BASTION® Luxury Bolt Action Pen, Durable Professional Ballpoint Pen with Fine Tip, EDC Pen Ink Refillable Pen - 100% Stainless Steel

Treated myself to the pure stainless pen/pencil set after getting a bit of a fever for pens again after buying a couple of F-701s recently. I initially saw this and ignored it thinking it was just another gimmicky Amazon pen, but my gosh I was fully reproved when I unboxed them. The boxes have the same Applesque design as OLights or TWSBI fountain pens, with a high definition image of the pen on a sleeve and a black magnetic closure box. Just as satisfying to unbox as a fountain pen. The pen and pencil themselves are gorgeous, gleaming, smooth, solid, heavy, pure stainless steel barrels; finely machined with careful attention to detail and seamlessly finished with mirror polish clips and bolt levers with strong, tactile operation. They are the writing utensil embodiment of steel with a satisfyingly notable heft. Normally with fountain pens you just let the natural weight of your hand press the nib. With ballpoints you have to press a bit, but the weight of these combined with the smooth, willing flow of the ink cartridge makes it very nice to write with. The pencil uses a German 0.7mm Schmidt Feinminen System insert that screws into the head, which just makes it that much more mechanically intriguing, like any high-end mechanical pencil. If you prefer 0.5mm, you can buy one quite cheap from Amazon. The girth and length of the standard pen is comparable to a typical sharpie or the length and weight of 2 1/2 aa batteries. I imagine the slim version may be more comparable to the F-701. Bastion has done an exceptional job on these writing tools and their craftsmen obviously take pride in their work.

I'm an avid pen collector. I've tried tons of different kinds of pens (including home made ones) looking for the one special pen that I would love enough to be an EDC pen. I'm sooo happy to say that my search is over! First of all, it's BEAUTIFUL! The perfect design for literally every situation. I use mine for EDC and in an office setting and it's perfect. Second, it's built like a TANK! it's durable enough that I'm okay just tossing it in my pocket, and not worried if it's going to get crushed or bend if I try sitting or bending too quickly. Also, the fact that it's a little bigger and thicker makes it easier to retrieve out of my pocket. It doesn't sink to the bottom like smaller pens do. The weight of it is also surprising to me! I was expecting it to be made with cheap materials, but this was REALLY all metal. giving it a very nice weight. More comfortable to use than the average pen for people with larger hands. thirdly, the insert of it! I almost didn't buy it because I was worried a few people said that Parker inserts didn't fit very well into it. I was originally gonna try and find a parker insert that fit as soon as I got it, but after using the BASTION insert, I was very impressed. In my opinion, I think it might even work better than parker. No dead spots, very smooth on all papers, except for sticky notes, the enemy of ALL my pens. lol. I'll be buying a pack of BASTION refills once this one dies on me. Only time will tell if those work just as well as my original. I know they usually don't, but I'm excited to find out. The only thing I kind of wish is that it was just a LITTLE bit longer... but other than that, it's really a pleasure to write with. Should this pen ever fail me, I will absolutely be buying another!

Top Quality in it's Price Point Bastion is an appropriate brand name for a product that clings to a last-man-standing level of quality while keeping the price realistic. I purchased the stainless steel bolt action Bastion in black. The matte black finish is smooth and satisfying and surprisingly easy to grip. The bolt action is very close to perfectly precise; it's responsive to what feels like an appropriate amount of pressure, and the spring resists perfectly so that you feel like you are doing something significant. The bolt action is not loose at all, doesn't click clack around in the engaged or disengaged positions. The two bolts on the pocket clip are low-profile, clean looking, and precisely applied with no nicks or scratches that appear on other pens at this price point from sloppy machining. The native ink cartridge was not my favorite. The lines were a little too light and the tip a little too broad for my taste, but it wrote smoothly and it was easy for me to find a replacement that fit my taste (Ohto extra fine quick dry gel). The machining was virtually flawless. In other words, the bolt action and the seams are so smooth that I could not visually or tactilely perceive any imperfections. The tip fits on and off as if it were a solid single piece of heavy duty metal. The tip feels nice and heavy and lines up with an almost imperceptible seam that is free of any nicks or tell-tale flaws and gives the impression that you are assembling something like a bullet precise instrument. Now let's talk about the weight, the density, and the diameter of the Bastion. These were the factors that I thought would throw me off it's scent. The weight is significant: 2.8oz. It's hard to imagine what that will feel like in your hand, but for comparison, I like to use Pentel Energels, Tuls, Zebra G-402s, and Uni-balls, and I can hold all 4 of those pens in my hand and it still doesn't equal the weight of this one Bastion torpedo. This stainless steel beast is heavy like a rifle barrel. And it's significantly more girthy than most pens as well. I thought these features would cause my hand to tire more quickly and cause my grip to work harder to maintain fine motor control. This simply did not turn out to be the case, despite my worries. The Bastion feels like a machine. And the weight of that machine actually helps do some of the work for you. It rests in my hand at the right angle and the weight exerts pressure on the tip for me so that I don't have to press or push. I compare it to the traction control I get in heavier steel-body cars as opposed to lighter frame powerful engine cars. This Bastion Stainless Steel Black pen seems to reduce my writing fatigue and enhance my writing experience adding significance to my lines and satisfying tactile feedback to my grip. When I write with the Bastion it feels like I'm using a finely engineered machine to help do some of the work for me. Of course they offer lighter pen bodies, like the Titanium ones which I intend to try, but this dense stainless steel bullet of a pen feels good in my hand and gets lots of attention from my peers and coworkers as well. I purchased my Bastion from the Amazon store, didn't get all the swag with it, but still got an impressive pen at the most competitive price in it's category. I own Graftons and Quills and Crosses and Parkers, but this Bastion pen, which is in the same price range of $35 to $50, outperforms all of those pens and feels as if it is in a whole other premium quality tier without having to charge the premium quality price.

Beautifully weighted and quality build, bettered my expectations

A handy item for anyone interested in using a pen for more than just grocery lists.

As an EDC enthusiast for over a decade. It’s worth it.

ツイスト式よりノック式のボールペンが好きで、使用していますが、ノック式はワイシャツのポケットに入れていると、知らない内にノックされている状態になり、ワイシャツのポケット内を汚す事が何度かありました。 ボルトアクションのボールペンは、その心配がないので、色々と購入しましたが、本商品は金額が高いだけあって、造りはシッカリしています。ボルト部分の耐久性は心配ですが、長く使いたいです。

Stylo original ! Son poids surprend mais il offre une excellente prise en main. La cartouche d’encre n’offre pas une écriture fluide. J’ai mis à la place une cartouche gel de Parker, bien meilleure en terme de qualité d’écriture.