The kit does look good as long as you don't look too closely. Most people won't, but that's not good enough.
I have no real issues with the design, except that it gets a little too clever with the silver-gold-silver, gold-silver-gold, etc... This one should have a gold nib, but that regal green goes better with a lot of silver and just a little gold, so I put the nib from the "gold" kit on it.
The plating is very thick, which normally would be a plus, but it's so shoddy it looks like it was dipped or something. Also, there were some tiny burrs on the centerband, and I didn't see them until after the pen was assembled. I only noticed because you can see light between it and the gold ring above it. That's a big no-no. I'm not sure what I could have done about it even if I had noticed in time. Trying to scrape the burrs off might had damaged the plating where you could see it.
Also, I love that clip, but the shoddy plating just ruins it.
I should make mention of any good things, and the twist mechanism seems to be a very good one.
Sim, good point. This kit does seem made more for acrylics than wood.
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