Graf von Faber-Castell Medium Classic Fountain Pen - Sterling Silver

As stated in the headline, this is a wonderful fountain pen. I love sterling silver pens anyway and this one is well balanced in the hand and a nice weight, despite the fairly slim shape. Some people don't like metal sections (I'm not one of them) but that's really the only possible issue I can think of.The nib is smaller than has become the norm more recently, size 5 rather than size 6, and it writes beautifully. It's slightly soft and wet, very smooth, and a true western medium. The supplied GvFC converter contains a small spring ink agitator to make sure there are no problems with ink flow and always makes me wonder why all pen manufacturers don't include something similar.There's nothing to fault with this pen although some might say a piston filling system should be included at the price being asked. And that brings me to my main reason for putting up this review. If you're interested in buying this pen, try to be patient and monitor price as regularly as possible. It's currently showing as £619 and has been over £700 during the past few months. The price has also dropped as low as £400 during the past 6 months and while that's quite rare the price does drop fairly regularly to about £450.As anyone reading this might not be surprised to see, I recommend the pen highly but I also recommend a certain amount of patience before buying in order to get a true bargain.