For my birthday, my wife bought me a fine new writing
instrument from Waterman. The Expert II (mine is in the copper
finish, not champagne as shown) has a gold-plated nib that
stands up to my somewhat firm hand on the paper. You can buy a
converter to refill from an inkwell; I'm not quite twee enough
to go that route yet, so I got a box of cartridges.
You can get the Expert II at Levenger, and probably Ashford.com, but we got a
sweet deal at ArtLite, a
local office-supplies store with a lousy website but great
stuff. Their selection of fine pens and leather goods is
great, but I still want to visit Levenger's retail outlet one
day.