It's here! TWSBI 530 Diamond review

Time for a super quick review. (I'll take some photos and upload them soon, promise!)

Mine arrived today and is fitted with a medium nib. The nib is a steel nib, and is (to my mind) as good as the nibs on my Lamy Al-Stars or Safaris.

Some people on Fountain Pen Network have even swapped it's nib succesfully for the nib from a Pelikan M400. Apparently this turns this pen into a pen "as good as" a FAR FAR more expensive pen. And apparently you can even fit a vintage #5 nib if you wanted to.

Size wise, it's more or less identical in size to my Pelikan Souverän M800, but much lighter in the hand as it does not have the brass internals of the M800.

It has a lovely "faceted" shape to the body of the pen, making the ink in the fill chamber sparkle like a jewel in daylight (especially if you have it filled with a nice bright ink!).

Feels really nice in the hand too when writing, unless you post the cap on the end of the pen at which point it becomes a bit too top heavy for my liking.