Personally, I am a big fan of Pilot Petit 1[1], which you can buy in packs of 12 with multiple-color ink. Always amazes others as well. Ergonomically, they are

Personally, I am a big fan of Pilot Petit 1[1], which you can buy in packs of 12 with multiple-color ink. Always amazes others as well. Ergonomically, they are great; they don't take much space - and they are easy and pleasant to write with. They don't have a character (like some of my other pens do) - they just write. They are nearly indestructible - I've left one in a shirt pocket and did the laundry, and both the shirt and the pen were fine - and cheap, at $2-$3, depending on where you buy them. The only problem with them is that getting the ink cartridges is harder than getting these pens (the Pilot cartridges are incompatible with Pelikan, which is the most popular standard, as well as the popular-in-the-US Sheaffer). But at $2 a pen, their economics are approaching the ballpoint pens - easier to buy a new one than refill at times. [1]https://www.tokyopenshop.com/fountain-pens-c-51/petit-1-fountain-pen-p-969.html https://www.tokyopenshop.com/fountain-pens-c-51/petit-1-foun...