Tips when buying fountain pen?

I would like to buy a fountain pen for my friend's high school graduation.
What should I look for when buying a fountain pen?
What are some of the prestige brands for fountain pen?

Answers:

1Hy there.
There are very many prestigious brands there, most of them actually quite unknown, and the prices of the pens can get to startling heights. Here are some of the well known:
Parker
Sheaffer
Montblanc
Waterman

And here are some others you might look for:
SL Dupont
Pelican
Montegrappa
Inoxcrom
Cross

Do not judge the fountain pen by the name of it. Pelican, a very well known "cheap" brand has some of the best fountain pens ever, more than 1500 US$ retail price.

As for the starter kit, it really depends on how your friend writes. Fountain pens do not work as ballpens, stylos and gravity pens. They do require some care, and they usually come in three or four different points. It is mostly the precision of the handwriting the one which will make you choose one or the other. If your friend has tiny-winy "accountant" style handwriting -that´s the way it is called-, a harder and slimmer point would be suitable.

You have to choose as well which kind of ink supply you want, and be careful with this, as long as some fountain pens do not admit cartridges.

I think that your friend will be fine with a Sheaffer point or a Parker Duofold.

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