Camlin Elegante Fountain Pen - Black/Blue/Red

Few points I have been reading about this pen which I would like to answer. (Compared with two other pens- Parker Vector and Luxor V5)1. Grip Read in couple of reviews regarding the thick grip and the "curve" at the grip which makes it awkward to hold. Honestly, have not felt so at all. The grip is pretty medium, larger than Parker Vector and comparable to the Luxor V5. It wont create any problems holding it. I am an average 5'10 and people of same build, hand and finger size wont be any problem. Also on Parker Vector the metal body starts to feel slippery due to metal, small grip and feels tiresome after writing couple of pages. Been nice to hold the Elegante and feel firm in hand, it makes one feel like holding a pen with substance :) .2. Nib and feeder: It says Fine on the nib and it is comparable to the Luxor V5 0.5 and Parker Fine nib. Few claim it is 0.7 / medium kinds. Its all about the pressure on puts when writing it. I just touch the nib on paper and rest the pen does, so would say- it is Fine. It is way too smoooooother and fluent than Parker which felt a bit rough. Parker Fine nibs give a feedback making it bit of a dragging experience. However on Elegante the nib just flows and slides over the paper. It is not only the nib but also the feeder which ensures the nib slides. The feeder ensures that there is even flow of ink through out the writing experience. The writing it leaves is slightly wet and not dry, personally i prefer that over the dry and dragging. This ensures that one gets to write about 6 pages i.e 12 sides without a refill.3. Plastic construction and feel in hand: The cap is made of brass(as they say). The cap has a "matte" finish, not a glossy one. The clip and top is glossy. Gives a fair enough good contrast to add some "looks" to it when taking it out of the pocket :D . The pen itself- very much plastic. If I try to weigh both the cap and pen separately, roughly they feel of same weight, it is that light weight ( just a feel factor how I felt). However this does not mean it is a cheap construction. It has fallen from 2 floors down and did not crack anywhere, so would say its good strong plastic. It makes one feel pretty solid holding it. The size if compared to other two is larger. It rests pretty well in between my thumb and index finger(which parker does not, Luxor does) , hence never needed to put the clip on the rear. Without the clip it is very much balanced (Parker and Luxor both feel well balanced without the cap placed on top) , with clip Elegante and Parker feel a bit -top heavy.4. Ink filling: Personally always been a fan of eyedroppers(good old school days) , however this comes with the standard piston filling( as seen in the photo by Hari). When I immersed the nib in the pen and pulled the piston it just filled half. Had to dip the whole nib till the grip when it got filled. In parker just dipping the top nib was sufficient. For Luxor pulling the whole top part out and then refuel it seemed very tedious. Some other reviews I read people have tried removing the piston converter and used it as eyedropper!!! Few said it worked , few said it leaked. Need to substantiate it. Not sure and hence wont try this out to spoil such a nice piece. If anyone has tried would love to hear your experience.5. Writing after 3 weeks: For Luxor, it works immediately! Even after 6 months it worked like magic. For Parker bit of dipping, or couple of splashing out and it starts. For Elegante it did not start immediately. From school days used to have an Airmail (unfortunately misplaced it when i shifted) it used to work like a beauty even after 3 weeks. Elegante on this aspect did not fair so well. However, how many of us are not going to use their Pen for 3 weeks, always something to write, sign or pen down :) . It worked fairly after a break of one week.6. Colour: Personally the "looks" of a pen hardly matter to me. Its the balance in hand and the nib which are the real heart and soul. We pay crazy on high class pens just for the looks. For few people this matters more- individual choice and nothing against it. Parker gives a good classy look, Luxor makes one feel more of a student than a person with authority or executive. Elegante would be a mix of both and middle of both. Neither a college going look nor an Executive look. On looks it does fair enough justice- The cap and two metal rings is all that makes it stand apart. Would have loved if they would have made more colours than Maroon, Black and Blue. Nonetheless these colours are the royal colours and pretty good than what Reynolds have- bright designs which are more for school going kids to attract them. This does enough for me.7. Spare Nibs and feeder: Not sure if there are spare nibs available online. I am at a location which is 100s of km away from any civilization in a jungle or a desert and only way is to order online (thankfully speed post delivers faster than couriers :lticaptd: ) . After using this nib, I would personally not place any other nib. I am pretty happy about it. (always good habit to have spare nibs, dont know when one drops it and needs to change).8. Recommended for: Its a must for student. At this price range where one is still studying and not earning, this sounds a good buy, though not the best as Luxor beats this is VFM. Parker, would never recommend it for students. If someone wants to carry it for exams- carry 2 atleast, all due to the limited piston converter capacity. Luxor- would be best. If you are an executive sitting in a board of meetings where you want to make a statement by what you carry then there are many other alternatives. This is fair on looks and pleasure for writing :) :) :) .9. Value for Money: For a standard person like me or a student, Luxor beats Elegante and Parker. However for a fountain pen- This is an excellent VFM :)Well, this sums up my experience after using it. Anyone has anything more to add to this or share their side we all would love to hear it

Quality and color is outstanding, functionality,smoothness,weight also beutiful

Rs 165--- For this beautiful Camlin inkpen. Writing quality is excellent, Build quality is GOOD enough.. My friend ordered from Amazon and I wrote from It, bought it with in a sec. And it was awesome.VV SMOOTH and perfectNIB size- upper Fine to Medium. Seem medium v GOOD QUALITYgood nib and feed. - international nibs can possibly be fit here, NOT TESTED.....now this is one of my top 5 favorite ink pens now to write for this yearIts all about writing performance quality v/s cost -U dont need to grind the nib to get smoothness, its already done. It has similar quality of Pilot or Sailors or JoWo etc - well smooth fine nibs.I can say with all confidence it has the writing quality EQUAL to Lamy safari. TESTED IT.....Will always keep testingCartridge converter material is very good.From ink pen writing - they starters pen, usually it was Lamy safari/foundation (waste of money), Platinum preppy, etc etc....I think this can safely now be the gold standards for the so called starters pen and for writers who want to use it for quick notes.HIGHLY Recommend. I am vv impressed.Will send the Jinhao and this to material testing and see which wins, need a month or so........Will keep you all posted... Hope they have different nib sizes or can fit std international nibs...Let me check Reynolds Ink Pen Grippy which is on they can beat this. Waiting for its delivery...its super cheap, I hence will stock up, recommend and distribute it to our charity school.Now a days pens are not an issue in terms of cost. Its the ink. Indian inks are cheap but destroy pens. Let see if I can figure out a cheaper ink solution for that perfect or near perfect ink. Cutting cost in one place and increasing in the other is what a cheap good quality pen used with a top reputed ink brand. The pen, ink cost ratio need to be balanced. Then its awesome, we are close to I hopefully. Its the pen manufacturing companies that have an hold. So the search for cheap good ink mystery is on. Will speak to some of my chemistry university professor and start the journey...Mission- Make ur own ink :)Paper - ouch, no comments....

Start of anything is always memorable and a sweet experience, same is felt when the pen was delivered but bit dissapointed and worried seeing the bad packing. Though the product was in fine condition when delivered. The feeder was bit disoriented but got well positoned after a little adjustment. The pen looks great, feels great in hand and writes smothly. It is not scratchy at all while writing. It says fine nib but it is certainly not fine, feels more like medium. The overall writing experience is good and it is a nice pen to start your penmanship journey and certainly a long way to go after this pen because one tries and require many more pens as he move forward in this path. It is a good start.

Just go for it. Best fountain pen in this range. Using the Camlin ink and the experience is good. If you can use any better ink the experience would be better. Just go for the pen.

Using the same pen since 2018. I bought 2 of these at the time, and one of them stopped working within an year of use. But the second one is working fine to this day. Good pen with a classy feel, especially good if the pen is used constantly. Ink dries up relatively faster than other pens I own, and so the nib runs dry if not used for 2-3 days. Keeping the pen inverted vertically for an hour or so solves the dry nib problem though. Ink quality also affects the working, so definitely don't cheap out on inks.tldr : good pen for beginners provided it is used consistently with quality ink

Pen is smooth and good looking with good ink flow

Pen doesn't write.