Ray fountain pen (left-handed, incl. Royal Blue Standard Ink Cartridge

This is my first fountain pen so my review here may be limited in value. The pen is a M+ ... not M. So, the ink comes out thicker and heavier than what you may expect. I'm fine with it. My penmanship is crude, and the wider flow of ink forces me to slow down a bit. The ink seems to flow very easily. It doesn't feel like a geyser or anything, but I have been avoiding overlapping strokes to keep the ink from leaking through my papers. I also have to learn to press more gently. The pen is thick and heavy. This suits me. I don't think I would be ready for a thin and light pen. One word of caution. The pen comes with the empty cartridge installed and the cartridge with ink is in the barrel. When I swapped cartridges to start writing, I think I inserted the spare empty cartridge upside down in the barrel. It was firmly stuck in there and was a pain to remove. I think the cartridges need to be installed so the tops of them touch. That makes sense. You don't want a full spare cartridge pointing downward. A leak from the exit of the cartridge would have the ink pour downward toward your hand.

This Schneider Ray has an excellent medium nib and writes like a much more expensive pen. It takes a standard ink converter (I use a Pelikan), or standard international ink cartridges. I fill mine with Noodler's Bad Belted Kingfisher ink, using the converter, which works very well. I prefer the Schneider Ray much more than other fountain pens in the same price range, such as Lamy, because there has never been a problem with ink flow. The lines are wet and crisp and the writing is very smooth. Currently this is my favorite everyday pen, which I use for journaling and signatures. It's not fancy, but it feels good in the hand, and the proof is on the paper with the graceful, clean, full medium lines. Highly recommended.

Love the feel of this pen. It does squeak quite a bit on page, so it's not the best sounding pen I've got, but the barrel size is awesome. Perfect for those who enjoy a larger pen.

I like how this pen writes. My only complaint is that the blue erasable ink cartridge it comes with does not show up on the page! When I received the pen the cartridge had exploded in the pen (I live in cold climate) and I had to rinse the pen out. I ordered new black ink cartridges. I would like to have other cartridge options but will see if an insert works. In sum, I Like this Pen!

Nice quality!

The Schneider Ray is not your typical round pen, it has a little bit of shape to it. It fits well in the hand and has somewhat of a rubbery like feel to the section that grips well. This pen would fit in well as a "student" pen for the newer/younger users/students.

I have found the Schneider Ray to be an excellent writing pen. It is currently part of my note taking setup.

Didn't receive a LH nib, but the barcodes matched. Probably a mistake on Amazon's end with their ordering. Either way my coworker got a free pen I did receive a Large nib Right Hand pen however. Writing was okay and it's clear that Schneider doesn't really know how to make a nib that at least *works* for left handed users (think ambidextrous nibs that are made for right handers but a left hander can use to approximately 90% efficiency) My handwriting is horrible right handed, but the pen was clearly better for right handers. So the pen works, it was probably just a mistake on procurement or the guy/gal that puts barcodes on products. Mistakes happen to be as fair as possible. The Large nib is great to learn fountain pens, but can cause too much flow of ink. For instance, if you have "dry" paper that soaks ink, it's a blotchy mess, but if you have fairly decent printer paper then you can at least read what you're writing. Ink quality is decent for beginners. On one hand it can be labeled as "too watery" and on the other it's the best ink to ever grace earth's presence. To me it's a good quality with a not so good cartridge. Pen is comfortable to hold and has a minute detent to keep the cap in one of two positions when covering the nib (pocket clip facing the nib, or facing the feed), speaking of pocket clips... I don't like it. It's too minimalistic in the sense that it doesn't work properly. Give me a slight swoop instead of having to pull the clip to put into my shirt pocket All in all, it's a good pen.

This amazing and unjustly underrated FP is a Kaweco and Lamy Killer By far, the best writing instrument of this (entry) level, that is in my collection Its +M (almost "B") nib is smooth and writes like a dream Highly recommended BRAVO Schneider!

Una delle migliori stilografiche economiche. Esteticamente molto piacevole. Ergonomica, consente una scrittura molto piacevole. Il tratto è medio. Scorrevolezza ottima. Per un uso quotidiano è assolutamente consigliata

This is a beautiful, well balanced pen with a very ergonomic grip suited to seniors. Ink flow is smooth. Very satisfied

Stylo un peu lourd. Qualité très moyenne (fuit sur les mains au bout de 6mois). A éviter.

やや太字という以外無問題。インクの出も良好。書きやすい。