PILOTMetropolitan Fountain Pen, Retro Pop Green, 1.0mm Stub nib

With the advent of keyboards, many people eschew the pen as unnecessarily antiquarian. I love a good keyboard, but having grown up with every kind of writing implement (the huge diameter pencils from kindergarten, ball points, mechanical pencils, felt tips, gel pens, and assorted fountain pens), I prefer to write letters, cards, and journal entries with a pen, but especially a fountain pen. I have had assorted Pilot Metropolitans (F nib, M nib), Pilot Plumix (F nib & CM nib), Lamy, Kaweco pens, and others. I am still a fan of the fantastically affordable, comfortable to hold, easy to write with, well-built Pilot Metropolitan fountain pens. They are good for beginners as well as those who use fountain pens regularly. I recently bought the Pilot Metro Pop 1.0 mm stub fountain pen (CM on the nib stands for Calligraphy Medium). It glides beautifully across the page and works every time I use it. It comes with one black Pilot Namiki cartridge, but you can also purchase other Pilot Namiki cartridges (black, blue, blue-black, red, green, and even purple) or use the Pilot CON-40 screw-type converter if you want to use your own ink. NOTE: for those of you who are new to fountain pens - please use ONLY fountain pen ink. I like dip pen inks, like Dr. Ph. Martin's Bombay inks, but they are for dip pen use not fountain pen use. Clean your pen now and then and especially when switching from one ink color to another. There are YouTube videos on how to do this. Maintaining your fountain pen will ensure that it will serve you well for years to come.

This pen is such great quality for the money. It never dry starts, the nib is smooth as silk, the flow of the ink is wet but not too wet, it's easy to clean and change inks. It's literally the perfect fountain pen.I highly recommend this to anyone wanting to try a fountain pen. Start here and branch out, trying other cheaper brands (or more expensive ones!) could leave you with a bad taste because they don't write as well or they need to be fussed with before they write as well. Pilots will write straight out of the box with no trouble and be 100% dependable.

This Pilot Metropolitan fountain pen comes with a <CM> nib, which is a calligraphic medium 1.0mm stub nib. The writing performance is quite similar to a Pilot Plumix <M> medium stub nib, but of course this pen is metal and heavier but still comfortable and well balanced even when the cap is posted. The pen comes with the normal squeeze ink converter already supplied, and one can swop the squeeze converter with a Pilot CON-40 ink converter if you need more ink. Writing with the stub nib is quite pleasant and thin and thick strokes are possible by varying the angle of the nib on the paper, and the ink flows nicely on both fountain pen friendly Rhodia paper, as well as on normal office exam pad type of paper.

I have tried 5 different types of pens from 10$-32$. So far this is the best, smooth writing with correct ink flow. I am a noobie, I might not know what i am talking about but I think this pen is super awesome.

Consider this a reminder to read the product name and description carefully: this is a STUB NIB pen, not a fine nib one. The pictures only show a fine nib pen!! Thankfully I had purchased this to replace my broken Pilot Metropolitan Fine Nib, and I was able to put the old nib on the new pen.

2/22/21 UpdateI have tried this pen over and over but it seems to run dry fast and stop writing. When I try cleaning it there is always a lot of ink left in the reservoir. I can only seem to make it through about 2 paragraphs before it stops and scratches. I will try the screw reservoir and hope that fixes the problem. I am also buy some cartridges. I can use this the way it is.I really like the feel of this pen. It is easy to hold and very attractive. I notice that the ink doesn't dry out as fast as some of my other pens. As for the nib, I realized once I had it that it is really only good for printing. So if you are a printer and don't use a lot of cursive then this will be a great nib for you.

Ok nib, a bit scratchy, but makes a good line variation so you can write prettier.What I DON'T like is the bladder converter. It's hard to convince it to suck up the ink, and you can't tell how much is in it, til it runs out after a short amount of usage.

I love stub nibs, and this one is patcularly nice. It is a 1.0mm which is unusual (most of the thinner stubs are 1.1mm) It is very sharp, which I love. I wish someone made this same performing nib in 14k.

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This is a beautiful color (fluorescent green). The 1.0mm stub nib writes exceptionally well. I have three Metropolitans in my collection. This is the fourth! I adore my Pilot Metropolitans.