I just got the Noodler's Ahab Flex Nib Fountain Pen in my mailbox. I unboxed the pen, filled the converter with some nice ink (Pilot Iroshizuku).And now I've used it for about a week.I have used MANY fountain pens--from cheap Sheaffers to Pilot Metro's to Lamy Safari's to Osmiroids w/ copperplate nibs to a $200 Namiki Falcon with a flexible nib.The Noodler pen is OK. But it screams cheap (and at today's prices, I guess $25 is cheap, but not as cheap as a $5.00 Pilot V disposable fountain pen). From the plastic body to the light clip to the fairly stiff steel nib, which, BTW, does NOT really flex (at least not without a LOT of pressure)--it's cheap. A couple of reviewers mentioned an odd smell. It's true, the plastic has an odd, sweet (slightly unpleasant) smell. But you can smell it only if you hold it up to your nose to sniff. The smell also stays on your hand for a little while after you use the pen.I was hoping for a flexible nib pen to use daily so that I would not have to carry my Namiki around and risk losing it.This isn't it.I've read how I can get a more flexible nib and/or make other modifications on the pen, and I've seen people do some work-arounds on YouTube. But this pen is called a "Flex Nib Fountain Pen." I see that users have purchased non-Noodler nibs to get a truly flexible nib and end up replacing the Noodler nib, but doing that sort of defeats the whole purpose of buying a Noodler FLEX nib pen. Why doesn't Noodler just supply users with a truly flexible nib? Especially since the non-Noodler nibs seem to cost only about $3 dollars or less. If the pen cost me $5 or even $10 more but came with a truly flexible nib, I'd be much happier.Strange.