Parker IM Rollerball Pen | Matte Blue | Fine Point Black Ink | Gift Box

Lovely pen. It's been one of my favourites to date and I've had hundreds over the years

Nothing special, but I love the pen.

This is a slick sturdy pen. Looks classy and expensive. Writes beautifully, nice and comfortable to hold in your hand. Just a really smart pen. Parker pens are amazing anyway. Must buy.

Bought on a deal as a gift for a friend, she was really pleased and happy with it. Actually wish I had bought another when it was on a deal myself. Came in a decent presentation box.

Lovely pen.

Good for writing

I received the metallic 'premium warm silver colour golden trim' matching the 'lacquer black golden trim' version my husband has been using since the summer, hence I have several months of testing this pen range..During my student years some 30 years ago, I used nothing but Parker pens because they could cope with fast scribbling when taking notes in lectures. More recently, I have almost given up using pens in favour of the keyboard and found that those few ballpoint pens I do have, either dry up or become blotchy through lack of use. In contrast, this Parker pen is completely forgiving: if not used for a few weeks, the ink still flows freely with no need to shake the pen, scribble on scrap paper to get it flowing again or wipe any clogged ink with a tissue.In common with all Parker pens I have used, this pen is high quality both in its design and construction. Although the pen inner is plastic, it has a strong and durable brushed aluminium outer casing with an engraved criss-cross pattern to the upper silver section while the lower gold section is smoothly brushed. It is supplied with a medium stainless steel nib and blue 'Quinkflow' refill - other colours and thicknesses are available but this is always my preference. The ink flows smoothly and consistently and with never any scratchiness.At 95mm wide where held, it is broader than the 'stick'-type ballpoint pens making it naturally easier and more comfortable to hold than the thinner types, particularly when used extensively or for older people or more arthritic hands. It's a good weight - feels substantial without feeling heavy and is well-balanced. Despite so rarely using a pen now and finding them a little awkward to hold, it has just seen me hand-write the annual batch of Christmas cards and letters to distant relatives with no discomfort.The pen arrives smartly presented in a sleek gift box, strapped to a flocked and padded card base and is accompanied by a multilingual warranty card making it ideal to offer as a reassuring, traditional but modern, quality gift.

Decided to keep a journal (not a diary) and put down my thoughts as and when.The pen is extremely comfortable in the hand, looks really nice and has a quality feel to it. How a pen feels in the hand is so important, it just makes you want to use it. Only one proviso, but genuine refills as the non genuine ones have poor ink quality and don't last very long. Perhaps it was my batch, but the genuine ones I bought do write much better and have a nicer/darker colour on the page. Comes in a nice quality gift box.Very happy with my purchase.