I'm no fountain pens expert at all, I don't have any of the modern recommended ones, I have a few old fashioned ones from Sheaffer (one was my grandfather's and is probably about 80 years old), old Parkers, Waterman, Cross, a couple of Meisterstücks the big 149 and one smaller LeGrand, all were gifts or inherited, truth is I never bought a fountain pen for me. I've used most of them. The Meisterstück are very nice to use, not very heavy, but kind of big. They don't get much use on these computer days.