Parker Sonnet Fountain Pen | Red Lacquer with Gold Trim | Medium Nib | Gift Box

Bought for my wife’s work, as writing with a decent fountain pen makes it so easy. And this pen does precisely this. Her opinion is that the pen flows beautifully, smoothly, allowing for a considerable lack of writing hardship, making her day all the better. She loves it, well please with the style and weight. Looks gorgeous. I watched her writing and, it looks effortless and the letters are formed elegantly.

I have used Parker fountain pens for 50 years and have never encountered any problems. However, several reviewers complained about the performance of the pen's nib, which gave me serious pause for thought. Obviously, I eventually took the plunge, and I am so glad that I did. From the outset, the pen performed flawlessly, which is actually unusual; in my experience, even good pens need time to bed in as the nib gets used to the user, or the user gets used to the nib. Not so with this pen; perfect from the outset. Perhaps it was a happy combination - Jacques Herbin bottled ink providing the ammunition. The pen's visual appeal will obviously depend upon individual taste, and I usually opt for the faithful black and gold, but, for some reason, this red version caught my eye and, in the flesh, I think its a real looker. Shorter than my Waterman Expert, and more regular (torpedo) shaped than the Waterman's 'Perfecto' cigar shape, which I love, I still immediately felt at home with it. At a reduced £97, it's still not cheap (yes; I know many pens cost hundreds, & some thousands) which, for many will make buying it a financial gamble (me included!), but for me it is a gamble that paid off - I'm delighted with the purchase and am now looking for any excuse to put (this) pen to paper...

A gift to my wife, she loves it. At first it did not work well, but we discarded the Quink blue ink, supplied and used Quink washable blue (that I use in my Sonnet) and the pen soon began to write perfectly. Maybe the pen needed to 'wear in'. A really nice instrument.

Stylish.

Glad to receive the genuine article!

This pen does not write - appears to run out of ink as you are writing , even with a full refill of ink. Don’t waste your money Julie Watkins

Top quality

It's a beautiful pen, with it's metal housing and gold nib. It's let down by writing performance. The nib glides across paper effortlessly, but it skips constantly and takes a while to start. There's only so many times you can re-cross Ts and re-dot Is until you give up. This was my first foray into "fountain pens that cost more than £1 and don't come in a pack of 10", but I ended up falling back on my previous pen because it writes better. It's a nice conversation starter, it looks great, and if you only need a fancy pen to sign your name on documents it should work fine. If you want something you can rely on for journals, or schoolwork, you'll want something else. Or maybe mine was just defective idk

Edel verarbeitet, sehr schönes Design, gute Haptik, schreibt sehr schön flüssig. Alles so wie man es von Parker erwartet. Absolute Kaufempfehlung.

Excelente producto está preciosa

I inherited my mother's Parker Pen 16 years ago on her death. I have been writing with it all those years. Considering she had already owned the pen for many years previously, this is impressive. I retired her pen when it could no longer fill properly. No doubt it can be mended, but I keep it for sentimental reasons. My new Parker Pen is virtually the same style and colour, and has the same balanced feel and smooth glide. I use Parker Quink Ink to write, but the pen comes with refillable cartridges, if one prefers. I'm delighted with my pen. Parker Pens were established in 1888 and I am so happy they are still available.

This pen is beautiful! I really like the color combination. It is elegant but not at all overly so. Light and very comfortable to use I prefer using the refillable insert so I can select the most passionate color to write my notes. Using the Palmer penmanship method one does not press the pen to paper for there is no need. A gorilla grip with pressure used with other writing implements, will ruin a fountain pen. One balances the pen in the hand, the fingers about two inches from the nib, holding the hand still, poised over paper. Then, gently touching the paper with the nib, releasing the ink from the pen, gracefully tracing letters across the paper in one continuous line. That is elegance, sophistication and entails quite a bit of practice. I will tell you though, the concept of “practice make perfect” is one that with this Parker Sonnet Fountain Pen you are not only rewarded with exquisite penmanship, but with other worldly rewards. On an occasion of little importance, not an anniversary, not a celebration, just the special occasion of my letting her know how much I love her, I gave this same pen to my lover because I love her dearly and I love writing with my fountain pen. For her alone, I have selected the Pilot Iroshizuku Bottled Fountain Pen Ink, Yama-Budo, Crimson Glory Vine, Purple Red. With that introduction, she too, uses the same ink. For us, this color speaks visual volumes, reminiscent of our many Kim Anami inspired bacchanalia festivities. As we have learned from Kim and grown our abilities and skills at pleasing each other, so has our enjoyment of and skill mastering the Palmer writing technique with our matching Parker Sonnet Fountain Pens. And one of the best things with matching pens is that I can easily insert my pen in her cap, much to her delight and she enjoys having her cap filled with my pen. So we do that every time we see each other. If you love her, get her one of these Parker Sonnet Fountain Pens and she can select her most passionate ink to write notes to you and, who knows, you may even be able to join her in a Kim Anami Salon?! How exciting!

L'élégance du stylo est confirmée par un toucher agréable, un bel équilibre en main, et une plume fine parfaite pour écrire sur un papier de qualité. Bref, excellent produit.