Fountain Pens

Thank you! He's an awful lot of fun, and well worth the desk real estate devoted him!

You should check out the Calculator Community if that's one of your gigs, too!

Maybe it's Buddha in a space suit?

I'm not sure about a European distributor, but I can tell you that mine, from Amazon, has a nib that looks like the one that you've found on Aliexpress. I don't know if there's a difference between them. The Forest Rainbow that I have has an anodized nib that probably started off all silver, but both of them are extremely fine, and wrote beautifully right out of the box.

I have two 1851s and they are the narrowest sections of any pen I own. 7.9 mm at the thinnest, but it has a pronounced bump at the end of it to keep your fingers from slipping into the nib and feed. They are comfortable enough for me to write with, even if I do prefer a wider section. For a pen that costs less than $20 USD, they write great, feel substantial, and come with a pretty good converter. Just be aware that the powder coating wears off pretty quickly with use. The other one that I have is the Forest Rainbow, which is anodized and shows no sign of wear.