Got a fancy new fountain pen to compare to the one I'm getting off Amazon; its a bigger brand (Schaeffer) and is, as they say, known for quality, so it can serve as a good baseline for comparison. I think I might have always been meant to write with a fountain pen. It takes a little getting used to, but I'm already liking it a lot more than ballpoint and gel pens. Get the pressure right, and the ink just fucking goes. Unless something goes wrong with the nib, the ink will always just effing go, which is quite nice.