What are your three most trusted fountain pen brands?

[Rusty888]

From only my experience.

Mont Blanc visconti Lamy

[Brisboy]

I'll echo what others have said.

Pilot, Parker and Lamy tied for first with Sheaffer a close fourth.

[Chi Town]

Well, in no partcular order but here goes;

1) Visconti Michelangelo, Medium Nib

2) Montagrappa Fortuna (gunmetal finish) Blb on Blk incl the Nib, Medium Nib

3) FosFor Pens.com - Afzilia Burl - Medium Nib

[Chi Town]

Parker, Edison and Bexley. Love these brands

Never tired Bexley are they pricey?

I don't think so.......Unless you get into the Limited Editions

[AtomicLeo]

(1) Sailor, I've never had a bad or fussy nib from them.
(2) Lamy, one finicky nib on a charcoal Safari out of dozens of great pens
(3) Pilot, although I was disappointed with their metal Falcon.

[brewsky]

1. Pelikan
2. Pelikan
3. Esterbrook

[SawtoothJL]

Platinum, platinum, sailor.

[GING GING]

This one is tough for me to answer. If I can replace the word trust, with the word like, it would be easier to answer.

[Ian]

1) Pilot -always works right out of the box whether the pen is $3 or $300
2) Franklin-Christoph - they adjust the nib when you buy it so you know it will work. If you buy the pen at a show they do this process while you watch and ask for your feedback
3) Delta

The two Montblancs I have purchased new worked great out of the box and write without any problems after not using them for several weeks. I don't have enough examples of any other brand to make a judgment.

[Alex2014]

1. Pelikan
2. Parker
3. Sailor