Welcome Frenchie.
They (penning instruments) can become addictive once you graduate out of kindergarten. You'll discover friends, you never knew existed, on the end of handout queues.
Sorry, but it's just this idiots perception about "slimlines"... I rate them somewhere on par with sideways pictures {bet you though you left that behind with the old, but good, LJ formast).
I'll reserve further penultimate comments till you eventually graduate to better (classier/expensiver) pens... hope you do... at least cigars.
PS. Thought the banding accents is a novel touch for novice pilot slimlines. Would have expected them in the 2nd. or 3rd. batches.
If your first cut is too short... Take the second cut from the longer end... LBD