I got a beautiful black Mont Blanc set as a fellowship graduation gift 20 years ago which got me started into liking fountain pens (except when flying----pressure changes and ink leaking and all that), and used them regularly for my first few years as a pediatrician, and as a radiologist, where I was writing notes or orders or signing my name literally hundreds of times a day. I graduated to some beautiful Watermans after losing the Mont Blanc (I am a doctor---we lose pens a lot) and liked them even better, although I did not particulalry like their ink, so I used a Pilot (I think) refill that worked spectaculalry. I used to use them for my travel diaries (a day by day blow of people, places, events, dining out, etc... for each trip, as a remembrance for my old age when my memory starts to fail---well already has started) but discovered the hard way that fountain pens were not originally meant for airline travelling, as the cabin air pressure changes can force ink out of the pen tip when you do not desire it to, particularly if the nib is not kept upright, so I ruined a few briefcases/computer laptop bags before learning this lesson. If you do air travel with a fountain pen the best place for it is in your shirt pocket with the nib upright.

In my current practice I no longer sign reports physically as all our dictations are transcribed by voice recognition software and signed electronically, so I rarely need a pen, but I keep one in my desk for special occasions. Unfortunately, as you may already know, if you do not use them regulalry, fountain pens have a tendency to dry up and the nib gets gunked up and not work when you need it to, so alas, I do not get to use it much. I miss those days, but I do not miss the ones where my fingers were various colours of blue and or black for several days at a time.

I currently have a calligraphy set of fountain pens that I keep at home in the desk drawer for writing special letters and signing cards, etc.., with a bit of a fluorish, especially at xmas and special times when lots of cards get sent out---weddings, births, graduations, etc...

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