FYI, the pen I’m talking about is the fountain pen/rollerball combo (and this one’s in copper, or what they call brown <meh>).

Firstly, if you’re not familiar with these (and I wasn’t until this afternoon, when the USPS carrier dropped the amazon package on my stoop), it’s an all-metal, machined “tactical” pen, with both a German iridium-tipped medium point nib and a metal rollerball section. Pen comes with two ink cartridges (both of which fit inside the barrel, so you’ve got a spare built-in), and a schmidt international standard rollerball refill. Quality overall (built in Taiwan) is very good, fit and finish very nice. Nib needed a little adjustment out of the box, but after that, it’s smooth and flow is good, even with cartridges. Will check to see which of my converters will work, but since it fits two cartridges, any standard international converter should work just fine.

Now for the best parts… Since I’m an XF/EF guy, I checked the nib first, and it’s a standard #6 nib, so I can get a replacement for a few bucks in any width I want. It’s pressure fit, so just pull it and the feed out (always put finger on top of the nib, thumb on bottom of the feed, never squeeze from the sides of the nib), replace with a goulet, noodlers or monteverde #6 nib in your choice of widths, carefully reinstall. Done.

Rollerball WILL ACCEPT a Pilot G2 refill – WooHoo! Just remove the colour plug from the end of the pilot refill, insert with the rollerball section, and you’re good to go.

I’m happy. Ordering my XF nib from goulet…