It's niche in the pendom hierarchy can be difficult to pin. At a time when big Jade pens with big nibs cost $7 or more, this alternate approach, a store brand, cost < $3. But, unlike many poseur second or third tier nibs, this pen seems to be of good quality with gold nib proportionate to size of pen. Many big cheap pens used tiny nibs or gold-plate nibs to save money. Not this one. I cannot comment if the trim is high quality gold-filled (vs thin plate) as with this mint pen the trim is clean in any case. Too, perhaps the nib is thinner than a Parker Duofold's, but... perhaps not. I have not weighed it.
This Belmont certainly provided a decent quality alternative to pricey pens by the big boys. As a small (today) make pen, in fact it is the only OS Jade Belmont I've seen. That it is mint stickered with "perfect" color is, frankly, a glorious thing from the collector standpoint.
We've had threads before about Belmont, the best perhaps by the late Dennis Bowden, who also had contributed on the subject to PENnant Magazine.
Some FPB Belmont threads:
http://fountainpenbo...reat-celluloid/
http://fountainpenbo...eorge-m-kraker/
Here's the pen
regards
David