No dude, my problem is, I've wasted about $400 already buying crap pens. That's the problem. And I'm not alone. It was a fad when I was growing up, but we all decided the pens didn't flow right and gave up. My friends then and now included artists, draftsmen and comic artists. Some of them use dip pens now because of the flow issue. Better to dip than skip.

When I took the fountain pens I had apart, I found that many of them had crap feeds. Or they were designed to be used on airplanes. The features necessary for that are exactly the opposite of the features necessary for smooth writing. I'll skip the wild pony ride and use my pen quietly at my desk.

Another problem is that the local art store is clueless when dealing with calligraphy or fountain pens. First they think only people who draw care about it, then they try and convince me that a brush marker does the same job, then they tell me that waterproof ink and water based is the same thing and it doesn't matter. Like I said in another thread, stunning lack of knowledge on the part of enthusiasts, or even art store clerks.

It's amazing to me that some people wish they didn't know or have to know about feeds. I'd say that should be lesson number one. I don't need to know how a ball point works because they all work fine. Fountain pens? Not even close. For that I have to know.