I bought three of these pens: fine point black, medium point black, medium point silver.First about the pens weight and appearance. The weight is comfortable, very well balanced and the area where you grab the pen (from the silver divider to the nib) has a comfortable gel like surface - preventing slippage for all models.You also receive both a small box of cartridges along with an ink well converter, which was a nice bonus.The fine point can skip from time to time - but for those using a fountain pen for the first time - it might be the best way to go since writing wise it is closest to a roller ball pen.The medium point I personally prefer because it smoothes the handwriting out a bit, however you have to adjust your writing to allow for the additional ink.I purchased the blank fine point pen and wound up giving it to my 11yr old son - who loves it and uses it in school.The black medium point pen I purchased for myself and use at work. When I thought I might have lost my black one - I was distraught enough to by a replacement one in the silver color. Fortunately I found my black one - but enjoy these pens so much I decided to keep the silver one as well.None of them have ever leaked and they only stopped writing when strangely enough I had run out of ink. There is no window to see the level of the ink in the pen unless you unscrew it.Overall this is a great value for a fountain pen without having to spend a few hundred dollars or settling for a