During my fountain pen fad I had many many pens from the Waterman Edison, Just about every modern Parker, vintage Parkers, and other makes. Of course how each pen suits your hand is probably the most important thing, but for quality, ink flow, nib smoothness and all round performance I like Pelikan. For value for money performance Pilot 78G. I still have several Parker 45 Flighters, 2 Pilot 78Gs and a Parker Profile which is suprisingly good for a cheap pen. Haven't used them for ages so I may see what else I can find in drawers and start writing with them again. Or sell them and buy razors