I remember using a V5 for a couple years, I think in the early 1990s, as a cheap alternative to a fountain pen. That was when gel pens were still rather stiff a

I remember using a V5 for a couple years, I think in the early 1990s, as a cheap alternative to a fountain pen. That was when gel pens were still rather stiff and globby, not much better than ballpoints. I'm completely a gel user now.