DominusTecum
Familiar Face
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- Kansas, USA
Hello all,
I don't have much money to spend, (ie: no more than $85 or so) and I'd like to get as much fountain pen as I can for my buck. That's pretty obvious. Now, comes the tricky part. My handwriting is ...let's just call it a sloppier, cramped impersonation of Spencerian. When I use a very fine-writing pen, it looks elegant. On the other hand, most fountain pens I've tried (never good ones, cheap, sub $30 @ Staples types) write much too wide, and my writing looks horrid. The Waterman Phileas is, I know, highly recommended as a good-quality, entry-level fountain pen. However, A) it's getting darned near impossible to find the fine point version, and B) I've heard that said "fine" point is really more of a medium point anyway, the medium of the same pen being fairly wide.
So, in essence, I want to pick your brains, since you all know this "field" much better than I do. What's a good, sub-$85, readily-attainable fountain pen with a very fine nib? It can be either vintage or new, I have no preference, really, because both have their ups and downs.
I don't have much money to spend, (ie: no more than $85 or so) and I'd like to get as much fountain pen as I can for my buck. That's pretty obvious. Now, comes the tricky part. My handwriting is ...let's just call it a sloppier, cramped impersonation of Spencerian. When I use a very fine-writing pen, it looks elegant. On the other hand, most fountain pens I've tried (never good ones, cheap, sub $30 @ Staples types) write much too wide, and my writing looks horrid. The Waterman Phileas is, I know, highly recommended as a good-quality, entry-level fountain pen. However, A) it's getting darned near impossible to find the fine point version, and B) I've heard that said "fine" point is really more of a medium point anyway, the medium of the same pen being fairly wide.
So, in essence, I want to pick your brains, since you all know this "field" much better than I do. What's a good, sub-$85, readily-attainable fountain pen with a very fine nib? It can be either vintage or new, I have no preference, really, because both have their ups and downs.