The finish on FC Essentio Blue fountain pen is visually stunning, a hefty pen indeed the end chrome piece added at the bottom of the barrel makes it heavy. Definitely not for sweaty hands as the grip on the nib section is a ribbed brushed metal finish where some will find it slippery and the weight of the pen adds to this factor as well. What really surprised me was that the broad nib being scratchy and not fully smooth right out of the box, had to realign the tines of the nib using a magnifier and now it’s silky smooth. Posting the cap while writing makes the pen ridiculously long so I don’t recommend it at all. My only con is that the barrel of the pen has a small semi transparent black threaded plastic section that screws on to the nib section, if this tends to crack or break then the whole pen will not be as one but in 2 halves which will render useless, so one has to be careful while handling. Kudos to Makoba for making my purchase a memorable one, received a 10% discount on their anniversary sale and an additional Rs.100 off on my first purchase as well, what’s worth mentioning here is the professional packaging of the contents with safe and secure layers by makoba and shipped through Bluedart. Thank You Makoba! for overall experience.
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