on saleTWSBI Precision Fountain Pen

This fountain pen was unexpectedly spectacular. I have been using it with irushizuku yama budo ink. It is totally fantastic!

I’m giving it five stars because TWSBI customer service has always been exceptional with responses and making things right. I’ve had this pen for a few years and it has been a daily workhorse for me. As with a few other reviewers, my pen also snapped at the clear window just above the feed. TWSBI immediately responded when I emailed about repairs and sent me a new barrel. I covered the cost of shipping - $8 (which I did not mind), and I received a replacement barrel very quickly.
The little rubber gaskets on the finial eventually stretched and became worn with posting the cap. TWSBI sent me a small supply of replacement gaskets. The new gaskets made it difficult to post, but a very, very tiny dab of silicone grease rubbed into the gaskets allowed the cap to slide on and off with ease.

I use a fine nib in this pen and it writes like a dream for me. I get numerous compliments on the pen and I personally love the look of it. I hope they find a way to rectify the breakage issue. It’s a great pen.

I purchased my Twsbi Precision in November 2021 and it's been my daily work pen for taking notes in meetings, writing in a journal to unwind, and penning cards to friends. I've always capped it and it's never rolled off a table (due to it's faceted barrel); when it comes with me to work or on a trip it's in a padded backpack in a pen loop, so I was rather confused to uncap it at my office last week and the nip unit and part of the barrel to fall off and the ink to drain onto my desk. I looked through reviews here to see if this is common and it appears Bradley F had the same issue recently. I've contacted Twsbi to inquire about the repair cost and process. I think the value is still high as the filling mechanism works great, the pen is thoughtfully designed, and it has a professional look without being formal. Ink capacity is excellent and the pen starts instantly--I've capped it tightly and put it in a drawer and two weeks later it will start up right away. However, the quality issue of the plastic barrel breaking at an area that cannot be user-repaired is a big problem. I'm also critical of the use of the two rubber gaskets to secure the cap for posting and the gasket that seals up the cap to the body (they feel like they need replacement or can get chewed up while posting and capping). If the Precision had a more durable barrel (not sure how this one isn't as their all-resin demonstrators are quite robust) and there was a way around the rubber rings I think it'd be a solid 4 to 4.5 star pen.

I love this pen. When I use it, I use it every day for weeks at a time. Usually with high frequency, but with little writing (maybe about 50-100 words a day on average). This pen holds ink extraordinarily well. I'll sometimes slack on my journaling for months and months at a time, and it never seems to dry out. I can't remember a single time it didn't start for me, but if it occurred it would have taken no more than a single dip in a vial of water. It also just holds so much ink, I hardly ever have to refill it. The piston filling mechanism is nice, and it's nice to know I can take the pen apart and rebuild it pretty easily for any cleaning. It writes beautifully. I have a fine nib on it, and I believe it writes thicker than the Lamy Logo I used to use. I was pleasantly surprised I liked the weight and thickness of the pen, being I'd only ever used small pens. This was meant to be an upgrade from the Logo, as the plastic near the top of the Logo stripped it's metal paint and the cap started to fall apart on me. The Precision can definitely get scratched, but it's well beyond the quality of the Logo. The issue is that I've used this pen for two years, and I've had to get the barrel replaced from TWSBI twice now (Appreciation to Goulet for informing me that TWSBI would likely rectify the issue for me!). The acrylic ink window has cracked in the same way twice, at the end closest to the top (back) of the pen. The crack will start at one end, and begin leaking, then it doesn't take much afterwards for the pen to completely snap in half. I don't think I hold the pen particularly harshly, or write with it with a heavy hand. I am aware that I do hold my pen somewhat oddly, but I don't believe in such a way to put much significant pressure on that part of the pen. The first time I just opened it up one day to find it leaking, and the second time it broke as I was writing in my journal. I was hoping this would be a good, durable pen to last me a very very long time, but it's needed major replacements every year. TWSBI has made it right, with $9 payments for shipping a new barrel each time, but the fact is that I can't really trust the quality anymore. If TWSBI stops selling it, I'm afraid it will eventually break and be irreparable... something I was trying to avoid with the purchase of this pen. It doesn't really matter how maintainable other parts of the pen is if the body will just snap on you at any time.For the record, I keep a diluted Noodler's El Lawrence ink in it most of the time for the beautiful golden-tan like color you can get out of it. I saw another review in here containing the same issue, and they kept Noodler's Baystate blue in their pen. One can never say for sure it has to do with the ink, but I may move to keeping a new, non-noodlers ink in this next barrel when I get it and see how it goes.

I will be honest and say that I am brand new to using fountain pens, but I can say with honestly that ever since I have got this pen that it has been the best pen I have ever wrote with. It has enough resistance when writing to know that you are writing while also being smooth enough to glide across the paper. The piston filling mechanism is very simple which is great for me, a beginner at using fountain pens. And overall the pen is pretty much exactly what other more professional reviewers have said it is. If your worried about buying it I would recommend to do what I did and look at look at other reviews on here and to also simply search up some reviews on Google and YouTube! Overall a great pen, I am happy to have bought it.