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Originally Posted by Juliette
Most interesting... thank you for the link!
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You are quite welcome Juliette
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Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm
Argh! I had to stop reading that forum, it was causing me to spend too much money!!
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It certainly is a risk when it comes to fountain pens

However China seems to be exporting some very high quality cheap fountain pens at ridiculously low prices (AUD$4 for my last iridium tipped one, including shipping from Hong Kong) - if you can handle not having a brand name, that is. And the disposables are cheap enough, I suppose.
Just hold back from the spending
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Originally Posted by Bob Russell
I went through a fountain pen "phase" in high school. Used all kinds, from actual "quill" pens that were basically a feather, to the pens you dip in the ink bottle, to the lever pen refills, to the cartridge refills that use the ink well, to disposable cartridges. They were rarely nice to write with because they either smeared ink, or leaked, or just scratched on the paper as I wrote. Still, I stuck with many attempts because it was, well, fun.
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I've certainly found it fun

I think one needs repair (age, lack of use and lack of original quality - Conway Stewart one!) but beyond that they're all good.
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Originally Posted by Bob Russell
I'm more practical now, and use disposable pens. I'm like wodin - I keep a lot and scatter them around. I'm absolutely convinced my wife eats them. Come to think of it, she must eat my umbrellas also! 
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I think I got my disposable fountain pen just so I could take one out and about without needing to worry so much about losing it..
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Originally Posted by Bob Russell
Anyway, I've tried expensive pens, gel pens, fountain pens, etc. I really like a nice pen. But in the end, my own personal taste seems to fall toward certain mass produced cheap disposable pens. I'm glad because they are cheap, but I'm disappointed that (in my experience) the more expensive pens only seem to look nicer, not function better. And, in fact, seem to be less consistent in the quality of the refills.
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It's interesting that I have been filling mine from bottle so far and not going to any effort to try and get proper cartridges for them. The plunger (and screw type) seem sufficient (although the Conway Stewart as I pointed out earlier needs work).
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Originally Posted by Bob Russell
Btw, I'm really impressed with those of you that always write with a fountain pen. I couldn't deal with it all the time even if I liked it better. But with all that use, you must certainly have found some nice ones, or you would have given up by now.
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It's certainly about ease of use and less pressure on my hand for me. The pens are generally good (at least the ones I've seen so far).
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Originally Posted by Bob Russell
As an aside, for some reason I really also like those small metal "half-size" pens that fit easily in your pocket or purse, and have a metal cap that goes halfway down the pen. Hard to describe, but the only place I've found them is from my realtor, who was kind enough to give me several!
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Half sized pens, eh? - The only ones I've seen like that are Sharpie permanent pens, the kind that write on metal and glass etc.
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Originally Posted by Bob Russell
Okay, now look what you've done to me... I've gone and signed up for a Joon pens catalog.
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Quite clearly the original poster's fault..