WatermanHémisphère Fountain Pen | Matt Black with palladium trim | Medium Nib | Blue Ink | Gift Box

this pen for the prices its amazing, top quality feel and looks very elegent defenitely would look very nice on my pocket, smooth nib glide like a knife through butter.

I bought the basic Hemisphere Essential Gold Trip at around £25. I really wanted to like this pen, and I do, but not enough to recommend it.* The nib is over polished. Once it starts writing it's fine, but it's prone to a lot of hard starts.* Flow - generous and wet* Size - it's a very thin pen. Comes with a full sized cartridge and seems like it hold a 2nd short standard international in the barrel. *However, neither a full sized Schmidt cartridge converter nor a Faber Castell one would fit - be careful.** Section - The section seems to have been cast/molded in two parts leaving two sharp annoying feeling lines along the side. Seriously Waterman???I like the aesthetics of this pen and it fits nicely in my everyday carry pen wallet. However I would not use it as a daily writer and definitely glad I didn't pay any more than I did. In my opinion, unless you need a slim pen, at this price point (£20-£30) a Faber Castell Loom is a much better option.

The joy of writing is lost .................. to most people these days. This fountain pen is a beautiful writer, lovely to hold, very well balanced, very attractive pen. I enjoy writing with this pen, I cannot help but feel happy when I write with it, not at all like an average biro which feels awful. More people should write with ink in a fountain pen, especially the young, It teaches you a lot about words and the enjoyment of words and writing, this pen is an extension of you when you write with it, no modern device, such as tablet, or pc can give you that.

This arrived and I was truly excited. Its a long time since I have used a fountain pen and I was not disappointed. I wanted to go very expensive, but thought I would train myself back up first. Well, they certainly know how to make you feel in control with this one. It is sturdy, handles well and it just glides across the page. not sure I need another one as this has now become a bit attached to me.

It is a fine sized nib but it is very flimsly and thin. The nib flexes a lot and scratches the paper and thus not smooth to write. Others have mentioned such writing flaws in their reviews.On the outside it looks nce, but on unscrewing the end the inside looks very cheap plastic.On the part where the writer grips the pen there is a fine plastic join line that makes it feel like a cheap pen.The positive for the pen fine nib version is that does write thin lines. But when writing at normal speed, parts of letters may not get ink.I really liked it for the first hour but on writing a lot more the above became apparent and I returned it. Maybe if the nib was made of stronger gold platted steel it might not scratch the paper.So, I would recommend the Cross Century (very thn pen and fine nib) - only a few left on Amazon or the newer but bigger Cross Century Medallist 2 with a fine nib.

This is teh worse fountain pen I have ever owned and I have owned many. I normally use an AT Cross or Mont Blanc but wanted a cheaper alternative for every day use that was slimmer. I have to say intiail impressions were good and it looked very nick in the box and the pen had a good weigh to size ratio in the hand. Unfortunately this all goes to waste when you put ink into it and try to write, the ink flow is terrible and the illongated nib is so flimsy you are afriad to write with it for fear of it snapping which I see from other comments has happened to others. The pen is now in a drawer as it cannot be used to write with as the bext you can get out of the nib is a few dots or squggles and no flow despite trying to clean and reload several times.