Pilot Metropolitan Retro Pop - Gray Houndstooth

This is the Gray Houndstooth colorway from Pilot Metropolitan's "Retro Pop" collection. It's a silver-gray Pilot Metro fountain pen with a houndstooth pattern on the section-end of the body. This colorway always makes me think of a "Dark Academia" setting: a rainy, misty day, where you're inside a warm old university library or by the roaring fire of an Irish country pub.

The Pilot Metropolitan is both a great entrypoint into fountain pens, or a lovely step up from something cheaper like the Platinum Preppy or Pilot Kakuno. Its all-metal painted brass body looks stylish and upscale, and its painted brass construction feels solid and elegant in the hand.

The Pilot Metro Retro Pop Collection fountain pens look amazing, and you'll find them to be real conversation starters in the libraries, coffee shops, and classrooms you take them into.