PILOT Vanishing Point Collection Refillable & Retractable Fountain Pen, Gun Metal Gray Barrel with Rhodium Accents, Blue Ink, Broad Nib (60633)

The media could not be loaded. I’m ashamed that I spent as much money as I did on this pen, but I genuinely love it and am very happy with my purchase. I got the EF nib in matte black, which is my preference in order to achieve dainty handwriting. This pen was a touch draggy at first but after two weeks of use it writes sooooo much smoother. It has a great ink flow and is compatible with the pilot cartridges as well as bottled ink.The converter does not have much ink capacity, unfortunately, but the ink flow is really nice and the point is fine enough to allow me to write on very thin paper without any ink bleeding through (exactly what I was hoping for). I’d like to include that the pen has a comfortable thickness and weight; it feels great in my hand! I have been using it daily and have not experienced any issues related to functionality.

I love how practical this fountain pen is and enjoy taking it with me when I'm out and about. Especially to work and church. So quick and easy to activate and put away when not using so the nib doesn't dry out! Writes wonderful. I ordered some blue/black ink because the color that came with it is a bit lighter than I prefer.So glad I took a chance and ordered this pen. I believe I will end up using it a lot; it is so practical and convenient compared to messing with a cap.

This is an outstanding pen very smooth minimal feedback. Great. Just buy it!!!

I'm relatively new to fountain pens, but I've been using a pair of medium priced Parker fountain pens daily at work and home for almost a year now, and they are great. Work well, write smoothly, travel well, and none of the mess that I used to encounter as a child with my first fountain pens. For Christmas though, I decided I was going to invest in a better quality pen to use daily. I wasn't looking for a piece of art necessarily, but I wanted a professional looking pen that delivered a truly superior writing experience. I write a lot in my work and I am in front of executives regularly. I researched for some time the various manufacturers in the US, Europe and Japan and read user reviews both pro and con. In the end I kept coming back to the Pilot Vanishing Point. My other fountain pens are medium nib. They write smoothly with good ink delivery, but I wanted a fine point. I read several user references that said the Japanese make finer nibs, so that a Japanese medium is more like a European fine point. I really wanted a fine point, but I decided to stick with a medium nib for the Pilot. That turned out to be the right decision. The nib on the Vanishing Point delivers ink with the smoothness of a medium but produces a fine line that dries quickly. Absolutely no skipping or blotching. This pen frankly makes my not-so-neat handwriting look much more legible and professional even when writing quickly.Mechanically, the Vanishing Point is amazing. The engineering is flawless and works with a solid feel that inspires confidence that this pen will serve me well for a lifetime. And as it turns out, it also looks like a work of modern art as an added bonus. The rhodium accents are beautiful and the Carbonesque pattern on the barrel is striking, lending a subtle feel of texture to the grip.My only complaint is with the delivery. The ink cartridge included with the pen exploded in transit and sent ink all over the inside of the case. Fortunately, the pen was not affected and the Vanishing Point comes with a converter so I am able to use bottled ink.The twist converter draws ink into the pen easily and with no inky fingers afterward. A quick wipe of the nib and I was back in business.I would recommend this pen to anyone who is looking to "kick it up a notch", especially if you're got a little bit of fountain pen experience and are hesitating to invest in a more expensive pen. This one is well worth the price!

The thought of having a clip in the way of my fingers made me discount this pen completely.A friend continually sales pitched me on a vanishing point and since he unfortunately lives in another state, I couldn't actually try his.After about a month of his pestering, I decided to go ahead and order one.As soon as I removed it from the box and picked it up, I was very impressed with the weight, balance, and overall feel. The color and pattern with the rhodium trim match really well.Not really having an ink that matches the pen, I decided to order some, but it wouldn't arrive until the following day so in the meantime I went ahead and inked it up with Pilot iroshizuku kon-peki since I have all the patience of a child on Christmas morning and wasn't going to wait until the following day.I ordered the medium since Japanese nibs tend to be a bit finer than western nibs and the line width I'd say is somewhere between a western fine and medium, perhaps even fine in some examples of western nibs.My biggest concern was whether or not the nib would have a ton of feedback, similar to a Sailor nib. I have a Sailor 1911L and while I do enjoy writing with it, I've learned that my preference is minimal feedback. This nib definitely has some feedback, but is basically exactly what I like.To a lesser extent my other concern is the nib drying out, but as I look down the end of the barrel of the pen and watch how the trap door works, I'm not as concerned.One of the other reasons I wanted this pen was for a small field notes notebook I carry around. I have a Galen Leather cover for it, and most of my fountain pens are much too large to carry around, and typically if I'm jotting a note down, unscrewing a cap would take too long whereas this pen is quickly deployed to jot some fast notes down.If this pen starts giving me issues, I'll make sure to come back to update this review, but I don't see that happening as this pen is well crafted.