Abstract: The invention relates to a fountain pen of the kind requiring an ink refill, and comprising a body with a writing head at one end thereof and defining an opening at its other end, a loading clip adapted to accommodate the ink refill and to be introduced into the body via its open end, and means for closing said open end.Such a kind of fountain pen has the advantage that, because there is no separation line along the body to remove and replace the ink refill, the body of the pen can be made of a non-circular shape if required.The invention is characterised in that the loading clip comprises a base plate defining an aperture in which a front, sealed end of the ink refill can be inserted, two strips each connected at one end to the base plate and extending substantially parallel for accommodating and holding the refill between them, and a connecting element which connects the other ends of the said strips.