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MarlonPro, if you're ever in the market for a new or replacement fountain pen, check out the Lamy Safari[1].

I own and have used many much more expensive pens, but Lamy Safari (fine nib) is still my favourite.

It's not quite the cost advantage, but a 20$ lamy pen and a 12$ bottle of ink will last you a long, long time.

For an everday pen, I use a Lamy Safari fountain pen[0] with an extra-fine nib.

I bought a Lamy thinking it would be something different than normal ink pens to write in - but it wasn't.

I bought a couple of nice ones (Sailor), but a $35 Lamy is perfect.

To start with, I'd recommend buying one of the cheaper Lamy Safari pens with a Fine nib, a plunger (not refills) and some Noodlers black ink.

I use a Lamy Al-Star with a fine nib fitted.

$30 will get you a pen like a Lamy (a nice solid aluminium pen), or maybe your lucky enough to have a Parker.

@RokStdy I have the Lamy Al-Star Black Special Edition filled with Noodler's Black Bulletproof ink!

Pro Tip: Get a cheap Lamy Safari fountain pen + notebooks with decent paper (Clairefontaine/Rhodia is great; Moleskine not that good) -- writing feels natural again even after all the digital pads and keyboards available.

Here are a few affordable pens: - Lamy Safari/Vista - Kaweco Sport - Pilot Metropolitan - Parker Vector - Tesco's if you can find them; $0.5 but write fairly well The interesting part about fountain pens is customization: you can choose between different nib widths, type of paper and quality of ink.

"Can a lefty safely use a modern fountain pen?" The Lamy Safari is pretty Social Democratic.

"The Lamy Safari is pretty Social Democratic." Beautiful, man.

You have to use their pen and their paper… I like my Field Notes and Lamy.

Lamy, a subsidiary of Wolters Kluwer is the leading company.