March Madness 2025 - My favorite fountain pens

Today I put my favorite fountains pens into a March Madness style playoff bracket. We go from 16 pens to 1 winner!

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Pens in the tournament:
1. Pelikan M800 Brown Black (Fine) $528
2. Pilot Custom 823 Amber (Medium) $288
3. Pilot Custom 743 Deep Red (Medium) $265
4. Sailor 1911 Standard Kagero Green (Medium Fine) $220
5. Pilot Falcon Resin Body (Soft Fine) $180
6. Kaweco Piston Sport AL (Fine) $165
7. Lamy Studio LX (Fine) $133
8. Pelikan M120 Iconic Blue (Broad) $118
9. Pilot Prera (Fine) $31
10. Lamy Safari Charcoal (Fine) $30
11. Pilot Cocoon (Medium) $28
12. Parker Jotter Royal Blue (Medium) $24
13. Pilot Explorer (Medium) $24
14. Pilot Desk Pen Red (Extra Fine) $15
15. Platinum Prefounte (03 Fine) $15
16. Pilot Kakuno (Fine) $13

Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:28 Tournament Format
01:28 Why rank on price?
01:53 All these pens are good
02:21 Pelikan M800 F vs Pilot Kakuno F
06:57 Pelikan M120 B vs Pilot Prera F
10:22 Pilot Falcon SF vs Parker Jotter M
14:04 Sailor 1911S MF vs Pilot Explorer M
17:42 Pilot Custom 823 M vs Platinum Prefounte F
21:26 Lamy Studio LX F vs Lamy Safari F
22:57 Kaweco Piston Sport AL F vs Pilot Cocoon M
26:32 Pilot Custom 743 M vs Pilot Desk Pen EF
29:06 First round recap
29:28 Second Round
29:34 Pilot Kakuno vs Pelikan M120
30:33 Pilot Falcon vs Sailor 1911
31:21 Platinum Prefounte vs Lamy Studio
31:58 Pilot Custom 743 vs Pilot Cocoon
33:15 Semi final Final Four
33:20 Pilot Falcon vs Pelikan M120
34:24 Platinum Prefounte vs Pilot Cocoon
35:49 Final: Pilot Falcon vs Pilot Cocoon
36:39 Winner!
37:48 Conclusion