Better, a bit smoother than the cheap notepad.

$2.50 pens and cotton bond paper are gonna bankrupt me.

How often do these leak, explode, or whatever?  I'll carry one in my Saddleback portfolio if it's not a disaster waiting to happen.

Penmanship often improves simply due to reduced pressure/strain. Sometimes pride kicks in as well.

Unless its Hewlett-Packard 32lb Premium Laser Paper.

Technically, y'all are both wrong.

OP's title says, "... $150 range ..."
Not $150.0, but $150 and by rules of math and rounding that can be between $149.50 to $150.49.
If you round 150.99 you get 151 which != 150.

Mathematically speaking of course this makes sense, but as a consumer this couldn't possibly be OP's intentions.

However, under the auspices of consumerism, we can surmise that many consumers have either a min or a max they are willing to pay for an item. Choosing the most probable side, I posit that OP, in his vague manner, was submitting a maximum value that, as a consumer, he was willing to spend up to, so in the $150range implies "in the range up to 150 max." Being that OP is frugal with his shekels, he is probably as parsimonious with his use of words and thus went with the shorter statement.

So while OP stating the integer 150 is a range is wrong prima facia, one can easily infer what connotation was intended: up to the amount the consumer is willing to spend.

Either way, it is not easily understood and leads the responder to display his own biases in his answering a vague question, which tells more about the perspectives of the person answering that the one asking the question.

All y'all need more Netflix and chill, or something.

More Fountain Pen goodness, please.

Since switching to fountain pens I've noticed a marked improvement in my own penmanship.
I think it has to do with not having to apply pressure when writing.

if you cannot afford a fountain pen, a Pilot G2 with the Broad points just flows...

It's not the initial cost that's the problem, IMHO.
You can get 4 for $13, from Amazon. 6 disposable fountain pens (Varsity) were about the same price.

No, it's the other things. The Inks. The cartridges. The Nibs. Cleaners, needles, "and the rest".

It adds up.

And all you wanted to do - was write.

(And dip pigtails in inkwells.)

Aren't you a doctor?
I thought your penmanship was supposed to be illegible

I've only had one leak, in four years of using random vintage pens in various states of repair. That case was entirely my fault - it was a ratty old Parker 51 that I had no business carrying in the first place, and I put it in the pocket of my jeans. Even then, I felt it snap when I sat down and only got a small spot of ink on my shirt (which came out in the wash).

If you're really worried about it, there are cases that protect both the pen and its surroundings to some degree.

The Return Of The Pocket Protector:Electric Boogaloo!

(Coming soon to a theater or stationary store near you.)

@Kopec

Did the package show up?  I am worried I didnt get the address right.

I keep revisiting this thread & am curious myself.

Or maybe, I just wanted to show off my new pen.

Thanks to this thread, I’m back in lust with Fountain Pens.

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Nice

The Pilot Varsity fountain pens write very well for an inexpensive fountain pen.  They also be refilled using a tube.  Look on YouTube if you're curious.

IMHO, another great deal in fountain pens is the Platinum Preppy.

So I shouldn’t have spent $400 on my Visconti Homo Sapiens? Attached File

I love a good pen like the next man but what a waste of money. Invest it in something that will actually bring joy...

And if my pens bring me joy, then....

Nice looking pen!