PILOTMetropolitan Fountain Pen, Retro Pop Red, 1.0mm Stub nib

Perfect fountain pen in my Hobonichi Cousin. I use with iroshizaki ink and no bleed thru. The nib is lovely for cursive writing and also makes a dynamite stroke for bold lettering

The red color was a deeper metallic red, more professional looking than plasticy, and is a metal pen, with a little weight, but not heavy. It's pretty good in my big hand, I write with it capped, and the cap does stay on well, don't sling it around too much. For people with little hands, this is pretty perfect uncapped. I bought a stub nib, or italic/calligraphy, and it is very noticeable and yet, very smooth and great looking on the paper. I thought the design would look cheesy, but in person, looks really nice. Worth the money. Came in the mail faster than expected. I like that it is not too wet because wet pens lay down a darker line with little shading, this babe will shade!

If you're looking to get into fountain pens, look no farther for a great starter pen. This pen writes beautifully and is easy to clean and fill. The red color is so attractive, too. Can't beat the price either. Love my Pilot Metro!

I have no complaints regarding unexpected issues. It takes proprietary Pilot cartridges, but that's just how it is. (More on that at the end.)This is my first stub nib, and only my 2nd pen overall. I got it just to toy with line variation in a different nib, and didn't expect it to be so smooth! It's not quite as smooth as my Beirluner M, but it's surprisingly close unless I'm writing very fast. I've used the included Pilot cartridge and Organic Studios "Nitrogen", and they both provide a wonderfully crisp line. I actually end up with my smallest and neatest penmanship with this thing, which isn't at all what I expected.I like the finish, weight, shape, and size of the pen. I'm pretty new to fountain pens, and I'm not consistent with whether I post or not. I've never had an issue with leaks, flow, or sliding my hand up too far and getting ink on my fingers from the feed.To sum this up, I've had zero issues, and a far better writing experience than I expected.

I like the pen, but I had hoped that this is one of the tipped stub nibs, so instead of dragging a flat piece of steel over the paper, you would drag a small polished bar underneath the nib. That prevents it from snagging and makes the horizontal line thinner and lets you write faster. I had to polish the corners a bit to make this a really smooth writer. Over all very satisfying. I would like a wider stub though, especially if it were tipped. I have a very light hand and write very flat. I often write with a quill and custom made nibs, so I do know what I am talking about with the tipped, once you found one, it is fantastic, but very hard to find in non vintage.

I have gotten back into the fountain pen world. I now own a couple of different ones like this and a TWSBI 580. They all have their place.On this pen, I started by buying several Metropolitan Fine Nib pens for family at Christmas with journal notebooks. They ALL LOVED THEM. My daughter who is not one to get too excited said how much she loved her Metropolitan. This coming from an degreed art major and artist. My wife loves hers and couldn't say enough good things about it after a recent trip to Italy where she journaled every day and even did some art journal entries using the Metropolitan.OK, so I wanted a stub nib for various reasons. My TWSBI is a fine nib. So I ordered the Metropolitan with the 1.0 Stub nib. Suffice it to say, I love it and actually use it more as an everyday pen. I love the "calligraphic" flair it adds to my signature on business papers and so on. It also puts down the ink normally. The inks dries normally and fast. By comparison, I have tried other stub nibs and they put down ink too heavy and wet.This is a nice pen and you can't beat it for the price either. Very nice.

What a great pen! I have 5 of these in different colors. I wish Pilot would sell nibs for them. That is my only objection. The “CM” nib (Cursive Medium), is perfect for my everyday writing style. It allows for a small/average size font, but adds the look of calligraphy due to the squared off nib. The 1.00 mm square nib is only available if you buy another pen. Come on Pilot… your making them anyway for your pens. Why not make a run of extras and sell them for $5 each!

I having been using this for a couple months now. I ordered the stub nib and love it. This nib has a little flex to it, but not much. I have several of these along with a couple cheap jinhao’s. I use a different ink in each one. In the red I keep a noodler’s waterproof bulletproof red ink. Fits nicely in my shirt pocket. Is slim and smooth. Comes with a squeeze bulb converter, I added a con-40 pistin converter. Hoping a larger con-50 or con-70 will fit to hold more ink, but I am researching this.In all, this is an excellent pen for the price!

While I don't have that mush experience with fountain pens, I am quite impress by the quality considering its low price. The whole exterior is nice and all metal. I have the red version. This pen is perfect if you are leaning, or just writing for the fun of it.

I love Pilot Metropolitans as they are weighty pens. I was expecting a stub nib but it's actually a calligraphy medium. I have Pilot Prera with a calligraphy medium and it's smooth, but this pen is smoother. I looked it up and the proper stub nib <S> is a 1.1 mm nib, and this is a 1.0 mm, so <CM>. I love this pen and am going to use it with my other Metropolitan (black with <M> nib). Very smooth, and that' s a pretty red.