Pelikan Stola III Fountain Pens Reviews

I love my new Stola from Pelikan. It's a nice everyday pen that feels comfortable and writes smooth lines.

Worked right out of the box. Used the supplied cartridge and away we went. No real problems with it.

I like this pen for everyday. The feel and color of ink reminds me of my childhood fountain pens

At first a bit disappointed in the Stola III. Overall, this entry level Pelikan is quite attractive and professional looking. Fit and finish are excellent, with clean, well meshed threads, a nicely smooth silver finish, a bit of weight, and a secure snap cap. If you have large hands, the pen may feel too small as the cap doesn't post. My problem initially was the pen's performance. It would not write at all until after two complete flushes, then still hesitated, skipped, and lay down irregular amounts of ink. The pen improved after loading a different ink and 3-4 days of trying it repeatedly. It finally writes respectably--not scratchy, fairly smooth (though not "gliding"), neither very wet nor dry. Now that performance has improved, I feel the Stola would make an attractive, relatively inexpensive EDC. However, especially at the manufacturer's recommended price point, there are several other pens that in my opinion give a better experience.

Very good

I have a habit of eating lunch and coffee breaks at work with Sudoku puzzles when I have more than one pen to try I use a different one every day. These puzzles are on very poor quality paper and I have to be careful not to print through on the next page any hesitation with marking the paper shows all the way through to the third page. An interesting trick I learned is to turn the pen upside down and reduce the flow that way it works surprisingly well. my go to every day pen for years has been a Pilot Knight (I think no linger available) The Stola 111 is better in that it does not dry up when left sitting for a few minutes.
Durring my high school days 1960s I took shorthand and the pen favored was an Esterbrook stenographers pen I think it was a number 5335 the nib was very flexible and you could control the weight of the line. For an example A light vertical line was the sound t and a heavy line was d below the line they became p and b so all my pens get the test and Stolla passed it.

Being a lefty, this pen (medium nib) drags more than I feel it should. If you're willing to change writing styles, over or under, it'll do fine.

It writes smooth but the lines are thicker than I expected

Not the best Pelikan pen but good for the price.

I like the style and I love fountain pens, this was worth the price I payed on sale and again I had to add blue ink. Pen Chalet please ask what color ink to include.

Thank you Pen Chalet!