Elegante Fountain Pen - Black/Blue/Red

Pros: Comfortable to hold while writing. Good-looking design. Affordable price. Suitable for school and college use. Cons: In a new pen, the ink flow may be light at first. It can take some time for the nib to become smooth. Writing may not be very dark if the ink flow is low. Overall Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆ (4/5) My Opinion: The Camlin Elgata ink pen is a good budget fountain pen for students. After a few days of regular use and filling it with good-quality ink, the writing usually becomes smoother and darker. If your pen is new, keep using it for a few days and make sure it is filled properly with ink. Short Review: "The Camlin Elgata ink pen is comfortable and affordable. The writing may be light at first, but it becomes smoother with regular use. A good pen for everyday writing." ✍️

Amazing pen i love it.

No complaints to inform. Good nib and splendid writing. After all japanese tech at work. Must go for it. Thin writing, at the very start, uniform thicknesses and smooth all the way! Please provide choice of colour options, what about maroon and blue/ green color? Selling only black!

Start of anything is always memorable and a sweet experience, same is felt when the pen was delivered but bit dissapointed and worried seeing the bad packing. Though the product was in fine condition when delivered. The feeder was bit disoriented but got well positoned after a little adjustment. The pen looks great, feels great in hand and writes smothly. It is not scratchy at all while writing. It says fine nib but it is certainly not fine, feels more like medium. The overall writing experience is good and it is a nice pen to start your penmanship journey and certainly a long way to go after this pen because one tries and require many more pens as he move forward in this path. It is a good start.

Nice product. Value for money

They say the devil is in the details, and that is more true when it comes to fountain pens. The writing instrument arrived in secure and clean packaging. As a creative person, I find the mismatched metal finishes of the Nib and the cap a bit jarring, but the comfortable grip makes up for it. No issues with ink leaks so far, but flow gets scratchy as the syringe is about to empty. Also, while this is wayyyyy better than the fountain pens of our childhood in terms of the refill mechanism, be prepared to spill your fingers all the same and have an old rag and newspaper handy to wipe off and receive any accidental drops of ink. It’s a good piece to try your hand at a fountain pen after being out of practice for decades (as I have been). You’ll know when you try a cheaper version where this one stands vis a vis writing experience. I use a fountain pen for rapid note-taking and not just signatures, etc. so this is a great addition to ensure my handwriting is legible (it’s true! FPs do improve the way you write) when I have to refer back. Go for it, but be prepared to graduate to a better brand in the next 2-3 months even at the same price point.

Few points I have been reading about this pen which I would like to answer. (Compared with two other pens- Parker Vector and Luxor V5) 1. Grip Read in couple of reviews regarding the thick grip and the "curve" at the grip which makes it awkward to hold. Honestly, have not felt so at all. The grip is pretty medium, larger than Parker Vector and comparable to the Luxor V5. It wont create any problems holding it. I am an average 5'10 and people of same build, hand and finger size wont be any problem. Also on Parker Vector the metal body starts to feel slippery due to metal, small grip and feels tiresome after writing couple of pages. Been nice to hold the Elegante and feel firm in hand, it makes one feel like holding a pen with substance :) . 2. Nib and feeder: It says Fine on the nib and it is comparable to the Luxor V5 0.5 and Parker Fine nib. Few claim it is 0.7 / medium kinds. Its all about the pressure on puts when writing it. I just touch the nib on paper and rest the pen does, so would say- it is Fine. It is way too smoooooother and fluent than Parker which felt a bit rough. Parker Fine nibs give a feedback making it bit of a dragging experience. However on Elegante the nib just flows and slides over the paper. It is not only the nib but also the feeder which ensures the nib slides. The feeder ensures that there is even flow of ink through out the writing experience. The writing it leaves is slightly wet and not dry, personally i prefer that over the dry and dragging. This ensures that one gets to write about 6 pages i.e 12 sides without a refill. 3. Plastic construction and feel in hand: The cap is made of brass(as they say). The cap has a "matte" finish, not a glossy one. The clip and top is glossy. Gives a fair enough good contrast to add some "looks" to it when taking it out of the pocket :D . The pen itself- very much plastic. If I try to weigh both the cap and pen separately, roughly they feel of same weight, it is that light weight ( just a feel factor how I felt). However this does not mean it is a cheap construction. It has fallen from 2 floors down and did not crack anywhere, so would say its good strong plastic. It makes one feel pretty solid holding it. The size if compared to other two is larger. It rests pretty well in between my thumb and index finger(which parker does not, Luxor does) , hence never needed to put the clip on the rear. Without the clip it is very much balanced (Parker and Luxor both feel well balanced without the cap placed on top) , with clip Elegante and Parker feel a bit -top heavy. 4. Ink filling: Personally always been a fan of eyedroppers(good old school days) , however this comes with the standard piston filling( as seen in the photo by Hari). When I immersed the nib in the pen and pulled the piston it just filled half. Had to dip the whole nib till the grip when it got filled. In parker just dipping the top nib was sufficient. For Luxor pulling the whole top part out and then refuel it seemed very tedious. Some other reviews I read people have tried removing the piston converter and used it as eyedropper!!! Few said it worked , few said it leaked. Need to substantiate it. Not sure and hence wont try this out to spoil such a nice piece. If anyone has tried would love to hear your experience. 5. Writing after 3 weeks: For Luxor, it works immediately! Even after 6 months it worked like magic. For Parker bit of dipping, or couple of splashing out and it starts. For Elegante it did not start immediately. From school days used to have an Airmail (unfortunately misplaced it when i shifted) it used to work like a beauty even after 3 weeks. Elegante on this aspect did not fair so well. However, how many of us are not going to use their Pen for 3 weeks, always something to write, sign or pen down :) . It worked fairly after a break of one week. 6. Colour: Personally the "looks" of a pen hardly matter to me. Its the balance in hand and the nib which are the real heart and soul. We pay crazy on high class pens just for the looks. For few people this matters more- individual choice and nothing against it. Parker gives a good classy look, Luxor makes one feel more of a student than a person with authority or executive. Elegante would be a mix of both and middle of both. Neither a college going look nor an Executive look. On looks it does fair enough justice- The cap and two metal rings is all that makes it stand apart. Would have loved if they would have made more colours than Maroon, Black and Blue. Nonetheless these colours are the royal colours and pretty good than what Reynolds have- bright designs which are more for school going kids to attract them. This does enough for me. 7. Spare Nibs and feeder: Not sure if there are spare nibs available online. I am at a location which is 100s of km away from any civilization in a jungle or a desert and only way is to order online (thankfully speed post delivers faster than couriers :lticaptd: ) . After using this nib, I would personally not place any other nib. I am pretty happy about it. (always good habit to have spare nibs, dont know when one drops it and needs to change). 8. Recommended for: Its a must for student. At this price range where one is still studying and not earning, this sounds a good buy, though not the best as Luxor beats this is VFM. Parker, would never recommend it for students. If someone wants to carry it for exams- carry 2 atleast, all due to the limited piston converter capacity. Luxor- would be best. If you are an executive sitting in a board of meetings where you want to make a statement by what you carry then there are many other alternatives. This is fair on looks and pleasure for writing :) :) :) . 9. Value for Money: For a standard person like me or a student, Luxor beats Elegante and Parker. However for a fountain pen- This is an excellent VFM :) Well, this sums up my experience after using it. Anyone has anything more to add to this or share their side we all would love to hear it

Totally fake pen 😡😡😡

Inexpensive eyedropper fountain pen for long writing sessions. Very smooth and well made pen with good flow of Ink. I am using it as an eyedropper without applying any silicon grease. Nib size-5.5# Sturdy snap on metal cap. Pen Size-Medium. Pen Length Capped-145 mm. Pen Length Posted-147 mm. Weight-19 gram/0.67oz.

Mi ha veramente stupito, ne sono entusiasta. Ho acquistato la versione con pennino fine, scrive veramente bene, scorre liscia e senza attriti, una meraviglia. Tra l'altro sto usando normalissima carta da fotocopie/stampante, nemmeno della migliore, e questa penna è quella che se con i migliori risultati. Non posso fare a meno di consigliarla.

Penna apprezzabile da tanti punti di vista: robustezza, impugnabilità; riprende i modelli degli anni '50/'60. Il pennino (misura unica) è un fine. Peccato che quando la penna è chiusa, il fusto gira nel cappuccio; questo è solo un problema di gradimento personale, ma forse, con alcuni inchiostri, può provocare il disseccamento del pennino e le conseguenti false partenze. L'ho usata con il Waterman Serenity e questo problema si è presentato molto marginalmente.

Stilografica straordinaria dal design classico e un'anima esotica, priva di false partenze o salti di tratto, dal pennino scorrevole, ottima per ogni tipo di utilizzo. Consigliata 👍

penna leggera, cappuccio metallico con contro-cappuccio per tutta la lunghezza. fusto in resina con tipico odore di penna indiana. pennino docile con giusto senso di attrito specie su carte da combattimento, tratto F “allargato” per effetto di un alimentatore prodigo. partita subito, riparte sempre. fermaglio poverello. unica pecca vera: il dente di tenuta tra fusto e cappuccio è minimo con concreta possibilità di apertura accidentale. per il prezzo pagato è molto oltre le aspettative.