Gravitas - Monster Aluminium | Black

I’d been waiting for this Monster for what felt like at least a year or close. The first day it was available I bought one, but the decision was tough between the silver and the black. I went with the silver.

After getting the silver in broad just four days later, I was so impressed with the nib that I went out of my comfort zone and bought a fine nib unit. It arrived 4 days later and is the best fine nib I have ever written with.

As more and more folks got their Monsters I kept seeing the black and didn’t want to miss out so I had to have it too! I bought the black with a medium nib so now I have fine, medium, and broad. I’m not disappointed at all!

I love how well-tuned the nib was out of the box. This pen's capacity is amazing. I recommend using Pineider Inkwell to get the optimal fill. I loved it so much that I ordered the silver version, too.

Bought a Gravitas Monster. Kept in pen sleeve in padded case. Used carefully. Treated carefully. Filled twice. Noticed ink all over my hand. No obvious problem. When home I emptied the pen and notice a thin crack in the barrel at the "turning knob" end, just before the aluminium. Now unusable. Ink seeping out. Complete waste of money. Complete crap. Either desire flaw, or poor materials or both. Watch out. Will never buy another Gravitas POS, nor from this retailer again.

This pen is everything hoped for, and everything I had heard it would be. With a little bit of luck it will be a go to pen for many years to come. Minimalistic yet beautiful and sleek in its design. I love this nib (medium) as it is smooth and writes like glass. Well worth the price point in my mind and it shipped quickly to boot. It has been in my EVD carry bag since I filled all 7ml up. Long journal sessions are a joy with it as it is not too large for my hand and just feels perfect weight wise. You might get the sense I sort of am gushing a bit. I am. I haven’t found much about this pen so far I don’t like. Hope this helps! Happy writing!!

I recently bought the Gravitas Monster fountain pen Black from Pen Venture, after hearing so many good things about it - and I’m glad I did. The pen looks fantastic and feels solid in hand. All the parts fit perfectly, and you can really sense the quality of the workmanship. The fine nib writes beautifully, smooth and precise. I especially appreciate that the Pen Venture team checked and adjusted the nib before shipping, which made it perfect right out of the box. It also comes in a sturdy case that keeps it safe from damage, and the large ink capacity is a great bonus for longer writing sessions. Overall, the Gravitas Monster is a well-made, reliable pen that’s a joy to use. Great product, great service - highly recommended!

The pen was larger than expected but with good weight and balance. I can get use to the size. Nib out of the box is wet and smooth. If any complain I wish there is a small brass roll stopper at the widest part of the cap and even less turn to uncap.

I've waited a couple of weeks to review from purchase. For context, I've owned the pen for about three weeks, I've written through one super fill, around ~800 words in total. The pen is the black model, with a fine nib.

Overall, the Gravitas Monster is my favorite fountain pen I've owned. The ebonite feed makes the Monster write wetter than the Ultemate Vac Filler, which was my one compliant of that pen. The pen is large, but for my hands, a perfect size. One of the only pens, other than the 149, which I don't have to post to write comfortably. The Monster is perfectly manufactured and well designed, I love the contemporary design, it's unique in a sea of cigar-shaped, plastic pens.

Pen Venture was quick to ship, their shipping notifications numerous and helpful, and I was pleasantly surprised to see a hand-written note of thanks from the PV team. Something no company in my country would ever do.

I saw Emy's review on the website and was impressed. I have several Gravitas fountain pens, but none with an ebonite ink feed. I bought it in black with a broad nib. Emy wrote to me, that he had tested the nib before. The innovative filling system with the large ink capacity blew me away. It writes beautifully, smoothly, and wet – a real pleasure. Emy, thank you and Penventure for the brilliant service and fast delivery. I absolutely recommend it.

This is a wonderfully engineered fountain pen. Great design, excellent filling mechanism and well balanced for its size The ink capacity is incredible and the medium nib is a joy to use. I filled the pen with Birmingham Eucalyptus Stem, and the dark green color looks great through the substantial ink window.
Great value and highly recommend!

クラーケンフィラーと名づけられたこの機構が心をくすぐります。
インク窓とかいう半端な機能ではなく、インクタンクまるまるスケルトン仕様にすることによって、どれくらいのインクが入っているのか丸わかりで、どのように吸入しているのかを堪能することができます。
基本は負圧によって吸い上げるシステムで、これ自体は目新しくはありませんが、インクを入れずに動かしてみるとわかるように弁が2パーツに分かれていて、インクが無くなってきたと思ったら弁を少し動かすことでインクタンクから手軽に補充できるようになっています。
ボタ落ち防止の機構とだけ見るとこれもよくある機能かもしれませんが、これだけのバカでかインクタンクということも相まってロマンを実現した感も強く、何だか吸入しているだけでも楽しくなってしまいます。

吸入機構以外に関しては、安定したグラビタス品質だなという感じです。
スチールニブながら#8サイズの大きなニブは満足感があり、書き味も滑らかで文句なし。
グリップ部（首軸）が滑り止めのためか、細かいストライプ状の凹凸があるのは好みが分かれるところかもしれません（私は嫌いとまでは言いませんが……といった感じ）。
キャップポストは一応出来ますが、意識した造りというわけではなさそうなので、すわりはよくありません。振り回しすぎないようにしましょう。
あとクリップは無く簡単に転がりますので、お気を付けください。

まとめとして、このクラーケンフィラーの為だけでも買う価値はあったなと思いました。
万年筆ユーザーがインク切れをそんなに心配しているか？と言われると、むしろインクが切れたらまた吸入できると喜んでいそうな気もしますが、それはそれとして、ロマンあるバカでかインクタンクは良いものです。
あなたもこの大量吸入で気持ちよくなりましょう。

Absolutely love the Monster from Gravitas. It fills a need for me (large ink capacity for travel + way to seal off ink during flights) while also being an incredible pen.

The only thing I would change is to perhaps smooth out the edges on the cap finial.

Like most, I had been waiting months for the monster to be unleashed… and I could not be happier. Everything about this pen is advertised and it feels purposefully built. Emy tuned the nib and it is instantaneously my favorite driver. Gravitas pens in my opinion are the most well balanced and thoughtfully developed pens out there right now. Thanks Emy and Ben!

this pen is just awesome. big ink capacity, well build, comfortable to hold and write with. Smooth writing... I have all 3 versions and I am very happy. this pen is definetly worth buying. and it is not very expensive so I can recomend to everybody who likes bigger pens.