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Find the best ink you can, then find the best pen that will use that ink.
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Ironically even when cost is no object, the best ink costs about $4 / 3 euros, a bottle and the best pen that will use it is the Staedtler MarsMatic for $28 / 20 euros
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Ultradraw dries slightly slower than the universal version which means it is less likely to need shaking the pen to get it to flow again
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In the course of fussing over the best fountain pens, I have learned that the quality of the pen flows from the quality of ink it uses.