Why do pens suck these days?

[Fullmetal Chocobo]

I have to admit, I'm a person with a pen fetish, but damn. All the good pens are disappearing. Any decent pens are getting harder and harder to find.

The best pen ever!!! Impossible to find now.

 

[CorCentral]

Bic is my favorite cheapy.............. Flic my BIC!

Papermate can screw themselves.

 

[ShotgunSteven]

I have been wondering about this myself. I have even been dabbling in fountain pens in my attempts to find a decent one. I have been using Pilot G2's for a while and will continue to do so until my current supply runs out, but I don't plan to acquire any more after that.

This is where I purchased my latest fountain pen from. A good store with good service.

I just need to find a good ball-point as some fountain pens can be problematic in flight or other low-pressure environments. I am on the verge of signing up at a pen forum to ask for advice, due to not finding any that meet my needs thus far.

 

[Squisher]

I want one of these.


Read about it here.

 

[dennilfloss]

Always preferred Parker (had a nice thick golden one) and Schaeffer ballpoints to Papermate but all three brands used to get stolen regularly from my desk. :frown: A couple of days ago I opened a ~4yo box of Papermate stick pens and all were irretrievably dried up. I'm using Lamy Logo Model 205 ballpoints nowadays (leftover from my teaching supplies and a gift from the Storz Company). Probably still have a couple of Papermates like the OP pic packed up in a box somewhere.

 

[theblackbox]

i always liked the bic biro.

 

[eplebnista]

My favorite

 

[dennilfloss]

My absolute favourite pen was a sterling Parker Ciselé medium point. That pen had the best grip ever! Very light too. Also stolen.

The bottom one in this pic.

http://www.penhero.com/PenGall...s/ParkerSpacePen05.jpg

 

[Colt45]

Stadtler mechanical pencil, or a 10c papermate.

 

[dawp]

Some of the best feeling pens i've ever used are Montblanc tho they are pricy.

 

[Fullmetal Chocobo]

Originally posted by: dawp
Some of the best feeling pens i've ever used are Montblanc tho they are pricy.

Meh. I could give a damn about pricy. Good pens is what I crave.

 

[CorCentral]

Originally posted by: Fullmetal Chocobo

Originally posted by: dawp
Some of the best feeling pens i've ever used are Montblanc tho they are pricy.

Meh. I could give a damn about pricy. Good pens ARE what I crave.

/Fixed

 

[Fullmetal Chocobo]

Originally posted by: CorCentral

Originally posted by: Fullmetal Chocobo

Originally posted by: dawp
Some of the best feeling pens i've ever used are Montblanc tho they are pricy.

Meh. I could give a damn about pricy. Good pens ARE what I crave.

/Fixed

I has good pens. It was both present tense.

 

[dman]

Originally posted by: Fullmetal Chocobo

Originally posted by: dawp
Some of the best feeling pens i've ever used are Montblanc tho they are pricy.

Meh. I could give a damn about pricy. Good pens is what I crave.

There was a hack posted a while back about using the Montblanc refills in a G2 (I think) body. All that was required was snipping the plastic tail end off a tiny bit. I tried it out (last year or so) and it worked ok, but, can't say it was anything special. Wasn't worth the $10-20 or so for the refills, imo.

 

[Toonces]

I buy these pens from the ¥100 shop, they're great and cheap. Dunno about availability in the US though.

 

[moshquerade]

anyone else see penis in the thread title?

 

[DaTT]

No Mosh...but I did come in here thinking it would be about the ass whoopin the Leafs gave the Pens last night.

 

[Mutilator]

If you like fine tip pens you can get some good ones at Jetpens.com

I've got a Pilot Hi-Tec-C Cavalier 0.3mm pen I've been using at work for a while now. I'll probably give a Pentel Slicci a try soon since the silver finish is wearing off the Pilot.

 

[xSauronx]

Originally posted by: Fullmetal Chocobo

Originally posted by: CorCentral

Originally posted by: Fullmetal Chocobo

Originally posted by: dawp
Some of the best feeling pens i've ever used are Montblanc tho they are pricy.

Meh. I could give a damn about pricy. Good pens ARE what I crave.

/Fixed

I has good pens. It was both present tense.

well i read it as "good penis is what i crave" so it would probably be ok to accept the edit on that one.

and I like Zebra F-301's and Uniball Signo 207's

 

[Rubycon]

Originally posted by: moshquerade
anyone else see penis in the thread title?

Pen sized a common theme around here?

:laugh:

Common pen = Uniball Micro - .2mm. Good pressure without the hassle of a ballpoint!

Drawing pens = Nestler Tech (cheap throwaways), and Rotring rapidograph (refillable/cleanable) for drawing "engineer perfect" lines. Besides having an ultrasonic pen tip cleaner sitting on your desk sounds "tech" as it gets.

 

[darkxshade]

I still use Crayons

 

[God Mode]

Zebra F402 is my favorite. Writes well and reliable. I think its about the only pen where I used it till the ink was empty. Thankfully they sell refills.

http://www.rapidsupplies.com/i...=VIEWPROD&ProdID=61551

 

[Numenorean]

The F402 is a good pen. I used to use them. I have since moved on to the Pentel Client. Awesome pen. They can be hard to find though.

http://www.discountofficeitems...ce-products-10370.html

 

[RichardE]

Interesting thread

 

[evident]

get a waterman pen