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Pros & Cons
Pros
Bastion pen feels as if it is in a whole other premium quality tier without having to charge the premium quality price. I own graftons and quills and crosses and parkers. I live in israel, and the company is someplace on the other side of the world. I... Read More
It has a nice heft to it that's not too heavy. The only “negative” aspect is the bolt action mechanism.
The fit and finish is incredible. The quality is outstanding! It looks amazing.
Bastion feels like a finely engineered machine to help do some of the work for me. It feels solid and, for short writing sessions, writes very well. Also comes with a matching pencil.
Cons
Because the pen is heavy, if you drop it and it lands on a hard surface while in the writing position, it destroys the ink cartridges. The bolt action is way too jarring for the ink cartridge causing it to almost have a shaken effect and leak out the ... Read More
The weight combined with the smooth finish make it very prone to being dropped while trying to use it. The throw * to work the action is loose and moved around a lot. Maybe the carbon fiber one is lighter?
Highlights
Quality
I bought the first one because of the bolt action and i bought a second because of the quality
Very good pen with quality material you can actually feel
I dislike the fact that amazon pushes customers to review products before one has time to use get aquainted with the item
It looks and feels high quality though and i appreciate the chance to try then return it
Packaging/appearance
Just a heads up tho i dropped mine at work today murphy and i love to dance straight down directly onto the ball
Competitiveness
The boxes have the same applesque design as olights or twsbi fountain pens with a high definition image of the pen on a sleeve ... Read More
Price on amazon was much less than on the company’s website during time of purchase
I currently have a parker quink flow m blue cartridge in it and i bought a schmidt refill p 900 m red refill if i ever wanted t... Read More
Overview
- How are reviewers describing this item?
nice, great, good, heavy and smooth. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
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- Our engine has discovered that over 80% high quality reviews are present.
- This product had a total of 2,925 reviews as of our last analysis date on Dec 25 2023.
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I initially saw this and ignored it thinking it was just another gimmicky amazon pen but my gosh i was fully reproved when i unboxed them
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
It feels good to write with unfortunately it didn’t improve my handwriting
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Is also very top heavy and not good for writing for long periods of time
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I did replace the ink that came with it with the gel ink designed specifically for this pen
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Cheap ones that people would borrow and i’d find another somewhere else
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I could probably take out a car window with it in an emergency
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I know a couple things about the realm of machining but have no claim to the badge
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I see it supposedly does fit a wide range of different ink cartridges but you are in no need to find a replacement for what it comes with
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