The Parker 5th Pen: The Full Nick Shabazz Review

The Parker 5th is a very odd duck, a porous-tip pen which is shaped kind of like a fountain pen. Although it is slightly easier to use and more durable than a fountain pen, it doesn't have any of the advantages of the fountain pen, and doesn't particularly have any advantages of its own, beyond maybe passing for a fountain pen from across the room. So, there's no real reason to buy this, and if you buy a pen of nearly any other type which isn't pretending, you'll end up with a better writing tool.