Originally Posted by donaldsc

I almost never use anything but a fountain pen and nobody ever borrows any of my fountain pens - even my wife. For the few times that I am forced to use a ballpoint(I hate them) or a roller ball(hate them less but I still hate them), I carry good examples of them with me also. My wife gets to borrow them but nobody else gets to borrow them. I will add with regard to my fountain pens that I own pens that cost my than $1000. My daily use fountain pens cost between $100 and $200.