Author: Mark H

Review Title: Great Design

This is one of the first pens that I bought. It goes everywhere with me. A fine nib that can be scratchy in other pens was smooth in this pen right out of the box. The weight and balance has been well researched and is a pleasure to write with even when posted. I thought the color might wear off but, it will not. I have carried this pen a LOT and other than a few scratches that I put on it, the finish is still great. I would definately buy another.

Author: Raheel Patel

Review Title: Diplomat Aero Orange

Got the Diplomat Aero with a Broad 14ct Nib and Having inked it immediately I was glad that I had bought it. The Nib is absolutely amazing and a must buy.

Author: Enzo Fattori

This pen is very nice looking one, at the beginning didn't work so well (very dry and scratchy) i used a Pelikan Edelstein Mandarin ink, i flush the pen, i put the normal Lamy blue ink and was a fantastic change, right now write smooth like many video reviews told and is a pleasure write with this pen.
The design and the color are great, very hard finish, not so heavy and very nice to hold. The nib after this little "wash" and change of ink was very smooth, not Pelikan M200 smooth, but very close. No flex, rigid and big nib.

Author: LeeK

A fabulous pen! I inked the pen right away with the Diplomat Royal Blue ink that I purchased at the same time, and find it hard to stop writing, cap the pen, and put it aside. It is that nice.
This is my sixth Diplomat fountain pen and the first Aero. I have been holding out for an Aero until the orange comes along. I wanted a color that is unique enough to do justice to the unique shape of the pen, and the orange had far exceeded my expectations. The color is hard to describe, nowhere as shiny (in a good way) as my Parker Duofold Big Red, my Montblanc Rouge Et Noir, or Graf von Faber Castell Intuition terracota. The coating is a darker orange whose color changes with the lighting (but does not reflect). The picture on the web site must have been taken under good light, and shows a lighter orange. On my desk, under filtered light, it is more of a darker orange which I think is better, more classy. The two tone (dark grey at the clip, the tip and the section, orange for the rest) match well. In short, I couldn't say enough about how nice the colors and their combination look. Most of you read this will know about the unique shape, so I will skip that. Still, there are two things stood out: first, this is a metallic pen that feels incredibly light so it delivers a good balance of being durable while light; second, the section, despite being metallic, is very easy to grab. No slip, and I don't get tired in long writing sessions.

The one I ordered came with a 14K nib. This is my second Diplomat with 14K nib, and this one writes better than the other 14K nib (an Excellence A). All my Diplomat steel nibs write equally smooth as their gold nibs, but the gold nib is softer and more pleasant to write with (totally subjective). For its price, the Aero Orange is hard to beat among German pens with god nib. Fabulous pen, great pen, I can't be happier.