The Best Fountain Pen-A Personal Choice

What is the best fountain pen is a question on the lips of many people starting out to write, collect and enjoy the sheer pleasure of writing with a fountain pen.


There is an incredible range of fountain pens to choose from with wildly diverse budgets but the first thing you should do when starting with your first fountain pen is to check out fountain pen forums and spend some time reading the posts.

There is a very large and active fountain pen community worldwide and you will read some great tips on the different fountain pens available to suit all pockets and from all parts of the globe.

Pelikan Fountain Pen

My personal favourite fountain pen and what I consider to be the best fountain pen is the Pelikan. The Pelikan fountain pen has a long and illustrious history and for me it strikes the perfect balance between quality and affordability.

Other pens such as the Mont Blanc range might be more expensive but true pen aficionados rate the Pelikan it’s equal or superior.

Sheaffer fountain pens

The Sheaffer fountain pen is enormously popular with people the world over and particularly Americans whilst the Waterman fountain pen is popular among Europeans, especially the French.

Parker 51 Fountain pen

The Parker 51 fountain pen is another real favourite in the United States as is the Lamy pen which offers a wide range of choice in pens from cheap and cheerful to slightly more middle of the road. The Bauhaus design influence in the Lamy pen is much admired by anyone who likes their design to be above all functional.

The Bes Fountain Pen For You?

The best fountain pen for you is the pen which starts you on a journey, both forward into your life and back into history, which proves enjoyable and interesting and which you can enjoy for the rest of your days. Reading the history of the various fountain pen manufacturers provides a fascinating insight into how we got where we are today..