I was looking for a thin, well made (metal) fountain pen and this seemed to fit the bill just right.  It is, I must admit, surprisingly thin, which makes writing with this tip a wee bit harder than I expected since you need to write with a more gentle angle.  With fountain tips, you glide across the page as opposed to press down like a ballpoint.  Well, this is thin enough and the grip is such that it takes a little bit of getting used to.  That being said, it is well made.  My truly big issue with this pen is that because it is so thin, it is too thin, by the SMALLEST of margins, to accept a standard international cartridge.  As a result, only cross slim inks will work.  So, buyers beware.  That was a huge disappointment for me, and tbh, a major design flaw.  I now cannot use my absolute favorite blue ink (a non-standard blue) since it's not made by cross and won't fit into this pen.