@britt oh, I have a huge fountain pen collection for someone who forgets to write. Tech nerds I knew were super into it in the 2010s. (At a conference if you said "fountain pen" too loudly dudes would suddenly appear displaying their fancy leather pen case with their 8 favourite pens. And possibly open up an expensive notebook and hand you a pen, saying that you must try it out. Wanting to draw a cock and balls but not meaning to be crude, I would write "penis penis penis" in cursive and hand it back to them. Served them right.)
Started with the Lamys but my preference is the Kaweco Sport. Prefer lighter weight (and shorter) pens, easier on my hands.
My mom wrote in a cursive and print mix, which I read well enough but this led to errors when she filled out forms (Gu looked like Gri). She was a lefty who was forced to switch hands because it was the 1940s.