Pen Fetish Friday submissions can only be mass-produced pens, preferably available in office supply stores at the very least. Preferred pens and mechanical pencils in the Comments, thank you.
The Sharpie(R) Retractable Ultra Fine Permanent Marker is currently the weapon of choice. Was at first annoyed when Filthy Assistant (yay, I have a Filthy Assistant!) picked up a box of the wrong kind of Sharpies, and know I carry fistfuls. Clean, thin line but Sharpie-black -- perfect clarity, jumps off the page.
Alternate fancy-pants everyday pen -- the Waterman Harmonie fountain pen. Once you go fountain pen, you never go back.
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My current weapon of choice is the Staples Optiflow. It's nice and thick, and the ink flows freely but not too freely. It has a cap, so there's little danger of leakage. And they're cheap generic pens from Staples.
ReplyDeleteI do like the Pilot G-2 07's quite a bit. But I'm suspicious of springloaded pens because they have ruined several pants and shirts over the years.
I used to spend a lot of money on wooden fountain pens from Penmakers. But they are going out of business as of now. I think you can still buy their absolutely gorgeous pens: http://www.penmakers.com/pens.html.
I carry the G-2 in the 0.38 caliber (we need to measure to a hundredth of a millimeter? we CAN measure to a hundredth of a millimeter?) but since I carry a pen in my hip pocket next to the billfold, and have for almost 25 years now, retractables are a bit problematic. I got two degrees on the strength of the Pilot V-Ball in 0.5, but I haven't seen those freely available in the drugstore for years.
ReplyDeleteUni-ball Vision Elite. Clean lines, fluid motion. Always got either the .5 or the .7 in my pocket.
ReplyDeletePilot V5 extra fine. Smooth, black as hell and clean lines. I not only write with it but use it for inking pencil drawings, which later get scanned in and cleaned up in Photoshop.
ReplyDeleteSharpies are also great for big black areas on comic book pages, as they scan as a solid black shape unlike India ink, which leaves a million subtle gradations that cannot be adjusted for, not matter how much you fiddle with the contrast.
Pilot G1 0.7 for preference.
ReplyDeleteI'm currently armed with an Impega Premium Retract Gel, which is a Lyreco own-brand springloader in the same calibre.
Lamy Safari fountain pen, for preference - barrel and ink in black.
ReplyDeleteBut for portability, the Pilot G2 0.7s, as so many other folks have already said.
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(PS Hello from London)
(yay, I have a filthy assistant!)...
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Foray's fine 0.7mm roller tip. Smooth ink flow with zero spillage even when I have it upside down in my pocket. Clear reservoir so you KNOW when you're running out of ink, and can plan accordingly.
Inexpensive and available anywhere.
Uni-ball Vision Elite. Black and Red .5 only. I even persuaded everyone in the office how good they were, so now they are always available in the supply closet, joy. Of course it helps that I order the supplies.
ReplyDeleteI'm a Uni-ball girl, micro (.5)...I can manage with the medium point, but it feels sloppy because I'm used to the finer point.
ReplyDeleteI'm a lefty, and I don't contort my hand to avoid touching the paper - they were the first pens I found when I was in grade school that didn't make my hand messy.
(Uchida's Le Pen was the other one, but they are really a fine-point marker and run out of ink too fast.)
So, even though most pens don't smear, I'm hooked on Uni-ball. I like the original basic matte black. Find it hard to get used to thicker pens.
Oh, and I write my first drafts by hand, so keeping my favorite pen in stock is a necessity.
Pentel Energel 0.7mm Medium Tip black ink. Definitely not the retractable model, as I have to be able to play with the cap when I get distracted.
ReplyDeleteThe feel is right, the line is right, and for some reason, I love the sound of it moving across the page.
Sanford uniball micro. Has to be blue so the ink shows when marking up photocopies. Can't be thicker than micro. Fine is too thick.
ReplyDeleteAlmost everything I write by hand now is with my WACOM stylus. Does that count?
ReplyDeleteUniball Vision (I like fine, but micro's good too).
ReplyDeleteI love me a good Pilot Varsity.
ReplyDeleteParker (I think) used to make a cheap-but-refillable fountain pen. Sadly, it seems to have been discontinued.
Well, both of these are out of production, but they sure were sweet:
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Pilot Razor Point II felt tip
The Tombo was the best $0.89 you could spend at the time. Fine tip, nice feel, ink level window, didn't leak, and the ink was waterproof. Saved my butt many times... And I wrote a paper about it that nailed my A for the class...
Nowaday, I'm partial to the Pilot VBall Grip, extra fine 05. But I'm open to persuasion.
The new version of the Pilot VRazor Point Extra Fine has lost its elegance, but the nib holds up and the ink's waterproof. Notice a trend?
The Sharpie's are all good. I'm partial to the extra fine tip. Dixon's Redi Sharp Plus has a nice broad tapered conical tip, gives you more control than Sharpie's Fine point...
And for a fountain pen, Pilot's Varsity is a nice, inexpensive disposable. Just don't leave it uncapped for a minute or it will clog up irretievably.
jon
Bic round stic, medium point, black ink.
ReplyDeletePilot Precise V5 Liquid Ink Rollerball Extra Fine Point is my pen of choice.
ReplyDeleteAnd if you contacted your adoring spec monkeys before you hurried in and out of their town, they would make sure you had all the pens you need. And I would have bought you lots of booze as well.
I have never really gone beyond the Pilot pens. Too scared that if I try something different I might like it and there fore have to pay even more for pens.
Papermate PhD Multi. I like a slightly bigger pen in my hand, and this one has a really nice ergonomic grip. Plus it gives me black and red ink, plus a mechanical pencil all in one.
ReplyDeleteI can write, edit, and sketch pretty much anywhere.
Uni-ball Vision Exact Micro, but only because they're easier to find (and a lot cheaper) than those japanese pens with the microscopically tiny tip.
ReplyDeletePilot VBall, extra fine
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They aren't in drug stores or office supply stores anymore (I don't believe), but I have found them at stationary stores. I buy 10 red, 10 blue, and 10 black whenever I see them.
I'll second the Pilot Vball Extra Fine, but I prefer the "Grip" variety. Doesn't bleed when used with Moleskine notebook paper.
ReplyDeleteLamy fountain pen gal, myself. Own several. Do my rough drafts in a moleskine, like to do each days work in a different ink to keep track of progress easily. Use Levenger's for the normal colors, Private Reserve for more interesting fare (Black Cherry, Tanzanite). Love the Noodler's Ink colors (esp. Nightshade), but they work best in medium nib, and the moleskine likes fine best. Note: the Noodler's firefly invisible fountain pen ink rocks. Just saying, if you've got to write it down, but don't want anyone else finding it easily, this stuff can write over the text of a normal book. Somebody would have to know which one to use the black light on to find out your passwords and such.
ReplyDeleteFor carry around pens, I have Pilot G-2 07s, set of eight colors. They are all dark enough to be readable, and I love that they come with a burgundy/blood red shade.
Love the flow of the Itoya Paperskater, but the ink only comes in black. Go back to it every so often. It is pretty, too. People are pleasantly surprised and ask about it when you lend them one.
Acme Studios "Mosaic" Rollerball, with the Fountain Pen conversion kit. Truly, there is no substitute for fountain pen writing.
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Sadly, i could not afford the attached rocket upgrade.
I'm right with Alex above on the Pentel Energel, only I use the .5mm needle tip version. I must have a dozen of these things floating around the office & work, and I love them to death.
ReplyDeleteZebra F301 Retractable. Things are indestructible.
ReplyDeletePentel EnerGel 0.7mm balltip. Three on my editing desk at all times--one blue, one green, one red. All with a slightly bolder and beefier line than a Pilot Razorpoint--just enough oomph to stand out on the page without obscuring what's being edited.
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Uni-Ball Signo Gel Grip 0.7. Slender, lightweight, inexpensive. Looks cool, too. The best pen I've found in years.
ReplyDeleteToo much time in the journo world has left me unable to use anything but the Pilot Precise V7 without feeling woozy (I'm Extra Fine, but I can swing Fine, too). At a former publication, V7 became the generic term for "pen." It was pretentious and inefficent (3 syllables), but it was right and good.
ReplyDeleteBefore leaving Japan, I made a special shopping trip and came away with all the Pilot Super Grip 07s they had, in both red and black.
ReplyDeleteHad no idea if I could get them here, and since I'd gone through dozens of awful ballpoints before finding these, which work perfectly, I figured it was a good idea to stay stocked up.
I never realized there were so many with a pen fetish.
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Excuse me, I think I need a cigarette.
A chisel. A rock. A reasonably flat piece of rock or possibly a cave wall.
ReplyDeleteStaples Xeno Retractable for everyday use as it is flipping bulletproof due to the anodized-aluminum (well, looking anyway) body. Nice nibs on the barrel as well for the dozens of notes, letters and whatnots though out the day. Plus, at around 7 bucks a dozen, I don't get bent out of shape when they go missing.
ReplyDeleteIf I feel the need to get fancy or have some serious prose to put down, I whip out the Pilot G-2 .07. SO smooth. I even use it for sketching as the angle of the pen can do interesting things to the line width.
For inking, I use a Rotring from Dick Blick. I like the look of hte Sharpie but as a Southpaw I tend to get pain-in-the-ass stains from markers of any type
I use a light plastic BIC fountain pen that for some reason can only be bought in Europe. It takes Waterman cartridges, but I'm having to carefully hoard the pens themselves because I can't get replacements.
ReplyDeleteI can say with certainty: the Zebra F-301 is the greatest pen conceived by man.
ReplyDeleteA shiny silver exterior conceals an ink delivery system as smooth as a panther. The pen doesn't just "write" - it delivers long, slow kisses on every page.
And everyone I've ever demo'd the pen with agrees.
I have them everywhere now.
I also love the Zebra f301
ReplyDeleteNot only are they indestructible, But they are impossible to chew on.
I have about a dozen of them in the pockets of my Six Demon Bag, that i take to work with me.
Pardon me while i venture off topic.
Blue beetle rocks the house.
I understand though that you're about to take a sabbatical. I am sad.
The lasers that shoot out of my eyes.
ReplyDeleteFor general writing and drawing purposes, I always ALWAYS have my trusty Fisher Space Pen with the medium tip, though I am contemplating a fine tip. Sure, the title is corny, but the thing really is indestructible and the pressurized ink cartridge lets me write on almost any surface.
ReplyDeleteIn the lab, writing on glassware and such: Sharpie, black. Excellent for leaving notes on flasks, or drawing pictures on the sashes of hoods
I'm so normal...
ReplyDeleteThe G2 0.7 is my workhorse pen for writing. If I didn't lose them so often, however, I'd always use the Fisher Space Pen, because I love the weighting and balance, and the fact that they shrink up into a little bullet shape.
When it comes to scribbling on things so that you can see, for example, which channel is the kick drum, you can't go wrong with a regular black sharpie. Sound Engineer standard issue, never leave the tourbus without one.
When the paper is of sufficient quality, I use a Pelikan M200 fine point. When I can, I fill it with Noodler's Walnut ink.
ReplyDeleteFor writing on more challenging surfaces - like laser-printer paper, I usually use a Pilot G2.
For those times when I am on the go and need a compact pen, I use a Cross ION. (Gotta love that collapsing/telescoping action)
For the past two years my constant companion has been a Libelle Axis--serious, heavy, yet still slim and elegant. All my ink and pen purchases come from Fountain Pen Hospital, though Levenger has some dreamy supplies, too.
ReplyDeleteWhen I'm note-taking on cards or in book margins (yeah, I do that), I use those Micron drawing pens in lovely colors (burgundy and purple are my favorites). Hooked on those ever since I was caught with a good idea and no pen on the Comic-Con floor two years ago. Saved by the art supply booth.
But the greatest thing about a fountain pen--if you don't constantly use it, it dries out. So you have to put something on paper every day.
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ReplyDeleteI need a fairly fine point; smooth, dense inkflow; and if at all possible, retractable mode so I don't lose the cap. This makes your Sharpie sound pretty damn good to me, John, although I have never found I could get smooth, easy, non-bleeding writing with a Sharpie.
I really miss the Pilot rollerball retractable in the sculpted black grip-friendly barrel that disappeared about 10 years ago. The Pilot VBall is well and fine, but the cap is a nuisance.
Can anyone suggest anything that might fit my very precise needs? No ballpoints, please, unless they are truly smooth and dense. I've had my heart broken too many times.
Rands played this game last fall.
ReplyDelete(I roll with the Pilot G-2 .05, FWIW.)
Uniball Signo 207 retractable gel. Sharpies are wonderful, but generate too many fumes for my lungs.
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I use a Pilot Dr. Grip for evey day, but I like going to the Mont Blanc store to drool once in a while.
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