Here are the Pilot Metropolitan with the CON-50 piston converter and the stock squeeze converter, the Lamy Safari with the Z24 converter, and the TWSBI Diamond 580. For ~ US$100 you can get three really great beginner fountain pens that will let you have fun with cartridges and bottled ink and different nibs. The TWSBI is loaded with Pilot Iroshizuki Yama-guri (Wild Chestnut) ink. I’d like to add a Kaweco AL Sport to this lineup.
