Your Best Cheap Pen?

[ticoun]

i got a blue Schneider Voice for christmas, and despite having an untipped steel nib it's really smooth and the flow is very nice. it'll make a nice loaner pen.

[Freddy]

 

 

Fred

Cheers & Beers

[rcmirani]

There are a lot of good ones, but my favorite is the Sheaffer No Nonsense. Although new ones are available, the old ones with a screw top are excellent and can be found for around $10.

 

Dave

 

I too have an Sheaffer no nonsense in maroon color. Writes well, and Astounding value.

[alexzxz]

Jinhao 250

Between $2-$3

Btween it, the preppy, and Hero 616, it wins in smoothness hands down. With just enough feedback to be effective.

 

 

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[cobaltace]

Monteverde Invincia Black Tie. $17.95 with a close out from a store with converter. I use Noodlers ink ottoman rose in it with a medium nib. Want a fine nib but don't know where to get one. My other is a Monteverde Regata blue/yellow with converter for $22. Cheap? I understand I got lucky. But they are my first F.P. since 1985.

[Wyre]

$35 beater Parker 51. Looks like hell... but it writes like an angel just kissed the paper.

[FarmBoy]

Fake Hero 616s (the ones that say 'Parker "51"' and 'Made in Janesville, Wisconsin') were $8 each at the flea market a few weeks ago. I got me several. All are fine writers.

 

Farmboy

[krz]

My Wality piston filler has worked nicely. The Noodler's Ahab is flexy fun! My Esterbrooks are best value for vintage pens.

[richardandtracy]

A Kaigelu 316. The nib writes a bit dry before being tweaked, but who can argue with a Parker Duofold Centennial pen in size shape & desirability for $21.99 inc shipping worldwide as an e-bay BIN (and the auctions can be less)? Look at E-Bay seller YCPENS http://stores.ebay.co.uk/YCPENS .

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Regards,

 

Richard.

[DrPJM1]

Lamy Safari

[Judybug]

The $27 Danitrio Classic that I bought from windoc a few years ago. It's pearly white with gold Greek key trim - beautiful to look at and writes better than some of my expensive pens. It's a nice hefty weight - I like hefty pens. Sometimes I think if the house was on fire and I had to grab one pen, it would be this one.

 

Judybug

[StephenC]

Lamy Vista

[DrPJM1]

There are a lot of good ones, but my favorite is the Sheaffer No Nonsense. Although new ones are available, the old ones with a screw top are excellent and can be found for around $10.

 

Dave

 

I too have an Sheaffer no nonsense in maroon color. Writes well, and Astounding value.

 

How could I have forgotten about the No-Nonsense?... .plus they come with italic/calligraphy nibs!

[EvilPhish]

Lamy Safari, for sure.

Although a friend of mine bought himself a no-name eBay special that writes REALLY well, I was shocked when he let me try it out. I think he gave $5 for it.

[Fabienne]

My Pilot 78G Broad. It's like that motorcycle that Steve McQueen rode in The Great Escape!

[trurl]

pilot 78G fine. $9.99 shipped from ebay.

 

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[Scrog]

Smoooooth, cheap, reliable, comfortable, looks great, Lamy Safari in metallic blue....$27.50! I keep wanting to carry at least 4 others which are all at least 20 times as expensive, but keep taking this on my travels. What a great cheap pen.

 

Scrog

[AlexandraM]

I love cheap pens because you can try more of them (and inks and paper) for your money! To me, cheap means under $10.My favorites include:Pilot Petit1, Series 1 and 2 (Series 2 has finer nibs than Series 1)Platinum PreppyPilot BirdiePilot 78GPilot PlumixI have a bunch of Pilot Varsities/V-Pens but I find the ink too watery and the nibs too broad for my taste - that's why I left them off the list. But I do think they are great cheap starter pens, and good for FP "witnessing" to non-converts. That said, I've given my dad two Preppys and my sister, one Petit1 in an effort to win them over

[79spitfire]

Well if your going to be that way, I scored a Parker 51 Vac for $10, but had to restore it and solvent weld a crack, but man is it ever a sweet writer....

[79spitfire]

Fake Hero 616s (the ones that say 'Parker "51"' and 'Made in Janesville, Wisconsin') were $8 each at the flea market a few weeks ago. I got me several. All are fine writers.

 

Farmboy

 

 

Braggart!

 

Will the real 616 please stand up?