First fountain pen of my life. Parker Vector with "Medium" nib. I've already had it for two weeks, and although this was only meant to try out fountain pens, I think I'll keep it, since the nib is a great compromise between being smooth while not being fussy with office paper. Already chewed through a cartridge. Only bad thing with the pen is that the grip is a little meh – my fingers don't really like it.
My next will probably be a Lamy (mostly Safari). Any recommendations for the nib size so it fits my criteria?
My experiences with the Lamy polished steel nibs seem to be a bit of a lottery as to how close to standard they are.
I have used EF nibs that behaved more like a fine/medium nib and have a fine nib that was closer to an EF nib.
Then I got an EF black steel nib that was bang on.
Okay I have to say my EF black steel is definitely the best of the lot. It is a bit more scratchy, but paired with rhodia I like the feed back for faster notes.