Gravitas Special Ed from Kyuseido - Kakari FS Machine Blue

Incredibly smooth.

I have a relatively small collection of fountain pens and had finally decided to get one with a gold nib. No matter how many different pens I looked at, I found myself coming back to this one time and time again. So I decided to go ahead and get myself a Kakari. The one word that really ties everything together is smooth. From the finish to the threads and filling system to the absolutely wonderful nib, it's even better than I had hoped for. I opted for the Medium nib and it is a pleasure to write with. This is also my first Gravitas pen, and it's every bit as amazing as I had expected from all of the reviews I had seen. Thank you to everyone at Gravitas and Pen Venture for such a wonderful writing instrument.

Wonderful nib on Kakari

I find the most wondrous things about the matte blue is the exceptionally smooth, and also wet nib that I asked Emy to tune. The F nib writes like an excellent medium nib - just the way I like. The matte blue finish is lovely, and the excellent construction and "feel" to the pen are terrific. But to me what makes this pen more exceptional than the Monster pens (which I also have), plus the Titan, is the lovely nib. I wish Emy and Ben would offer this nib on some of their other pens, even if a number 6 rather than an 8 on the Monster (and Titan pens).

Tuned to Perfection

To keep it short - any high end pen I plan to get in the future I’ll look here first because the nib tuning/ check before shipment is the best I’ve experienced.