I’d wanted it and had my eye on it for a long time, since Noodler’s pens, much like their inks, are often a bit of a lottery. But I took the plunge — and I wasn’t wrong. I have several fussy inks that clog a standard pen in literally a week, and if the pen can’t be disassembled, you might as well throw it away. With the Safety Pen, a smooth start is always guaranteed. It takes a bit longer to prep for writing, and you do need to be careful, but the ability to use anything from India ink to Noodler’s finicky yet gorgeous colors makes it all worth it. Given that using indelible ink is a necessity for me, this pen turned out to be extremely useful.

It writes pretty well, too, with a bit of line variation — typical for semi-flex nibs of this kind.

I imagine the Noodler's Safety Pen is a very divisive pen. You are either going to love it or you're going to hate it. I wouldn't imagine too many fall in between. Lucky for me, I love it. It is a bit of a learning curve, (don't be intimidated, I learned it in about three minutes). Once you have the basics down it is very easy to eyedropper or syringe fill. You can use just about any ink you can imagine in it without fear of damaging the pen. What I really like about it the most though is it is completely different from any other fountain pen that I own and it is fun to tinker with... for those of us that like to tinker with things. I'm very happy with this purchase.

I had been searching for a safety pen for a while and wasn’t super enthused about the options for them on the vintage market, so when I found this model by Noodler’s I was very surprised. The make of this pen is actually very impressive for the price, and the weight of the pen is what really attracted me. I’ve found that ebonite pens, while being quite heard-wearing, can also be awfully lightweight, which I dislike. I’m not the biggest fan of pens that feel as though they might break or crack if I toss them around or use them too harshly. The use of ebonite to begin with was extremely interesting to me as most pen makers nowadays stick with cheap plastics, or charge an extortionate amount for products that are “historically accurate”. As for the nib, I have had no issues whatsoever with the flexing and the writing abilities. While the nib isn’t as smooth as my 14k Waterman nibs, I have not experienced any inconsistencies or railroading. I was able to use the pen right out of the box and it worked perfectly. The service offered by Goulet was also amazing, and the shipping was very fast. I live in Canada so I was concerned with the risk of tariff charges, but I received none upon the arrival of this pen. I would absolutely recommend this pen to those looking for a safety style.

This pen is fun. The ebonite feels really good in hand and it writes well. This pen will absolutely not accidentally leak. It will, however, intentionally leak, for example when you extract the nib, so be very careful to not overfill it and to open it gently and carefully. I just spilled a drop of Whaleman's Sepia on my fingers while clumsily opening it on the couch. Don't do that. Open this pen with respect. :) All in all, I really like this pen, although it's a sort of niche item and not an every day carry.

It writes but the nib is underwhelming. I do not find it flexible at all.

Exceptional. The feel of the smaller #2 sized flex nib is a bit stiff but it's fineness of traits and dynamism is really fun. I recommend it to any who are ready to work with its quirks. Warning: I gave it 5 stars with the understanding that it is a Boston safety pen, it's different, so be ready.

The pen wrote very well right out of the box, and it looks very classy in black ebonite. Very happy with it!

Broke immediately. This isn't goulet pens fault they gave me a refund immediately. All blame to be put on noodlers and their poor manufacturing.

I really wanted to like this pen, but I don't. It's the most difficult pen to use and refill. Every time I try to fill it, I get ink all over my hands. When I withdraw the nib into the pen, there's ink on the newly exposed pen case. I've read the instructions, watched the video, washed the pen and tried to do it all over again. When I do get the ink in, and try to get going, the nib is dry and it won't write without shaking. I've had many, many fountain pens since the 1950s. All easy to use and refill. This one will go in the drawer, never to be used I'm sorry to say.

I bought this pen because Waterman has not made areproduction of their Safety Pen. I wish someone would made a copy of Waterman's Safety pen in modern plastic like Conklin did with their Crescent pen.

Before, I even touched this Work-of-Art by Noodler's, I watched Nathan's video three times. The ebonite is so cool, it is so different from other fountain pens, this stood out. I was going to buy the new Benu which is gorgeous, but, something just told me I have to own this. Maybe a day after, they were All Sold Out. I am So Glad I went with instinct. I love to tinker and this fulfills that void... It writes Very nicely, I am currently using the ink Moon Dust, which looks great. However, I want to get a glossy blacker than black ink to fill this reservoir.

A couple of years ago I bought a Montblanc 1912 safety pen. It works very well of course. The ambitious Noodlers Safety Pen works equally well. But look at the price. Montblanc $700 . Noodlers $ 61 . The safety pen as a definite breed that attracts some and infuriate others. If you like to use permanent inks encaustem, iron gall and especially Noodlers 1776 permanent inks use a safety pen. They, the safety, work admirals with any and every Ink commercially available in the world today. Hey they're fun! They're useful! You can scratch your fountain pen itch every day! They involve the writer in the manual features of the craft of paper, ink, pen pursuits. Put it to use. You create a relationship that you know the pen and the pen pays the debt back.

I have to keep retracting the nib, cap, flip upside down, and restart within a half page of writing.Also, the cap tightens as you **** it, and then suddenly loosens up, and I have to restart the re-tightening again.

when I first received the pen the packaging was awesome with a signed 'thank you' note, sticker, and candy. When i got through the outer packaging and opened up the noodlers box, the pen looked great but once i extended out the nib there were two problems. the first was that the tines of the nib were splayed apart very wide but i figured i could just heat set it based on videos from goulet pens. the second was that the feed was UGLY. the receiving hole for the cap rod (device to save the nib if you forget to retract it before capping) was cut right into the fins of the feed akwardly and assemetrically leaving a little dangly bit on one side, and what i beleive to be the air channel, the line on the opposite side of the feed, was very uncentered compared to were the ink channel is on the other side. i watched a video on nathan tardiff's youtube channel where he shows that you can dissasemble the pen by hand but it was put together very very tight and i had to search around and verify that the nib and feed were friction fit. once i was confident it could be taken out by pulling, i wrapped it in paper towel and did get it out. i repositioned the nib and feed untill it looked better, re-inserted, and the tines were a bit better but after heat setting with water it was fixed right up. it worked ok for the next week but railroaded with any pressure. today i uncapped it and extended out the nib, and the feed from the base of the 'receiving hole' just fell right off and it's ruined. i went back to nathan tardiffs youtube channel that i had found when i was having trouble with dissasembly and i found he had an entire video about replacing the feed by drilling and cutting and macguivering another pen's feed so i know this must be an inherant design flaw. The only reason it's not a zero review is that the pen looks great and feels great in the hand. i plan to try to fix it with a third party nib and feed because i am still very excited about the prospect of using india ink in the pen and having flex...

Love this pen so much I've been just non stop buying pens looking for the right one until I found this. This pen made all my other pens obsolete granted I only use fountain pens for art after looking for dip pen alternatives it doesn't flex al wide as a dip pen but the fact I can use any ink ink it and after tinker for quite some time I get some pretty decent flex rather easily it is my number one pen now and I take it everywhere and am now a noodlers fan boy I guess

Nathan has done it again! An affordable sketch pen with lots of history and character. Great for in the field sketching and drawing in my journal.

This pen is great. The nib has a grip to the paper and has a good amount of flex. It is heavy toward the back, but I don't mind it. The safety feature has not failed me yet, and I doubt that it will. It is a long pen, and it posts nicely. The body feels nice and durable.

I bought this pen from a different vendor since at the time it was out of stock at Goulet Pens and seemed to be out of stock just about everywhere. My pen is the new design with metal rod. The pen performed well 'right out of the box', but problems soon appeared. The pen can no longer be disassembled (contrary to Nathan Tardif's philosophy). The video illustrating the disassembly is for the old model. It's now difficult (almost impossible) to flush out old ink so changing inks is an issue. I use pigmented inks for drawing and sketching and thought this pen would serve me well, but it's disappointing. Others who have purchased this pen may have better luck with it. The premise is good and welcome.

This Boston Safety Pen is so interesting! Its Ebonite body has the warm feel I love (like the Neponsit) and the nib is smooth, but it must stay on my desk where I can use it easily. I dare not use it as a daily carry, since when open I could tip it over and pour out the ink. I live being able to use inks that could damage a more convention pen.

FaboulousThe nib has nice spring to it for comfortable writing. I can't believe this pen is do affordable. If you operate this properly, this pen is so useful, unique.(Always put tip up, wait 20 sec, open tip up, via slide down the bottom of the pen.)you can keep this pen safely at any angle in your bags, and nothing bad will happen -Security of carry and great writing are yours. It will never dry out, problem beautiful inks -no problem- the ink will not dry in the tip under proper operation. I label packages for mailing with one, nice readable print. Its fun, once you get the hang of it - watch the video on it.A modern pen like no other.

First of all. Not for the new to pens, beginner, bought this as my first. Now, not saying that everyone new is going to do what I did and wear the ink for several weeks, but... Just beware.Overall its a great pen. Solid feeling, not chinsey at all. The nib is soft and flexible as stated and does allow for some alternation of the line width. Ive had no problems with seals (other than my own user failiures). My only beef to this pen is the assembly time. Rather than just removing and posting a cap, unscrewing-posting-raising nib-ensuring seal? It is time consuming and in a rush (why rush in the first place) it can cause a fumble or two (hence why im wearing the ink and not writing with it). Otherwise, I have nothing but love for this pen. Its a joy to write with, smooth, have not had any of the classic problems with regards to flow. If you think you like it, buy it, its well worth it.

Thanks for the military discount! Love your videos, makes it easy to decide, great selection, easy web page to navigate. ThanksSean

Great experience.Achance to own a piece of history- new and functional. This is excellent pen for drawing and work. It arrived in really cold weather 5 degrees and was outside in the mail box all day. I cleaned it, inked it up with Polar Brown both wrote well immediately. Next day i walked to work with it in my paper case in -6 F-No drips spills wrote immediately at the office!I appreciate the design and execution Nathan did in bringing us this pen!Love from Montana!

Takes some practice to fill to the correct level. Nib is meh, so replaced with FPR flex nib #5 and it works like a charm. Ideal for artists interested in adding watercolor or wash to their drawings.

Nice writing pen overall. May not be best pen for short writing sessions, as excess ink on threads above nib are often wet upon preparing pen for use. Only concern I have with the pen is I received it with an improperly machined clip.

Bought two as my first fountain pens. So far, great! No leaks, got fine lines without fiddling with the nib, and I didn't get any ink on my pants. Been doing more journaling in the past three days than any prior time in my life. When I buy more ink, I'll probably get another one of these.Saw Nathan Tardif's video about his pen and got hooked on the idea of something that wouldn't leak in my pocket and also would take any ink (he puts diluted glue through it in the video). The instructions say it can't handle petroleum-based writing fluids, but being a newbie, I don't know of any. In any case, it seems like one less thing to worry about. I'd like to try pigment inks someday... I immediately disassembled both and washed them with dish soap. Disassembly was easier after the pen was wet, oddly enough. Something something grippy wet ebonite? Just the oils getting washed off my fingers? Both had some grease on the o-rings, and I intend to reapply that when I get my hands on some silicon (didn't think about that when I bought them - too excited). Apparently silicon is really good for hard rubber/ebonite longevity anyway, so that'll be going on all the threads too. Even without it, the pens took Noodler's Antietam and Air Corps Blue Black without leaking. I also overlooked an eyedropper, so I used a couple plastic straws instead - you dip the straw in the ink bottle, close the top hole with your finger, stick the inked end into the hole in the pen that appears when you retract the nib, and take your finger off the top of the straw to let it all out. Just like Dad used to do with his Coke in restaurants. So many wet napkins... This was messy, but paper towels on top of the bubble wrap from the generous Goulet packaging caught everything and kept my table clean. The ink faded off my fingers at the end of the following day. I haven't tried heat-setting the nibs, but I haven't needed to. Both pens flow generously on my 80gsm paper, and using no pressure at all gave me very fine lines with both inks. I got the shading I hoped for! I've been forcing ball points into spiral-bound notebook paper all my life, so gliding over the page took some getting used to. For the first half hour, my heavy hand was giving me bold lines and made my small print almost illegible. Feeling how scratchy the backside of the nib was gave me more respect for how to keep it from digging into the page. Writing on typical printer paper was almost more enjoyable. I'm too new to know the difference, I guess. Looking for anything to write about, I did some rough math to pacify my wife (I had just spent over $100 on pens...). If I were to buy disposable pens for the rest of my life, I'd go high-end and get the Pilot G2. Silky smooth. Those refills come out to roughly $1 per pen, or free if you work in my office, but my wife doesn't need to know that. Let's overestimate that there's 1 mL of ink in each refill. How many refills equals a 90 mL Noodler's ink bottle? About 90 refills. About $90. How much is a Noodler's ink bottle? About $13. That leaves about $77 leftover in pen money JUST TO BREAK EVEN. ON ONE BOTTLE OF INK. With a $55 dollar pen, I'm already saving 20 bucks! If the pen lasts forever, every bottle after that is savings, baby. (Gee, a bottle of ink costs less than 20 bucks.) AmIwrite? And the pretty pretty colors! My wife rolled her eyes at all my blue-black ink. And I thought she liked blue. As long as she doesn't Google refilling a Pilot G2 with fountain pen ink. If you consider the International Standard Short Cartridge, you can do the math with a volume of 0.7 mL and almost justify one of those swanky Opus 88 pens. But this way, I've got a pen for each color. I made a small penknife scratch on the top of one of the caps to help me keep track of which pen has what ink.