I have never owned a fountain pen in the past, but this pen works better then most pens I have ever used. Once you get the ink and pen put together the ink flows very smoothly and you could write forever. It looks very stylish and is comfortable to use. The only issue with the pen is that if you leave it uncapped for a certain period of time, the ink will dry in the nib and you have to mess with it a bit to get the ink to flow again. Other then that, it is a great pen.