Dryden Designs Fountain Pen Ink Cartridges - Assorted Colors: Black, Blue, Green, Purple, Red, Pink - Short International Standard Size - Disposable and Generic Ink Refill Cartridges

I received in bad condition. But the Writing quality is good.

What a fantastic fountain pen, I'm so happy with myself for buying it, however I may have to buy a second bamboo fountain pen, I don't like the way my wife keeps eyeballing it everytime I use it! My last fountain pen I had purchased here was absolute garbage and is literally in the garbage, mind you though it was a rather inexpensive pen, as the old saying goes, "You Get What You Pay For" . Also It was approximately a third of the price of this Dryden and just to be clear and fair that last pen wasn't a Dryden. While writing with this bamboo beauty you will not experience any blotching or any dragging/scratching from this fountain pen. Across the paper it glides, doesn't skip or bleeds excessive ink. Everything Dryden advertised is 100% true. Being left handed, I do not have the greatest handwriting skills so please bare with me on that, but I took a photo comparing a ballpoint pen to this Dryden bamboo fountain pen, please take a gander, it's a huge difference. Also I purchased a bottle of high quality of Waterman ink to go with it. I still have a couple of cartridges that I purchased separately from my last pen however I'm reluctant to use them on this pen. I want the very best of ink and I fear that a lower quality ink might clog up the nib. Besides I enjoy using the converter that came with the pen. All in all it's a 5 out 5 across the board on this one folks.

I'm a serious user of fountain pens and a casual collector of them. I use fountain pens when I have to do any prolonged writing because they're easier on my arthritic hands than other pen types. I ordered the Dryden Luxury Bamboo Fountain Pen because I wanted a handsome, but different looking, pen under $50. So far, I've been well pleased with it. The packaging is very professional, with the pen held inside a finished wooden case. The pen comes without ink but with an ink converter inside the pen's barrel. Pen barrel and cap have the bamboo finish as shown. The threads holding the section (with nib and ink feed) work smoothly with no binding. The converter also worked smoothly when I loaded it with ink. (I used Noodler's Bernake Blue.) Even with the cap posted, this pen is light in the hand and nicely balanced, and frankly writes better than I expected. The medium nib lays down a smooth line of ink. I experienced no skips even when I deliberately tried to force skips by writing as fast as I could. Lower-price pens (I don't own any expensive ones) can skip in this situation because the ink feed can't keep up with demand. The Dryden bamboo pen still worked great in that situation--no skips at all. To sum it up, this is a great-looking pen that will get compliments and writes as well as it looks. This pen is well worth the money.

I installed the reservoir for bottled ink and purchased a bottle. The pen fills nicely and writes well. The ink doesn't seem to dry out between fillings. I did take it apart and wash it out carefully when I wanted to change the ink. (I wanted something more permanent that wouldn't smudge when I painted watercolors over top!)

I bought these for my grand daughters and they were thrilled with the colours as they are just starting to write/draw with fountain pens.

Nice ink. Good and black