Herbin Transparent Fountain Pen

To buyers & manufacturers- great idea : these many new liquid ink rollerballs- and this one is Very nice to use To be able to write smoothly w/o scratchy cheap fountain pens w a smooth rollerball—- a dream But a better rollerball than this is neededHope they refine- The pleasure of using an ‘inexpensive liquid ink rollerball’ is spoiled by the overall costs of this productIt was easy to hold & ink flowed well w good script - in short - was great!- However it needs work - esp in overall cost / ie., refills Using this pen for a year exceeds use of a moderately priced fountain pens w or w/o refill needsSo - using this innovation -costs more than it should & isn’t worth it YetYes those tiny refills- &/or ink/w piston- are French & charming- but cost too much overall & make this pen just a pen fiends penBL Co, needs larger refills or cheaper piston/ink for an eco- friendly,pen w an advantageThe fact that it writes so well imight seem worth extra money but not 2-3x more given cost of ink to use pen -Right now 3 months of refills or ink would equal that of a new penThat’s not your idea is it?

Bought the rollerball version to try in looking for a more zero waste option than even the uni-ball signo refills have been giving me, but even though this is listed as fine tip, by roilerball standards this is a broad tip. could be the ink i have is running extra thin, not sure, but the line width is much wider than the 0.5mm of my signo.writes beautifully otherwise. Using the Monteverde Mini Ink Converter without any loading issues and no leaks yet (knock on wood!).I will be trying it out on a number of papers and hopefully with some different inks and hope to fin the mix that will let me make this my daily writer.

I’m a fountain pen person, but needed a good rollerball for when I’m handing a patient a pen or when I’m in a gorilla grip mood on a pen. Love it! All my pens now are truly refillable, which I love for the planet! It’s a broad writer considering what I used to where with but I do enjoy it, probably a M/B point. I have had patients who stop writing with it to complement, but I wish it was a F point, personally. Not scratchy for sure! Pulls straight lines and doesn’t skip when it has adequate ink, though it will when it starts to get low, but thanks to the clear barrel you can tell that is why. It is certainly a posted pen, meaning you want to put the cap on the end for the full length pen, otherwise it might be uncomfortable, but as I am someone who posts their pens it is not a bother for me.I did buy the converter and I wish Herbin had a better designed one as it has a very small reservoir, one I can definitely use in a day or some days half a day depending on how busy I am, so I might look for a better designed one, for the larger reservoir, or I refill midday. There is a full size pen available for this reason I believe

Just want to start off I really really wanted this to work for me. So I work in a lab and we have to write in notebooks all day logging samples in, writing information down etc. Its a lot of writing, but honestly I would think if I took into how many pages in a notebook I write a day it would contain roughly maybe 15 pages if each line was filled and thats pushing it.The ink is inconsistent its either too thin or way too thick. It writes scratchy and skips occassionally. I go through a cartridge a day in an 8 hour shift. After my 3rd cartridge change the pen bled out and because I had it open in my lab coat pocket it bled onto the coat. It's also super short you defeinitely need to keep the cap attached at the end to give it more length to write with.

Ink flow is great and nib is smooth so I really like the pen. However, this pen requires a mini international converter which should be clearly stated. Before I figured this out, I tried to eyedropper it and am still wearing the ink that leaked out of the tip of the barrel. This pen would get 5 stars if I could eyedropper it - this would be too easy for the company to do, lame. The converter adds another $5 to $7 to make it usable.

I have 2 J. Herbin Rollerball pens, one is Medium point and this is supposed to be Fine point. I specifically ordered Fine point because that is my preferred width, but with the 2 pens I have, there’s virtually no difference on how they write.I have sample writing on both the nicer Rhodia paper and a generic Pen+Gear paper.Also, the pen pen is too short and must be posted when being used (unless you have small hands)

These particular "Iridium Point Germany" size 0 nibs have decent ink flow but are scratchy as all get out. Unless you use very high quality, thick smooth paper, or vellum etc., you will scrape off paper with every movement. I recommend instead the J. Herbin refillable roller-balls if you need or want small, transparent, refillable pens, because they perform better; or any of several inexpensive refillable transparent Japanese pens by Pilot or Kaweco; or even the cheap refillable Chinese Hero pens, which are not transparent but which have far better nibs than these at a fraction of the price.

A real liquid ink cartridge rollerball pen... what can I say other than awesome. I wanted the fountain pen ink feel without really having to use a fountain pen and this is it. Smooth writing and easy to use. This has a fine nib, which is perfect for when I need to draw some diagrams along with notes. I highly recommend this to anyone who's looking for the real ink feel, but don't want the trouble of a fountain pen.

Ad un prezzo basso una grande penna

rien a redire sur ce stylo une seule chose mais je le savais la plume est fine même extra fine et de ce fait cela ne me convient pas en effet ma plume est moyenne ou même broad.....

The Feder is very fine, much finer than a usual EF feder, probably is similar to a Platinum Preppy, 0.3 ~0.5mm.

It's perfectly usable but I probably would not recommend this pen. It's a bit cheaper than most transparent refillable fountain pens, but it's not pleasant to use: in my opinion, the ink flow is a bit too dry and the nib is very sharp and scratchy (often leaving cheaper paper in bad condition).It's harder to write with than a run-of-the-mill bic cristal, and for a couple of pounds more you could get something much nicer.

Pluma corta bonita pero nada funcional.Desde el primer día el trazo no es uniforme, es como si la tinta quedara retenida.He probado la misma tinta con otra pluma y funciona perfectamente.Me ha durado menos de un mes. 12€ muy mal gastados.Comprarla para uso propio es mala idea, si es para regalar quedarás mal.