I like the G2 for writing checks – it’s supposed to not “wash” like other inks.
For normal writing, though, I fell in love with a pen called Z-grip. (I think that is the name……there is a Z on the pen clip.) They are cheap enough, and yet a nice ball point.
When I went to school in France (1992), all students (all grades) used fountain pens. We had a nifty corrector pen that would erase one mistake and write over with a different ink. Pencils were used in art class only. In our homeschool, the kids only use pencils- but perhaps I should look into pens for the single fact that pencils have a very short life span in our home. Although the thought of giving my boys cartridges of wet ink makes me cringe in anticipation of an “accident”!