![[Italix Parsons Essential.jpg]] Green & GT, broad italic nib, CAD 50, Massdrop, May 2019. 140mm capped; 160mm posted. The pen is quite heavy with a very conventional form factor. 1.5-2 turns to uncap. It posts, but that makes it too back-heavy for me. Fortunately, it's long enough that I don't need to post it. It's of average girth and though the section is slick, its flair prevents my fingers from sliding onto the nib. So far, it's quite smooth. The line is so thick, however, that I'll likely only use it to sign documents. Still, I've never had a broad italic nib, so this will be an interesting experiment. If I leave it for more than a day, it dries out to the point where I have to twist the converter a bit to force ink into the nib. Also, the feed is slow, perhaps because it's a broad nib that puts so much ink on the page. The result is, when I sign my name, which has several long (10ish cm long) strokes, it skips and runs dry. Also, because I like to write small, it's just too broad for me. I should have gone for no more than a medium italic but I wanted to maximize the line variation to see what that was like. Quite frankly, I enjoy using it because my handwriting looks more interesting to me. But I can only put about 1/2 as many words on a page as I can with a fine nib, and I find that wasteful of paper. It's a good pen, solid and functional, but the nib is too dry for its width. Grade: B.