To use the pencil part, push the metal clip part down toward the tip. :)

What can i say? Jetstream does have the smoothest ink. My husband makes fun of me for being a "pen nerd" but shut his mouth when he picked up this pen off my desk to use. I get the most compliments on this pen out of all the pens in my collection. One can pick up Jetstreams at local US stores but never in a multi-style like this one!

This is the best multipen I own. It writes very smoothly, the colors are saturated, the black is black (not gray) and it's hefty enough to give good control for neat writing. I have tried many others, like Zebra Sarasa, Pilots of all kinds, Bic's, Platinums, and Cross, but for smoothness of writing, none come close.

Overall I am very happy with this pen. I am a big fan of the uni jetstream line. There are a couple of things I would like to see improved on this pen and they would be 1) the pencil click could be more sturdy. I find that sometimes i have to click more than once to get the pencil to come out. Additionally the pencil holder at the bottom doesn't hold the lead as tight as I like. Maybe I write hard but my lead breaks off a lot. 2) I would make the thread on the bottom piece stronger so that the top part doesn't screw off during writing. This happens every so often and it is annoying but because I love the pen so much, I deal with it.

this is a great pen. it is actually much heavier than i thought which is great. the pens write nicely, the pencil works just fine, and everything is perfectly in order. what i like most about this pen is that though it has five different things inside it, it is not thick, fat, and uncomfortable.

i would recommend this to anyone looking for a great multi pen.