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Oct 5, 2016
www.jetpens.com is a good resource to visit when making a pen selection. There are several options available to you in a black, silver, or clear body that fall within a $10-20 price range. In that price range, you will find almost exclusively the Pilot Metropolitan series and one J. Herbin pen. The reason I included clear, is that you mentioned audience appeal. Some of that appeal can be influenced by the color of ink that you use in your pen, though with most pens you would need to purchase the ink and converter separately. For instance, the Pilot Prera, is a clear fountain pen in which I use the excellent Pilot brand inks in a dark crimson (more wine colored). Pilot premium inks aren't cheap (sometime $30+ for a smallish bottle) but are very good inks. Most pens from Pilot are going to give you hassle free operation.
If you step up your price range to $20-50, then you have a lot more options available to you at JetPens.com. One of which is the afore mentioned Pilot Prera. Kaweco has some very good pens in that range too, such as the "classic sport" and "ice sport" pens. Lamy pens, of which the venerable Safari model, is present in this price range as well. Those are the pen selections that I would personally recommend.
I encourage you to view that website and perform your own search in conjunction with your own configurations of the filters. Remember too, that if you purchase a converter (Pilot's are usually $7) with your pen, you have the option of using different ink colors and brands. That will significantly add (or detract) from your writing experience.
If you are going to be writing on regular "notebook" type paper, then your best bet will probably be to use a Pilot Metropolitan at the less expensive end. Pilot nibs are very good steel nibs and don't tend to grab the paper. Their ink hasn't failed me yet either. I would go with a fine or extra fine nib, simply because the smaller nib would put less ink to the paper and therefore would reduce your bleed through. I don't think you will be able to eliminate the bleed through if you are only using standard notebook paper. You will need to do some research into the various inks available and choose appropriately. Alternatively, you could take notes/write on heavier weight printer/copy paper. The higher weight means each sheet incorporates more fibers into the finished product that will inhibit bleed through more so than standard "notebook" paper.
Good luck!
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