USA Impressa Fountain Pen Gun Metal with Red Trim - Medium Point - JoWo German Nib

Easily the best pen I have so far. It's between fine and bold, for me I'm learning to enjoy the line since I'm used to a finer line. I love the style and color scheme, it was one of the main reasons that I bought it and that it was all metal made it better. I did have a bit of an issue that the cap seemed to be able to be removed a bit too easily. While that is still true in the sense that you shouldn't be carrying it in pockets or throwing it in a bag, after some extended use I realized that there's a bit of a suction aspect to it, that it settles in before the click. Odd as it sounds, it's an enjoyable feeling of using something that's cooler than the usual boring hard click on and off. Removing the cap actually takes more effort (for lack of a better word) than I earlier thought, but it's still feeling like it could easily be removed by accident.It definitely helps that the box it comes with is the nicest one that's been included so far. Very solid with a strong hinge, I carry it in my pocket when I bring it with me to work. Lift the panel and it comes with warranty information and two pre-filled cartridges.The writing itself is very smooth, the black nib with the overall aesthetic of the pen truly adds to the writing experience. It is NOT flexible as advertised, which I'm actually glad for because flexibility isn't that much of a big deal for me, but it should still be known.The reservoir is a twisting plunger type, with a clear plastic bead as the tension breaker. The moving part is basically a circle with a sliver on either side cut out, I'm fairly lukewarm to this. It's not necessarily bad, but since the plastic is so smooth it can be hard to get friction on it at times. It works well enough, but a hexagon shape may have been better and still keeping with the aesthetic theme.The weight is good for a metal pen, it is a bit heavy for smaller hands but it's not overly cumbersome unless you post the cap.

I LOVE this pen. I've owned two Monteverdes previously, both Invincias, one with a medium nib, one with a 1.1 mm stub. Both are scratchy, toothy, practically unusable. I swapped out the medium for a Goulet medium and it works just fine.But THIS pen, with a Monteverde broad nib ... well, all I can say is either I got two defective nibs previously, or Monteverde did some work with its parent company (Yafa, I believe) to improve the smoothness and inkflow of its nibs. Because this nib is a dream to write with; it lays down a wonderfully smooth, wet, broad line of ink. I have it inked currently with Robert Oster Tranquility, but have a bottle of iroshizuku Fuyu-Syogun on the way that will be its next feeding. The pen comes with a piston converter, which ain't bad at this price point.The aesthetics of the pen are fantastic--the gunmetal and gray is an excellent combination, very pleasing to the eye. The cap starts square and tapers to a rounded shape, and the barrel is entirely round, which makes for a visually interesting combination. The clip is spring loaded in the top of the cap, and the cap posts securely enough. The pen is very well balanced, and overall the pen has a good heft due to its metal construction. The grip is metal, but has a step at the end that keeps your fingers from sliding off and getting ink-stained.I can't speak for the medium and fine nibs and the stubs, but if you like a broad nib, you can't go wrong with this pen. It's beautiful, writes well, and is an overall great value.

Terrible, just terrible I had to return it. The nib was scratchy and I had very bad ink flow. I must say it looks very nice but it does not work.

I purchased the fine nib. It writes really well. It's smooth, not scratchy. It's a bit on the heavy side but I don't mind the weight. However, the first pen they sent didn't write at all (ink wasn't going through to the nib) and this second one leaks like crazy. I've tried following various tips I found online to prevent leakage but nothing works. I still use it on occasion because it's a nice pen, despite the stained fingers.

I'm writing this review in part because I was a little dismayed by the number of negative reviews the pen has: as you can see, I gave it five stars. In his The Pen Habit review, Matt Armstrong complained about the loose converter, but I was so enamored of the look of the pen I decided to buy it anyway and was prepared to fiddle around with a loose converter to try to fix the problem. Well, no fiddling was necessary; mine is perfect, no movement whatsoever. Now I don't know if the makers have responded to criticism on the issue, but all I can say is that there's been no issue for me. I can't speak to the loose cartridge issue because I haven't used a cartridge, but I suspect that if the converter is fine, the cartridges will be also.I've had the pen for just over a week and have written with it every day, and my only complaint is that after I haven't used it for a while, there's just the slightest of hard starts. Once started, however, it writes very well, very smoothly. True, it's not one of those that lays down a line under its own weight, but it performs perfectly under normal writing pressure, which is very little pressure indeed. To me the line of the fine nib is consistent with most other western fines that I've used.Since I've had the pen for such a short time, I can't comment on the finish flaking, but I can't imagine that it would do so without abuse of some kind. And on the subject of the finish, this is a shiny pen, very, very shiny. When I opened the box, I almost took a step backwards; this thing glistens!All in all, I think I've got my money's worth.