Caran d'Ache Ecridor Retro Palladium Finish Ballpoint Pen, 0890.487

Exquisitely patterned retro-design ball pen from Caran d'Ache with a tiny lozenge pattern engraved on each of the six sides of the hexagonal body. Good weight to the pen as it is made from brass, then silver plated and finally coated with rhodium to give a brilliant finish in every sense of the word. Smooth and completely silent push button action and the goliath refill writes smoothly and evenly for page after page. Nicely rounded clip holds the pen securely in a pocket too. Definitely a luxury, certainly an impulse buy, but an absolute pleasure to hold and write with. Comes in a good solid branded box, and would make a lovely present for someone - they're not having mine though !I have since bought the matching mechanical pencil, but Amazon won't let me review that separately - needless to say I am delighted with it, the same high quality finish with a smooth push-button advance mechanism of a 0.7mm lead, that I much prefer to the finer 0.5mm leads as a practical pencil.Together they make a lovely set.

Great you definitely can feel the quality of this ballpoint.

Great looking pen, stylish but subtle. Writes very, very well, as good as pens costing twice as much. Only complaint is that the grib is a little slippery, and you will have to hold the hexagonal barrel, like holding a pencil, at a relatively low angle. For me, hard to hold the pen for a long writing session.

Lovely pen to write with. So smooth when writing.

The quality, shape and feel of the pen are immediately evident. It's smooth and has a silent mechanism - no annoying or intrusive 'click'. However, after a few months the clip on my ball point came off and trying to locate the four small prongs back into their receptors for re-glueing was no easy task.

Looks gorgeous, the barrel shape makes it easy to hold and the ink flow is seamless.Quality in every sense of the word.

The design is superb, a classic Caran d'Ache form with a state-of-the-art ornament. However, the tip is M but it writes like an EF nib. Too thin, way too thin. Disappointing.

Nice weight, smooth writer!