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@BuddyJ said:
The Lamy

Hnnnng that bronze one. Oh man.

Edit: dang, can't find that color anywhere. This "graphite" one may be close enough though.

Oooh, Staedtler. I used their Model 925 mechanical drafting pencils exclusively in school. A 0.9mm and some HB lead and I could rock anything from a Scantron bubble to a super fine point line for architectural drawing.

My only fountain pen:

I have a little Pelikan glass cartridge converter and a bottle of J. Herbin Eclat de Sapire which I adore.

I like aluminum-bodied writing implements (my mechanical pencil is an Ohto Super Promecha) because they're always cool to the touch and my palms sweat a lot. Would do another fountain pen with a finer nib that's not like holding a cigar; the barrel size on the Spalding is right at the edge of what I can deal with but the medium nib is good for fancy writing and not really up to the kind of precision I need at work. I have a set of Staedtler technical pens which are just awesome but use the old trusty Pilot Precision rollerball for daily driving.