Pelikan P480F Pelikano Fountain Pen - Fine Nib - Green Body

I really like the stylish look and writing action of this pen—so much in fact, that I bought the remaining two in fine point green from this company and two more from another dealer! The body, although plastic, does not appear or feel cheap to me. On the contrary, it seems very solid. The barrel size and comfort is better in my hand than say, the Kaweco Sport. The nib is quite smooth and writes like a charm. The pen clip actually attaches very snug to my shirt pocket so I can be confident that when I bend down or move around, it will not slip out of my pocket. The only drawback (preventing a full five stars) to me is the cap does not attach tightly to the end when the pen is in use. No matter. The pen still has a nice balance and feel even when I choose to keep the cap off when writing. A simply great pen in this price range.

This writes very nicely with a good ink flow, & I would give it 5 stars if only the end of the pen was round so that the cap could be posted securely---instead the end of the pen has a squarish end section which ill fits the round cross section of the inside of the cap. The other snag is that the "sturdy clip" does not open enough in reality, & so it is largely useless trim---with difficulty, I can get about 1/4" of the fabric of my shirt pocket's fabric under the clip. Aside from the problem with the cap the pen handles nicely. Watch out: the pen comes without any instructions on its pretty little box. When you unscrew the pen open you will find 2 small blue ink cartridges inside, the top one has to be flipped around so that the other end is facing into the pen and as you screw the body shut the cartridge tip will be punctured so supplying ink flow to the nib. When the 1st cartridge becomes empty, be sure to keep it as a spacer below the 2nd cartridge otherwise the 2nd cartridge will not engage with the base of the nib unit. Of course, if you are using the long ink cartridges then you will not need an empty cartridge as a spacer. The pen is pretty & it seems well constructed. It would be very good value for money if only the cap could be securely posted. The other snag with the clip being almost flush with the cap is that the there is not a lot to stop the pen rolling.

cap doesn't post against the pen body. pen seems great and I really liked the body color, but I never tried it with actual ink as I need to return it. I immed noticed out of the box, the 'open end' of the cap when posted does not actually sit flush against the surface of the barrel of the pen. when posted the cap can wobble because of this extra 'space' (note the ever so slight shadow on the pen barrel in the posted-cap photo). it bothered me enough to not proceed with trying the pen with any ink.

As far as I know this pen is pretty good. I am a rookie when it comes to fountain pens. It is true about how the cap does not fully snap on at the end. So if you have larger hands it could become bothersome. Seeing as how my hands are small I did not take issue with it.

I like the way it writes, but as someone noted with the green one: the cap is wobbly. You have to really push it against the barrel to make sure it doesn't fall off. The pink is cute, but not as bright as in the photo.

Still, a cute and affordable pen for the price.