Noodler's Ahab vs Pilot Custom 823

The smell of this pen is horrible, it made me think something was wrong my my noodlers ink, nope. Its the weird plastic in this pen, i tried washing it off the pen - it helped but not nearly enough. Noodlers really needs to stop using whatever they are using in that plastic. bleh

I Think a lot of people consider it to be a workhorse pen. We've even seen celebrities like Neil Gaiman are fans of using this pen on a regular basis ...

Overall kind of poor quality build. Buy this for the nib, not the rest of the pen. It smells really bad and kind of turns me off entirely.

I also have the Custom 74 which is also a fantastic pen in its own right. I have developed a lot of respect for Pilot and realize that their pens are every bit as good as many of the pricier brands. This is my opinion but after reading many many reviews, other seem to agree. The quality of construction is superb