I recently went on a quest to find a reasonably priced fountain pen. I've always enjoyed writing with a fountain pen although I've moved away from them for day-to-day writing. Still, I enjoy the smooth feel and very dark line when writing with a fountain pen so I decided to buy a new fountain pen and some ink cartridges. Before, when I decided to buy a new fountain pen there were a number of good fountain pens in the less than $20 range readily available from my local office supply stores and some department stores.
Unfortunately, now it seems that the day of the reasonably priced fountain pen has passed. I did come across some pens in my search but they cost more than $20, with some costing more than $100. Although there are a number of reasonably priced fountain pens available on-line, I prefer to be able to actually see the pen before I buy it.
I guess I'll have to settle for a good non-retractable rollerball pen. Fortunately, there are a large number of those type of pens available, along with some great smooth-writing gel-ink pens.
(I guess this is very off-topic from the previous post
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