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What is your favorite pen brand?
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If you want to ball on a budget, you can get a steel f701 pen from zebra for $10, slap a fisher space pen refill in it, and call it a day. It's what I use.
What price range would this fall under in comparison to some of the moderate levels of pen craftmanship?
I have no clue, I'm more utilitarian than fancy. I've tried fountain pens but found them to be too high maintenance. If it means anything, my second favorite pen is probably a G2.
The f701 is 8 bucks, a space pen refill is another 9 dollars or so.
So for 20 bucks you have a stainless steel pen that will last forever, while writing in damn near all conditions. Looks snazzy enough to trigger the "I better not leave this" for me, too.