Also there are Jinhao pens (and other chinese pens like Hero etc) from eBay for 1-2 dollars. I've bought a dozen I liked and have to say that although some of t

Also there are Jinhao pens (and other chinese pens like Hero etc) from eBay for 1-2 dollars. I've bought a dozen I liked and have to say that although some of them were rather problematic (leaking ink, non smooth writing), most of them write really good and are very beautiful and looking much more expensive than their real price point.