G&M Custom Pens - Xiphos: A Review

[FPIndian12]

So there hasn't been any reviews out there, aside from one or two here, of this pen company known as G&M Custom Pens and I must day that they're heavily underrated. I ordered this pen like a week ago and the colour and material I chose was Black Nikko ebonite with TiN (It's like matte gold) trim.

 

They usually make custom pens but they have some in inventory and I was lucky :")
 

So here's the review:

 

Appearance: 7/10

 

I chose the classic black ebonite with gold trims and man it looks beautiful. It is understated, yes but the pen looks huge like other ebonites I used to own. It's as big as a Lamy Safari but it is girthier.

The cap has a pointed finial and it goes down to a smooth cap band. The clip has a decent spring to it and then comes the gold cap band. Theres a smooth transition to barrel and it is like a cigar shaped pen over all with the end finial tad bigger than the one on the cap.

 

The section flares out, providing a decent grip to write.

 

Build: 9/10

 

The build of the pen is superb and the Nikko ebonite doesn't have any kind of pits on it, like most ebonite pens do. The pen has a decent polish.

The only problem I had with the build was that the pen took four and a half turns to uncap but I think it's managable. The pen feels warm to the touch and feels sturdy as hell.

 

Nib: 10/10

 

The nib is a TiN plated Jowo 1.1 mm stub and the nib has been tuned to my tastes and tested before shipping (so gotta clean the pen before inking it)

 

The nib is super smooth and gives neat variation. It gives a lot of flair to my cursive. Overall, I liked the nib and Im thinking of replacing it with an actual gold stub. It's gonna stay inked for a long time.

 

 

Overall: 8.5/10

 

I love this pen and Im hoping to carry it to my college everyday. Noodler's Black Swan suits the stub nibs so good. I had a pretty great experience with G&M Custom Pens and Mr Apurv Kulkarni was quite responsive and I gotta give it to him for putting up with me XD

I was surprised that they aren't as prominent as other pen makers even if they were in the business for like 2 years. The Nikko ebonite is pretty

high quality and it's worth 8.65k INR for sure.

[sgphototn]

Very nice looking pen - classy, understated, and Nikko ebonite. Good review.

[Savit]

Nice pen and good review. Congrats on your new pen!

I do not see Xiphos listed on their website; was it a custom-made new model that was available?

[FPIndian12]

10 hours ago, sgphototn said:

Very nice looking pen - classy, understated, and Nikko ebonite. Good review.

Thanks a lot

[FPIndian12]

Just now, bestillmysoul said:

Nice pen and good review. Congrats on your new pen!

I do not see Xiphos listed on their website; was it a custom-made new model that was available?

Their website is not working. Check their insta.