Om Malik enjoys fountain pens:
>I like the tactile feeling of writing with a fountain pen on paper. The soft scratch of the nib, drenched in a Churchillian purple ink, sliding over highest quality Japanese paper, makes even the most mundane notes joyful.
>My current favorite pen is an aging Lamy Studio with a fine nib, and it is inked up with a fantastic azure colored ink from Sailor. If you are interested in fountain pens, I can recommend two cheap and cheerful pens with steel nibs — TWISBI Go, and Lamy Safari — like those coming from ballpoints and rollerballs tend to write with too much pressure.
The Safari is indeed a great fountain pen to try. And to Om’s point, even scratching off quick notes on index cards and ephemera into a notebook is made joyful with a nice pen.