Started with the metropolitan myself, and it's definitely a good pen. I do want to add though that over time and after a few drops the snap-on cap of my pen fit less snug, and eventually the pen started dropping out of the cap and into my shirt when I had it clipped to my collar. So once that cap gets loose maybe be careful about what shirts you wear it on. That said, even after lawn-darting into the carpet nib first, my metro still writes great and I keep it around as a non-clip pen.