Beautiful gift to my mother in law for her birthday. She journals often and it's a gorgeous pen. Considering the brand, I love the imagery of the logo of Cross with their lion. I also trust the quality of the pen as I personally own a variety from Japan and am impressed with them all. I purchased this ballpoint pen around $50, where my other Japanese fountain pens are around $100. I found the value of it great & the rose gold hardware/detail unique. My MIL loves rarity as well, so this uncommon and yet very feminine- beautiful pen, was, as a gift to her, as close to perfect as I could get! Read more