Herbin J Refillable Rollerball Pen

I’m a fountain pen person, but needed a good rollerball for when I’m handing a patient a pen or when I’m in a gorilla grip mood on a pen. Love it! All my pens now are truly refillable, which I love for the planet! It’s a broad writer considering what I used to where with but I do enjoy it, probably a M/B point. I have had patients who stop writing with it to complement, but I wish it was a F point, personally. Not scratchy for sure! Pulls straight lines and doesn’t skip when it has adequate ink, though it will when it starts to get low, but thanks to the clear barrel you can tell that is why. It is certainly a posted pen, meaning you want to put the cap on the end for the full length pen, otherwise it might be uncomfortable, but as I am someone who posts their pens it is not a bother for me.I did buy the converter and I wish Herbin had a better designed one as it has a very small reservoir, one I can definitely use in a day or some days half a day depending on how busy I am, so I might look for a better designed one, for the larger reservoir, or I refill midday. There is a full size pen available for this reason I believe

I have mixed feelings about this pen. On one hand, it does what it says. Easily refillable, writes well, takes fountain pen ink etc. The color and style is what you expect. In the hand though, it feels very cheap. It does not feel like it will last a very long time unless it lives its life in a drawer unused. While it writes well, the line it produces is not very fine. I would consider it more of a medium with no way to adjust or order a finer tip. While this was a decent way to check out a different style of pen from the typical fountain pens and ballpoints, its definitely a case of getting what you pay for. Maybe even a bit overpriced.

To buyers & manufacturers- great idea : these many new liquid ink rollerballs- and this one is Very nice to use To be able to write smoothly w/o scratchy cheap fountain pens w a smooth rollerball—- a dream But a better rollerball than this is neededHope they refine- The pleasure of using an ‘inexpensive liquid ink rollerball’ is spoiled by the overall costs of this productIt was easy to hold & ink flowed well w good script - in short - was great!- However it needs work - esp in overall cost / ie., refillsUsing this pen for a year exceeds use of a moderately priced fountain pens w or w/o refill needsSo - using this innovation -costs more than it should & isn’t worth it YetYes those tiny refills- &/or ink/w piston- are French & charming- but cost too much overall & make this pen just a pen fiends penBL Co, needs larger refills or cheaper piston/ink for an eco- friendly,pen w an advantageThe fact that it writes so well imight seem worth extra money but not 2-3x more given cost of ink to use pen -Right now 3 months of refills or ink would equal that of a new penThat’s not your idea is it?

I have 2 J. Herbin Rollerball pens, one is Medium point and this is supposed to be Fine point. I specifically ordered Fine point because that is my preferred width, but with the 2 pens I have, there’s virtually no difference on how they write.I have sample writing on both the nicer Rhodia paper and a generic Pen+Gear paper.Also, the pen pen is too short and must be posted when being used (unless you have small hands)

This is perfect for a purse or pocket. The nib is EF and writes fine without skipping or scratching.

This is the second time I have purchased the pen, the first time it stopped writing. So, I decided to give it another shot, this one is scratchy and leaves gaps when writing. I do not want to give up on this totally, I will contact the sellers to see if they can replace it with a different one. If the third one fails, then pretty much I will be done with this product.

A real liquid ink cartridge rollerball pen... what can I say other than awesome. I wanted the fountain pen ink feel without really having to use a fountain pen and this is it. Smooth writing and easy to use. This has a fine nib, which is perfect for when I need to draw some diagrams along with notes. I highly recommend this to anyone who's looking for the real ink feel, but don't want the trouble of a fountain pen.

This nib is incredibly scratchy and the ink comes out poorly. I have tried multiple inks, fixing the nib, cleaning the pen, but it just is never going to work. I like the shape and the clear barrel though!