The pen that tripled in price - Hongdian Black Forest fountain pen

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These pens now come in a variety of other colours like metallic blue, green etc. but most, including the matte black original, are retailing around the $24 NZD mark on aliexpress. There’s even one with an anodised rainbow appearance that is selling for around $33 NZD.

In some ways I would consider it the best pen in the $20 to $50 bracket.

Robust, balanced metal body and construction.
Excellent nib, smooth and wet writer, relatively flexible, consistent writer.
Comes with cartridge converter and accepts standard cartridges.

Back when I got these for $6 each, there was no pen in that sub $20 range that could even compare with it.
I think this pen probably could compete with any of the major brands’ steel nib pens (Pilot, Lamy, etc).