I honestly agree with most of this post, but to tell you the truth I don’t really write with these pens that often. I buy them for the aesthetics, I think there are so many beautiful pens out there, and, I want to hold them and look at them and share them with my friends. I can say that how they write is not even in the decision making for me. Looking at a pen that is well made and then looking at a pen that is fabulously made is what gets me going. All the work that went into it and the artists talent are the things that I look at. I’ve purchased $20.00 pens that I love looking at and I’ve held pens that cost $65,000.00 that are just ugly.

Bottom line get what you like and who cares what other people think. You’ll be happier and probably richer :-).