is nice.This pen feels like good quality and I appreciate that the cap snaps onto the pen both when capping it and when posting it to write. Extremely satisfying and makes me know that I don't need to worry about it coming off and inking anything accidentally.

The pocket clip corroded, without that everything else is worthless, the pocket clip is pretty much what stands out first in a pens design, so if that is screaming corrosion right from the start I won't even carry it with , I won't even have it in my desk, it no longer a functional pen and won't waste time on it.Flawed pen, maybe I wouldn't complain at a fair price, but for it to cost this much and end up corroded like not even a cheap 8 dollar pen would is just astounding.

It’s a waterman, but it does not write as smoothly as my $35 Chinese fountain pens. Paying too much for the brand name. The pen is good but if the same exact pen is branded with a Chinese brand, it’s probably a $25 pen.