Unexpected Favorite Less-Expensive Pen

[requiescat]

(Define "less-expensive" as appropriate to you!)

 

So my accumulation is all over the map, from the Platinum Preppies to the Nakaya that is hiding around the house somewhere (I know, *I know,* it's mortifying and I miss my beauty), but right now the pen I'm enjoying the most is my Reform 1745! It has an ink-window! Its green color is a remarkably good match for the Pilot Iroshizuku Syo-ro I put in it. Which is pretty good for a pen that, until a couple weeks ago, I'd forgotten I still owned.

 

How about y'all?

[ac12]

Also the Reform 1745, although the surface tension problem in the in reservoir is bothersome.

My Chinese Baoer 388 and 801s have been quite happy discoveries. These are my carry-around pens. At less than $4 in bulk, they make GREAT give-aways.

And my dip pens. Not as convenient as a fountain pen, but the writing is oh so nice.

[knappinman]

I'll second the baoer 388's some of the smoothest pens I have, good wet writers, Also very impressed with my Jinhao 165 both in looks and performance 4$ and it writes as good as my 50 dollar pens, same thing with My jinhao 250 No hard starts (i live in a desert) and wet smooth medium nibs.

[watch_art]

Favorite cheap pen? Hmmm. Lamy Safari. Studio...

 

Uhmm... The pilot metropolitan is pretty nice.

[masterguns]

I really like my Jinhao 159, so much so that I now have two. I have large hands, so the weight and girth make them enjoyable.

To be fair, though, I swapped nibs out on them for a 1.1 and 1.5 stub. But again, thats the beauty. Choose your #6 nib and away you go.

[carlos.q]

Lamy Safari, charcoal black, M nib. Very nice!

[Keyless Works]

Geha 790 with M nib for me.

[ethernautrix]

I think I would like the Pilot Metropolitan, but I haven't tried one. I do like my Lamy Joy (EF).

[bsenn]

Wearever Pennants. Seems like there is one in every lot of pens bought at a flea market or on eBay. They clean up reasonably well and work reasonably well, and there are several nib sizes out there.

 

Fun to use and at least 8 or 9 colors available.

 

Brian

[ac12]

 

I think I would like the Pilot Metropolitan, but I haven't tried one. I do like my Lamy Joy (EF).

 

+1 on the joy.

I liked it so much that I got a 2nd one.

#1 with a 1.1 nib

#2 with a XF nib, for normal cursive writing

 

Plus it comes with a converter for about the same price as a Safari w/o a converter. Such a deal.

[mirosc]

Parker Frontier.

Pelikano.

Just great pens.

 

My Reform is a bit scratchy, unfortunately.

[ac12]

 

 

My Reform is a bit scratchy, unfortunately.

 

A little time on a buffing stick/micromesh and the Reform should smoothen out, mine did.

[ZaphodBB]

Lamy Safari, charcoal black, M nib. Very nice!

+1....this is my "go-to" when testing a new ink

[RudyR]

I am in awe of how wonderful the little Pilot Petit 1 that I got on a whim, has performed.

[ehemem]

Right at the moment, a Korean made Pilot Scholar inked up with Noodler's Blue. It has a surprisingly smooth fine nib.

[The Blue Knight]

For me less expensive is a sub £15 pen.

 

My favorite is my Parker Frontier; A cheap pen that doesn't write like a cheap pen.

[XiaoMG]

Pilot 78G. When refinished and the nib set up properly, it's a brilliant little pen with a very good shirt-pocket size and weight. It seals pretty well too, and the ease of swapping nibs and simplicity/speed of cleaning are great. It's not a hefty/substantial pen and doesn't have a squishy gold nib like my more expensive pens, but that's actually a good thing for me.

[de_pen_dent]

Gates City New Dunn and Postal Sr

[Bronze]

Lamy Safari/Al-Star/Nexx M.

[cancoi]

Lang Vista with 1.1 stub

Pelikan Futur (sadly, discontinued)