My everyday carry is a Lamy CP1 with an F nib and Pilot iroshizuku Yamabudo (purple) or Diamine Steel Blue when I need to be boring; metal, sleek, understated, fantastic with a converter (don't lose yourself in the ink bogs, I've spent so much on inks, send help!).
Sorry no help here, I have about 15 inks I am interested in.
Fountain pens are tools and collecting them can become a dangerous hobby. There's no limit to how much you can spend. There's a limit on how much you can write.
Keep a spreadsheet of every penny spent if you want to keep yourself accountable: when an extra pen in your AliExpress order is less than $1 it may seem like it's nothing…
Don't worry I 'm not going to end up with piles of different pens.
I am most likely only going to to get one more pen (Likely another TWSBI ECO with a fine nib) to fill up with a nice dark purple ink (likely either Diamine Scribble Purple or Lamy Dark Lilac).
That way I will have one pen with Lamy black ink, one with Platinum pigment carbon black, my main & backpack pens with Diamine blue black and one with a dark purple (can you tell that I like dark colours?).
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