Which fountain pen looks better?

Not mad on either, but the left if you must get one of these. I love fountain pens, one of the few things that I like to collect. If you want something that writes well (depending on how you like the pen or write), then you could do better that that. What other pens have you tried?

Neither.

Use a Bic biro or staedetler.

Yikes. Sorry, they're just a tad too... ghastly for my liking. I just have a Lamy Safari myself, it's technically a "beginner's" pen but I love it and I know quite a lot of other people like it.

Neither.

Use a Bic biro or staedetler.

I agree. I prefer a fairly simple pen. I do have some more 'fancy' Montblancs and a nice Pelikan, but generally I prefer simple pens. The Lamy Safari is a classic (as is the Lamy 2000). I often use the Twsbi 580 (great pen for the price). I find the ornate pens too flashy and often poor writers.

This is filth. I won a fountain pen as a prize in 1983. I have avoided, and will continue to avoid, other types of pens ever since. Nothing will replace the beauty of writing with a bottle filled fountain pen.