Seconding the 51! Excellent pen for the price. If one doesn't mind jumping through a hoop or two regarding shipping, vintage Montblancs are just about as cheap

Seconding the 51! Excellent pen for the price. If one doesn't mind jumping through a hoop or two regarding shipping, vintage Montblancs are just about as cheap from Japan as the 51 is in the US, and sometimes cheaper. The 12/14/32/220/etc are smaller than the flagship Meisterstucks, but they're also about 1/10 the price and really quite nice quality. Recently I've paid 30-50$ per pen to develop a little collection; the 220 was most expensive at 70$. Piston fillers that are still going strong after decades, minimal maintenance, pleasant gold nibs.