Reviews

Based on 323 reviews
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Likes: Fantastic Purchase
Improvements: More details on the product
Ranga #3 Premium Ebonite Green Red White GT FP

A premium ebonite with multi-colors at this price point is a fantastic value for money. A must buy.

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Esterbrook Pen Roll - Tan
Ananth Kudva (Bengaluru, IN)
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Likes: The ease of ordering, the price and super fast shipping.
Esterbrook Pen Roll

Excellent product and amazing quality. Good investment to keep your valuable pens safe.

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Montegrappa Roller Ball Pen Refill, Blue
Thomas Bain (New Delhi, IN)
Top

Not only are the selling the best products at the best price, but the are also nice people to do business with.

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Endless Companion Leather Adjustable 5 Pen Holder - Blue
SHANTAMAY CHATTERJEE (Patna, IN)
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Likes: The quality, price, fast shipment
Improvements: Reduce plastic and thermocol packaging material and lot of tapes which today is an environmental hazard
A really beautiful pure leather case

Beautifully crafted and superb leather quality. The navy blue colour is so rich. However, I have a suggestion for the company. Instead of the option of the slim A6 notebook on the right sleeve if the company gives 2 pockets and 2 extra pen loops then would be really useful for fountain pen lovers. One could fit in 2 extra pens and also use the slip pockets to store various accessories like pen drives. blotting paper, extra converter/ cartridges, an ink vial, etc. Mokoba always provides best price, fast shipment and safe delivery and hence the overall experience was 5 star.

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Likes: Delivery, Packaging, Product
Improvements: Pen color is not exactly the same as image, like the one I received was full silver but in website it was a bit blueish tone
Definitely go for it

First of all I would like to appreciate Makoba's service. It's top notch, the delivery was superfast(2 days, I live in tier 2 city so most delivery take atleast 3-4 days) packaging was awesome so product wasn't damaged and the pen in itself is awesome. This is my first pen and I am using diamine sapphire blue ink and it's working good. At first the pen wasn't working properly, I thought it was a manufacturing defect but soon realised my pen holding technique wasn't good but now it's working fine and it glides over paper like butter. The ink flow is good and so far it's definately been worth it. I wrote 3 full pages without even realising and my hand doesn't hurt at all. And you can write fast too and it will work properly. The pen's build quality is top notch and it just feels good quality by holding it. Only one issue the colors are not exactly the same as shown is images

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GOOD BUT A LITTLE OVERPRICED.

I had bought this pen from FLIPKART almost two years ago. The craftsmanship of the pen is excellent. The green swirling marbled pattern is a beauty to look at. The pen writes fine-medium and the nib has a slightly springly feel to it, wherefrom you can get a fair amount of line variation.
Till now I have not faced any incidence of hard-start and skipping. Even after leaving the pen unused for 15 days the pen started without any issues. The ink flows wet and has a slight feedback. you should go for this pen only if:
1. you love a slight feedback as the nib is not glassy smooth.
2. you have smaller hands as the pen is small in dimension and is very light.
3. at this price you can get pens with gold nibs of Indian and Japanese brands. So if you want to project the snob-value of the Pelikan brand you can go for it.

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Likes: QUALITY PRODUCT AT DISCOUNTED RATES COMPARED WITH FLIPKART/AMAZON
Improvements: Nothing. When supplying accessories please look whether it fits into the pen or not.
DIPLOMAT TRAVELLER FLAME (Medium nib)

The shopping experience is excellent. The MAKOBA site is very user friendly and has a wide range of pens. The payment process was also smooth and packaging was perfect.
The pen is beautiful and very slim which is good for me as I have small hands. The nib is smooth with no incidence of hard-start or skipping. Howver it writes a bit dry to my liking.
MAKOBA supplied me with an extra SCHMIDT convertor as Diplomat does not supply it. My best gratitude for your extra efforts, however the convertor did not fit into the pen as its length was smaller. However I am using it with my other pens.

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Esterbrook Estie Regular Fountain Pen - Petrified Forest (Limited Edition)
Ananth Kudva (Bengaluru, IN)
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Likes: Ease of purchase and the awesome customer support from Bharath who was extremely helpful.
Improvements: Keep all the Esties in stock.
Esterbrook Estie Petrified Forest - Regular - Fine Nib

Easily one of the best writer in my collection. The overall size and dimensions are perfect. The nib is extremely well tuned and smooth for a fine nib. Love the color. This purchase has definitely turned me into a big Estie fan so much that I purchased a second one (Rainforest) within 2 days from my first purchase.

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Pilot Kakuno Fountain Pen - Red Gray
Vikas Anand (Chennai, IN)
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Likes: Good packing, fast delivery and great customer support
Beginner friendly Fountain pen

Pilot Kakuno, purchased with a fine nib, is an excellent choice for hobby newcomers. Despite its playful appearance, it performs admirably and features a triangular grip ideal for beginners. However, the absence of a converter is a notable drawback.

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Gorgeous

Kon-peki really is the perfect shade of blue for me. Unlike navy Shinkai or turquoise Ama-iro, it’s very balanced and gives that nice gel pen shade. It’s a pleasure to write with just the right amount of wetness which dries quick. Possibly my staple ink from now on

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Lotus Student Ebonite Fountain Pen - Green BT
Vinod Samel (Mumbai, IN)
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Lotus Student Ebonite Fountain Pen - Green BT

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Likes: The way the team andled every thing , proactive and minimum fuss
excellent service

Loved the service , bharath was more then helpful

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Likes: Superfast delivery and great price offer
Great Indian Classic Handmade & Signature

I have only heard about Ranga fountain pens, an elegant customised handmade Indian genre from a passionate maker. This is for the first time I saw this classic, simple yet beautiful and cigar shaped large yet so well balanced Ranga pen. Its an elegant pen with super smooth medium nib thats almost as refined as a fine nib and with such a smooth ink flow. The pen is very well balanced compared to the robust size. Its not meant for small hands. But every prolific writer and collector of fountain pen will admire the simple classic design and its performance. Just too good. I got this as a gift and the person who loves and only uses fountain pens appreciated the gift so much. Truly a blessing and definitely I am going to get it soon for my collection as well.

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Smooth

Its a smooth write and the hold on the pen is also very easy. A wonderful buy from Pilot

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Smooth writing , looks gorgeous

Acrylic is beautiful. Writes smooth. Cigar shape is gorgeous. Received fountain pen on time. Good service.

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Nahvalur Schuylkill

Budget friendly, a good and smooth writher, much better than other brands, must buy. No hard start, could be little more smoother. Lover writing with it

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Pilot Metropolitan Retro Pop Fountain Pen - Green Marble CT
abhisek (Mumbai, IN)
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Likes: Packaging and on time delivery.
Improvements: If you can stoke up pen cleaning kit like bulb syringe and normal syringe with needle
Pilot Metropolitan : The allrounder

This is your everyday use pen. Its a no non sense workhorse. Only con I can think of is its ink capacity. But then this is same for all pens with converters. This pen flows on any kind of pages without ink spread or blots.

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Pelikan 4001 Ink, Turquoise - 30ml
abhisek (Mumbai, IN)
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Likes: Packing
Improvements: Stoke up inks of more variety.
Enticing shades

When you look at a page written in Pelikan turquoise it entices you read on and on.
The shade just grabs your attention.

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Elan Leather 12 Pen Holder - Blue
SHANTAMAY CHATTERJEE (Delhi, IN)
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Likes: Superb fast shipment, great price and every thing together makes it a happy pruchase.
Class in itself

Very beautifully designed and outstanding leather quality. Overall finish is great. A class product. Sadly I want to order another piece considering my collection which I want to remain safe and beautifully stored. Looking forward to by another one soon. Thanks to Makoba for ensuring this product reaches us fast and safe.

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TWSBI Swipe Fountain Pen - Smoke
Tejash Naik (Surat, IN)
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Not as smooth as twsbi eco, a bit scratchy

Not as good as twsbi eco, a bit scratchy, not value for money

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TWSBI Vac700R Fountain Pen - Iris
balaji dhandapani (Pune, IN)
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TWSBI Vac700R Fountain Pen - Iris

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It's an okay pen but not great

It's an okay pen but not as good as Pilot Metropolitan. It doesn't come with a convertor but it's convertor is quite expensive. I am rating 3 stars. Would rate it 4 if the inflow was good and dark. This rating is only meant for this particular product. It does not mean that all Platinum Plaisir pens are average.

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Hongdian 1841 Fountain Pen - White GT
Antarjyoti (Chennai, IN)
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Likes: Makoba is great!
Improvements: From your side it is perfect... Hongdian could improve this product
Beautiful pen but very fragile nib

This pen looks beautiful, I like the gold trims, and the softness to the touch of the plastic, the feedback of the nib is pleasant, BUT the nib is VERY fragile and stiff, don't put pressure on it while trying to get some flex, otherwise it is messing up the tines! the jinaoh nibs are far more sturdy! Apart from the too fragile nib it is a nice pleasant good looking pen, hope they will improve the nib... not a pen for the heavy handed! Buy if you have a light touch it is OK...

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Likes: Excellent service.
Improvements: Switch to more eco-friendly packaging.
Nakabayashi scores. Big!

Nakabayashi notebooks are among the best available in the market, bar none. Very impressed with these.

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Pilot Metropolitan Fountain Pen - Black Gloss CT
Sandeep Basumatary (Imphal, IN)
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Absolutely stunning

The Pilot MR writes as good as it is praised world wide. This pen is just wow. Trust me I love this pen and this is not a sponsored review.