A good quality pen, it writes really well and I would definitely recommend it to people to buy. It's a little difficult to fit small ink cartridges (the smaller ones you can buy in shops like supermarkets or newsagents) into it, rather than the traditional Lamy cartridges, which can be annoying at times. Another defect that I experienced (though this was my fault so it may not necessarily happen to you) was when I dropped the pen (about 2 weeks after purchase) the nib slipped a little and the pen no longer writes as smoothly as it should and is quite scratchy. I would recommend it, just take better care of it than I have!