Great starter bundle for anyone. Fine might be tight for some people and how they write, but as I use this pen for Japanese it is perfect. Plus the paper is a great size to just throw in any backpack and the cartridges run you awhile. Highly recommend.

Nice value

This is my first fountain pen. This bundle was recommended by staff as a starter set. It is great for every day use. Excellent deal!

It was all good! I especially like the notebook.

Great gift idea.

Got this as farewell gift for an employee who loved it!

The Pilot Metropolitan was my favorite starter fountain pen, unfortunately its getting to the point where the pens almost out of my the price range these days; This bundle does help make it a tad bit more affordable

This starter pen set is amazing

This was a well put together starter kit. It had a nice reliable pen, good ink and paper. It made a great gift. It also had nice value.

This is a great starter kit that had everything I needed to get started writing with fountain pens. It is a steal of a deal.

Excellent

I’m new to the fountain pen world. This set perfectly let me try paper tans the metropolitan (which is often recommended for beginners). The paper is such a lovely surprise. Smooth and shows the ink well. The pen writes like a dream. I have a few others now (jinhao, lamy, platinum) and this is a welcome addition. Feels so precise on paper. Loving it.

Great "starter pack"

Very happy, looking forward to to diving deeper.

Bought this for a gift exchange and everyone loved it!!! Perfect gift!!

The items arrived quickly, and the packaging was excellent. The fountain pen starter kits were gift s for two young people. They were surprised and very excited when they opened them. I'm glad that I could introduce them to the world of fountain pens. Thank you very much.

My experience with purchasing and using this starter kit was very enjoyable. This was a perfect introduction to using fountain pens. The pilot pen included had a balanced feel in my hand. It wrote well and did not leak. Overall, I was very satisfied with the experience of using this starter kit.

It is a GREAT PACKAGE for someone who is interested in improving their penmanship! Nice paper and a reasonably priced fountain pen.

Great set to get started!

Loved it! I grew up using pens with ink cartridges when they came out and this brought back sweet memories of those days. Love the feel of the pen and the ease of using it. Just feels elegant!

This is a nice set. The pen flows well and the ink lasts a decent amount of time for me.

I'd wanted to try a Pilot Metropolitan for quite a while. When I saw this set, it was too good to pass up! Very pleased with my purchase, the cartridges are great, couldn't be simpler to get started quickly. Thank you, to the Goulet Pen Folks!

it was a gift to my grandson. The pen is elegant.

I'm loving this pen and this Rhodia pad. The plentiful supply of cartridges also makes this a really easy and accessible entry into fountain pens.

The value of this starter set is ridiculous. I've only used the pen and cartridges so far, as I want to use the notebook to test out different inks (signing up for the newsletter and getting the free sample inks along with this order is a great idea. You'll need to get a converter, but I think that's no big deal). The pen is great, the cartridges are easy to use, and I'm hooked on fountain pens now.

It was a gift to a family member and they loved it

I bought this package set because I'm brand new to fountain pens. I've never used a fountain pen to write anything before. I had no idea what to expect before my pen and paper arrived. And now that they have, I'm really pleased. I'm really enjoying writing with the Pilot metropolitan on my Rhodia notebook. In fact, I'm enjoying it so much that I can't help but wonder how other fountain pens could be any better. Based purely on my newbie experience, the Pilot metropolitan writes really well and is easy to use. I'm loving it and wondering how things improve from here. This purchase has only stoked my curiosity and has got me wanting to buy more! I think I'm starting to understand people's obsession with fountain pens.

I'm relatively new to fountain pens, so I decided to get this set for myself to try it out and acclimate to fountain pens before getting a nicer one as a gift. Definitely a good choice. The Pilot is a wonderful starter pen; I like the weight of it in my hand, the way the cap snaps on, and the overall classy look of it. My one quibble is that I tend to grip pens pretty high up and I sometimes get ink stains on my fingers if I'm not careful, but that's more on me. The dot pad is a nice inclusion; so far it's mostly filled with space-filling curves and test notes, but I like having it to test out ideas! I want to get into bullet journaling in the future, so having a dot pad I can write on without committing to a really nice notebook is a plus.Would definitely recommend for newcomers. Helps you get your feet wet before fully jumping in.

For my nephew's birthday I sent him this set. He said he would never have thought to get a fountain pen for himself, but that he will now! He loves the set! It's the perfect first time pen set. Great work all day pen, wonderful ink and the pad of paper is just delightful!

I still have a fountain pen from the University of Minnesota book store (yes, I'm old!) For Christmas, I received a blank journal entitled "My Grandmother's Life", and I decided not just any pen would do when filling it out for the grandchildren. The Pilot Metropolitan was just the ticket, and it's working beautifully. Nothing like a fountain pen!

Awesome! I'm 78 yrs old and I remember the old scratchy, runny ink-on-fingers fountain pen. That was about 50 years ago. I write, draw and paint in my journals and while browsing the internet I noticed many artists using fountain pens to draw so finally decided to try again. I love the feel of my new metropolitan pen on paper and on my drawings. A fountain pen doesn't have to be pricey to be enjoyable. I would suggest offering permanent ink cartridges in the package. Also the addition of the Rhodia dot pad was a welcome surprise. It's so much easier practicing all types of lettering on a dot pad.

Got it for my boyfriend as a birthday gift. He loves how fancy it feels to write with a fountain pen in comparison to the other pens he has used. I own a Lamy Al star and comparing the pen just from a few uses it's a smidge heavier to write with, however it is not an issue. The ink that comes along in the set dries quickly enough for a lefty like my bf to use. Was not expecting a converter for the pen to be included, but it was a nice surprise. The note pad is lovely. It has good quality paper and in the note pad style it is nice for making a quick list or for random notes throughout the day. The bf definitely used a page or two to just try out the pen and doodle. Even with an ink splotch on the page there wasn't any bleeding.

As one would expect from my purchase, I remain quite new to the world of nibs and bottled ink; This was a nice introduction and the cartridges are nice as something to try out before diving into converters and pistons. I haven't used the pad much as it's a bit small for notes or scratch work, but the test writing on it was good. My one complaint is that the Pilot Metropolitan would almost certainly benefit from some greasing of the threads; I find that it is often quite difficult to remove the barrel even when I was gentle in twisting it on before replacing the last cartridge. There's just some level of give that lends the pen to tightening itself a bit too much.