Pen Preferences/Suggestions

[Troy Loney]

I find myself becoming more particular about the pens that I'm willing to use. I can't seem to find the exact sort of pen and keep jumping between different brands. I'm trying to find something that's in between the Pilot Precise pen.

http://www.staples.com/Pilot-Precise-V5 ... PID=429173

and a Uniball Vision

http://www.staples.com/uni-ball-Vision- ... uct_433910

I need something more fluid than the precise and cleaner than the Uniball.

Anyone have useful insight on this?

[mac5155]

IB4 LITT

[KennyTheKangaroo]

kenny the kangaroo prefers the uniball over the precise pen. the precise pen is too runny. and smears pretty easily.

as far as pencils go, there is only one choice for the ol' kangaroo, and that would be the dixon ticonderoga

[KennyTheKangaroo]

also, shyster will have something wierd to say about this topic.

[Troy Loney]

Shyster might be more of a Mont Blan kind of guy....I like liquid ink pens.

[eddysnake]

I was reading the new Cigar Aficionado last night and they featured the Montegrappa Chaos pen, I think you should look into that.


http://www.montegrappa.com/

[Troy Loney]

Hmm...skull grip, Troy Loney thinks that would say something about him that he doesn't want to be said.

[viva la ben]

As long as its a clicker I don't have a preference.

[Juice]

just ebayed some of those montegrappa pens wow

[IrishEyes]

I use a Pilot G2 limited. It's gel, but doesn't run too much. Spent a whole $10 on it at Staples.

[MRandall25]

I just use Pentel RSVP, but they're not really what you want if you want "clean"

[Dickie Dunn]

Bic Round Stic

[Troy Loney]

just ebayed some of those montegrappa pens wow

I followed up on the wow here....your wowing about the price right?

[KennyTheKangaroo]

also, kenny th ekangaroo is a big fan of the Zebra F-301 pen but the ink runs out kind of fast and they are expensive.

[Letang Is The Truth]

OPTIFLOW

[Idoit40fans]

I had one that Duquesne gave me when I graduated. Its pretty nice and its my favorite.

[legame]

Whatevz

[count2infinity]

I use a Pilot G2 limited. It's gel, but doesn't run too much. Spent a whole $10 on it at Staples.

I am a pilot G2 fan as well.

[Troy Loney]

also, kenny th ekangaroo is a big fan of the Zebra F-301 pen but the ink runs out kind of fast and they are expensive.

http://www.globalindustrial.com/p/offic ... MgodIBAAUA

$1.79?

[Troy Loney]

I had one that Duquesne gave me when I graduated. Its pretty nice and its my favorite.

I got a nice ball point from work on my 5 year anniversary...but it's a clunker and tires my wrist out using it.

[Troy Loney]

OPTIFLOW

I assume those are only available at staples?

[Letang Is The Truth]

i think so

[meow]

also, kenny th ekangaroo is a big fan of the Zebra F-301 pen but the ink runs out kind of fast and they are expensive.

This. Blue for life

[Shyster]

Shyster might be more of a Mont Blan kind of guy....I like liquid ink pens.

I can’t afford those, although I do primarily use fountain pens. I have a trio of Lamy Al-Star pens, one each devoted to black, blue, and red ink. I also often use a 50-year-old Parker 51 that belonged to my grandfather. When I use a non-fountain pen, it’s usually a Pilot G2 gel pen. I used to use the Pilot Precise V-5s and really liked them, but I switched to the G2 gels when Pilot came out with them (that was back when I was in college, IIRC).

I can’t really give that much advice on the current crop of liquid-ink pens, as I don’t really use any of them. I can make a recommendation that Troy may come to hate me for: http://www.jetpens.com/. It’s a company imports and sells pens and office supplies from Japan. The Japanese are great aficionados of pens and office supplies and they have all sorts of neat pens that aren’t available in the United States. For example, they sell ultra-fine Pilot G2s with 0.38 mm points. (Because the Japanese need to write kanji characters that in many cases are more detailed and complex than the characters our alphabet, their pens tend to have finer points than pens sold elsewhere.) I don’t think I’ve ever seen those for sale here.

[Troy Loney]

http://www.jetpens.com/Rotring-Tikky-Ro ... nk/pd/8082

This one looks promising.