What a great pen. Super smooth and a very wet <M>. The vacuum filler is way cool and one stroke fills the pen about 2/3 full which is a lot of ink. Mine suffered from baby's bottom and missed the first half of a 't' down stroke about 10% of the time. A couple of minutes on the buffing pads eliminated this and it is still wet and super smooth. The pens is light and well balanced whether posted or not. The gold nib is gorgeous. I like the semi-transparent body so it's easy to see how much ink if left. The clip is plenty tight and the rounded ball make it snap onto the top of my pocket well. Writing is effortless. My only wish would be for a <MF> point. At first I thought I would not like keeping the rear of the pen unscrewed, but I've quickly gotten used to it.

Also jetpens was great. I first ordered a fine but changed my mind. They were able to catch the order before it went out the door, refunded my card, and then I purchased the <M>. Shipping was fast.

So nice, bought it twice...

Well, in fact, make that *three* times, on account of my first one inexplicably going missing a handful of years ago, which was a sad, not to mention rather expensive loss. But I loved the thing so much that I bucked the "temptation of novelty" and bought a second 823 (Black, like the first one), instead of something else, this time with a Fine nib. That felt a bit different from the Medium, with just a bit more tooth which at first was briefly disconcerting (my issue with FPs in the past was with their being either *so* smooth they lacked control for consistent handwriting, or so scratchy as to be highly unpleasant to write with at all). The Fine nib turned out to be terrific for me, but the bigger reveal for me was that the only thing better for my writing than a single 823 was two of them (and a Vanishing Point for quick note-taking and such). For just a touch of variety, the companion 823 I chose was in Amber with Medium nib; amusingly, I'd gotten so used to the Fine nib that writing with the Medium was now slightly strange, but the memory of the first 823 came back quickly, and all was good. If you know of the 823, you likely know its oft-mentioned virtues: comfortable shape for extensive writing, fine-tuned nibs that write beautifully straight from out of the box, seriously-large ink capacity via an elegantly simple and efficient filling system, flawless fit and finish, and aesthetics that are pleasing to the eye but not fussy or overwrought. In other words, something a serious writer would happily reach for, very often. I certainly can't ask for more in a good pen.

Beautiful and smooth.

A beautiful, well crafted pen and a delight to write with.

Love this pen, it is a joy to write with