Your Best Cheap Pen?

[WRITE SHOP ROBERT]

Off the top of my head...Parker 51 in burgundy from an antique shop for under $10

 

And for new pens, my first Lamy that I got for $12 in the early '90s

[rtruslow]

My first modern-day pen since school daze was wicked smooth out of the box, a Dilli with Flexi nib from Fountain Pen Revolution. I thought it was great to write with from the first. Now I have had the good fortune to try out some other extremely smooth pens and realize I was right; that's one fine writer!

Edited January 15, 2014 by rtruslow

[kiavonne]

The Pilot Metropolitan is currently my best inexpensive pen.

[lahlahlaw]

My Airmail Jumbo demonstrator that I paid $5 for brand new. It needed a nib smoothing but thankfully it was within my ability to fix.

[Pelikan Vera]

Lamy safari.

[BookCat]

Kaweco Sport Classic for its smooth nib and small light body.

Baoer 388 again for the great smooth nib and the gorgeousness of the red striped version.

[wastelanded]

I love my Pilot 78G with B (ie. italic) nib. Best $10 I ever spent. My Kaweco Sport is always with me. It looks like it was buried in gravel, but writes like a dream.

Edited January 15, 2014 by wastelanded

[sudowned]

Sheaffer Fineline. Was a big surprise after I bought it. Currently in it's 2nd consecutive week of rotation, a real rarity. But such a pleasure to write with.

 

You aren't kidding. I got a NOS Sheaffer Fineline in blue for $17 shipped on the Bay last year - came in box with the pencil, writes quite well. I just took it out of storage because I needed a beater pen for some funky German inks that gum up my Vacs, and I'm pleasantly surprised at how well it handles.

[jetsam]

My best cheap pen is the No Nonsense italic bought new many years ago and it's turning out to be my best pen, period.

[lurker]

Lamy Safari (m)

[Aurko]

My Sailor High Ace Neo has been my favourite cheap pen. It has an extraordinarily fine nib and is surprisingly smooth for the price (with a little bit of feedback, but assuredly not the bad kind). The pen was sturdy and fairly durable and never skipped.

[Sham69]

Lamy 2000 is probably the one i use the most, follwed by a 580 and v 700

[Pterodactylus]

Lamy 2000 is probably the one i use the most, follwed by a 580 and v 700

But I would not consider these pens as cheap pens.....

[ZaphodBB]

Franklin Covey Freemont - on sale at Staples for $15...it writes like a dream on any paper with any ink! Very frustrating given I've just sent a Pelikan 205 and Platinum 3776 to have their nibs adjusted...

[flyshot]

My Pilot 78G with B nib. It was my first fountain pen.

[NewFPU]

This is my best pen out of the 18 I have: a blue Ohto "Dude". Hex barrel, fine point, it is the most reliable pen I have.

 

Myste

[torstar]

But I would not consider these pens as cheap pens.....

 

 

peasant....

 

(me too, I'd have a quasi-stroke if i thought i'd lost my 2000)

[blindwally]

Jinhao 159 with a juicy broad nib... my Serwex 101 is pretty good, too.

[Sham69]

But I would not consider these pens as cheap pens.....

under 100 dollars is cheap!

[Pterodactylus]

under 100 dollars is cheap!

Ok, personal perception is for each person different.

For me a pen up to 20-25 € is cheap (and you can get very good pens for this money)

 

I doubt you can get a new Lamy 2000 for under 100$