I am a late-comer to Esterbrook since I did not realize that most of them are only sold for a limited time. After googling for the maraschino in EF nib, I found that Iguana still had one. Having been burned several times with fake items and chinese sellers, I did my best to find out what sort of a company they are, before I dared to purchase the pen. And they do tell the truth. They are located in Europe!
Sweden ignores when packages are sent federal express, so sadly, the pen sat at a sorting facility 30 km away from me for over 5 days, so Iguana might as well just ship regular mail in Europe!
As for the pen, it is beautiful in colour. I wish I could have afforded the oversized version, because it is a little bit too slim for my liking. And sadly the EF nib writes like an M, which is a disappointment. But the ink flows well which is a plus. I just wish that an EF would really be an EF. Way too many companies are selling M nibs marked as EF and it is disastrous for people like me, who writes very small, since there are no nib smiths about who can grind the nibs down. This is not a reflection on Iguana though, but the Chinese makers of this pen. They could have taken the nibs from Japan, who knows what an EF nib should be like.
