There's a mailing-list-newsletter called The Red Rock Eater News Service. In it, Phil Agre passes on whatever interesting tidbits he's recently found, usually, but not always, related to "social and political aspects of computing and networking". A recent issue offered cheap pens for a $20 donation to Amnesty International. Agre gave descriptions of the choices, such as:

Pilot Hi-Tec-C. Highly sought-after and impossible to get (so far as I know) outside a few Japanese import shops, it's best for people who are gifted with the precise handwriting of an architect.

and:

Micro TANK-Pen. This very rare Korean liquid-ink pen is outstanding. I haven't done a write-off, but it may be the best yet. The company has a Web site but it hasn't responded to my entreaties. If anybody happens to be in Lisbon I can explain how to find the stationer where I bought it.

I think Mr. Agre is a burgeoning pen afficionado.