Dryden Designs Fountain Pen and Notebook Clips - Intense Black - Medium Nib - Includes 6 Ink Cartridges, Pouch and Ink Refill Converter, Classic Writing Tool

I love the color of this pen when I opened it I was immediately in love with the shine and the weight. I would like the top to fit on the top of the pen for added length when writing and so I don’t miss place it. Writes well good flow of ink evenly distributed. Great but for the price.

This is my first fountain pen and I have been really enjoying it. It took a couple days to really get the hang of it. At first the writing was a bit streaky, but I don't know if that was user error, or just getting the ink flowing well. After a couple weeks, the ink flows smoothly and reliably. I have had no issues with leaking. I think I might have preferred a fine tip, but this one writes very nicely and I still love it. The pen itself is a nice weight, although I prefer to write I posted. It also looks very nice. Overall, I'd say this is a great pen and I like that it came with ink cartridges.

This is a nice pen. I happen to like writing with a fountain pen and have the end cap attached. Many fountain pens have a magnetic function that allows the end cap to stay one. This one does not. Other than that I would say it is good value.

Because of these Dryden’s I am in love with using fountain pens! This one is so beautiful; bought it to complete a set similar in appearance of ballpoint and similar pens plus an old mechanical pencil. It is so smooth, feels so good in my old, aging hands, and I love to find a reason to pick it up just to write with it in a journal for the heck of it! Love it! I am a beginner, if you haven’t guessed, to fountains- wished I would have found them a long time ago. I have gotten another brand but love the Dryden the best! A finely made pen for the excellent price! I want to have one color of each! Oh so rich in color! I just love to sit & look at them - I have 3 now! I highly recommend the Dryden! You won’t be disappointed! I was not bribed to write this, by the way! Buy one & you will see what I am talking about! Oh - the Royal Red will knock your socks off! Get her! She is a beauty to behold! Oh - and the blue- beautiful color! The Royal & Blue look so good side by side - not the darkest blue or the lightest but the middle blue color - OMGosh - handsome for sure! Treat yourself & get one of these fountains; they come in medium nibs, which I recommend - I think the Med is so much smoother than the fine nib - my personal take - get one!

UPDATE #2 coming soon: Michael Dryden sent me a black version of this pen. I believe they have changed some production techniques to ensure better quality. I am currently testing the pen out, but I do see some initial improvements. More to come.UPDATE: I am dropping my review from 3 stars to 1. I purchased this pen less than a month ago. As you can see from the second photo, the gold band with the threads has detached from the barrel. I will be sending this back and I will not be purchasing any other Dryden pens.I am really surprised at how many 5-star ratings this pen received. This is my second fountain pen. My first was the Jinhoa X750. The one thing the Dryden has going for it is its weight. I like my Jinhoa, but it is a heavy pen, and if I am practicing my penmanship with long exercises, my hand starts getting sore. The Dryden has a good weight for longer writing sessions. But my praise for the Dryden begins and ends there.So what do I not like about the Dryden? Let's start with something irrelevant to how the pen performs, but what is, I believe, a sign of the overall quality. The felt bag in which the pen is delivered has the name of the company printed on it. Well, it actually has "Dnyden" printed on it. They didn't even spell their own name correctly. I have to wonder about a company who would allow a product to go out with their own name misspelled.Next is the cap. It will not stay on the end of the pen. When I write I have to set it aside. Every other pen I have owned (most of which were not fountain pens admittedly), the cap stays on the end of the pen when I write. Poor quality or design I do not know. Either way, it's a part of an overall poor product.I'm concerned about the gold finish also. It looks cheap. I fully expect it to fade over time. A sign of cheap materials and production.Now on to what is really important, how does it write? Actually, it's not bad. I do seem to see a bit more ink on the page than with my Jinhoa. But I'm not entirely certain whether that's because of the pen or the fact that I have two different inks in them. Either way, if someone were asking me for a recommendation, I likely would not recommend the Dryden Luxury. There are sub-$10 pens that perform better.