BASTION® Luxury Carbon Fiber Bolt Action Pen Durable Professional Ballpoint Pen for Travel, School and Work Birthday Gift Idea - Black Stainless Steel

What a fantastic pen. I love heavy pens because I tend to grip them very hard and the extra weight allows my hand to relax while writing. This thing may as well be a baseball bat and I LOVE it. This is a no joke EDC pen as well with its weight and stainless steel body.It is heavy in hand, but that weight leans back balancing the pen beautifully allowing far smoother lines. My handwriting has even cleaned up some.The mechanism is great as well. Very strong spring, crisp action and a not difficult or strange to use. Feels very natural.The seamless design looks beautiful, my only slight tick is that is was coming loose occasionally. I added tiny drop of thread lock and solved that problem without making it too hard to open again. The clip is HEAVY not easy to bend and secured with 2 Torx screws. (Also needed a little thread lock, common with metal on metal)The ink cartridge is okay, I didn't really expect much. It cuts out randomly fairly often, sputters and jumps a bit too but I expected to need to order some new ones. Not sure on the storage capacity, but it does seem to burn ink pretty fast.Overall I am in love with this pen and will be buying another one as a spare.

Incredible pen. Hefty weight, bolt action keeps the pen retracted in my pocket. Writes great. The carbon fiber looks awesome too. I highly recommend this pen.

Treated myself to the pure stainless pen/pencil set after getting a bit of a fever for pens again after buying a couple of F-701s recently. I initially saw this and ignored it thinking it was just another gimmicky Amazon pen, but my gosh I was fully reproved when I unboxed them.The boxes have the same Applesque design as OLights or TWSBI fountain pens, with a high definition image of the pen on a sleeve and a black magnetic closure box. Just as satisfying to unbox as a fountain pen.The pen and pencil themselves are gorgeous, gleaming, smooth, solid, heavy, pure stainless steel barrels; finely machined with careful attention to detail and seamlessly finished with mirror polish clips and bolt levers with strong, tactile operation. They are the writing utensil embodiment of steel with a satisfyingly notable heft.Normally with fountain pens you just let the natural weight of your hand press the nib. With ballpoints you have to press a bit, but the weight of these combined with the smooth, willing flow of the ink cartridge makes it very nice to write with. The pencil uses a German 0.7mm Schmidt Feinminen System insert that screws into the head, which just makes it that much more mechanically intriguing, like any high-end mechanical pencil. If you prefer 0.5mm, you can buy one quite cheap from Amazon.The girth and length of the standard pen is comparable to a typical sharpie or the length and weight of 2 1/2 aa batteries. I imagine the slim version may be more comparable to the F-701.Bastion has done an exceptional job on these writing tools and their craftsmen obviously take pride in their work.

Hey, I'm sure there are more expensive, maybe even better made pens (I doubt that really) but right out of the box, this zirconium version is built like a tank, weighs in at 2.4 Oz and VERY well made and absolutely no seam, it was instantly my favorite pen. I'm a fan of the gel pens and found that I could order gel Refills instead of ink. Long story short, I've already ordered 2 more. Great job Bastion.

My pen addiction is real! was super excited to come across this pen and had built up in my mind this would be the last pen I would ever need (I have this thought, a lot! btw). The design is great, the unique click and unclick method is a delight to the senses, the barrel color enticing and everyone wants to hold it and write with it. I do like this pen, but there are two adjustments that would enhance it greatness. 1. The next design iteration should have counterbalance built in. This pen is heavy, top heavy specifically, the narrow base is difficult to grasp without slipping or toppling due to the top weight of the pen. 2. Offer a blue and black ink option with each barrel color. The pink and Teal only came with black ink, forcing me to purchase blue ink refills with my order. Overall it is a fun pen, a lovely talking piece and cool design, a worthy investment if you are game to try.