Why do pens suck these days?

[Fayd]

am i the only one who prefers the really thick ink lines?

i cant stand thin pens :'(

 

[eplebnista]

Originally posted by: Fayd
am i the only one who prefers the really thick ink lines?

i cant stand thin pens :'(

I like the 1.4mm extra bold point of the papermate profile pen I linked to above. It is really smooth writing and its 1.4mm lines are a lot easier to see than the thin lines made by the points of most other pens.

 

[FDF12389]

I have that exact same pen sitting next to me but its out of ink. Care to buy it op? 25 bux.

 

[Cristatus]

Bics FTW!

(C)

 

[Fullmetal Chocobo]

Two months ago I would have considered that, as I still have about 20 ink refills for it. Not getting paid what I used to though.

 

[dennilfloss]

Is this the OP?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFEUy8NzazE&fmt=22

 

[FDF12389]

Originally posted by: Fullmetal Chocobo
Two months ago I would have considered that, as I still have about 20 ink refills for it. Not getting paid what I used to though.

PM me your address, it'll be a gift.

 

[Mo0o]

Originally posted by: EvilYoda
Day to day, I like the Pilot Hi-Tec-C .3mm pens (note taking, brainstorming, etc). Other than that, I have a few nice fountain pens when I'm traveling for work (Dunhill, Mont Blanc).

Like most of AT, I don't really "write" too much these days - not on paper at least.

I accidentally ordered a batch of 0.3mms and they seem too thin for me, sometimes the ink doenst flow out very well unless the paper is well padded

 

[oogabooga]

I have a Mont Blanc Generations Platinum. Rollerball (yea, why buy such an expensive rollerball - it was actually a gift and I like it very much thank you).

I am having a hard time trying to figure out what pen I want next.

 

[CRXican]

The only time I need a pen is to sign my name or write on a post it.

Eveything else is computerized so who cares?

 

[Tiamat]

I used to use Pilot G2, but even better are the Pilot Precise V5 RT. I have been using the latter for the past 2 years without fail

 

[ConstipatedVigilante]

I've never understood people who collect pens, flashlights, etc...

 

[Fullmetal Chocobo]

Originally posted by: ConstipatedVigilante
I've never understood people who collect pens, flashlights, etc...

I happen to collect both, which is kind of funny. But what do you collect? Same principle applies to everyone. Case in point, one person bitching about how someone spends $4,000 on a computer likely spend $30,000 on something that they use to get to work and back and sits outside their house the rest of the time.

Oh, and for flashlights, Surefire L2 is the shit. My Fenix lights aren't bad either.

 

[zerocool1]

Originally posted by: 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.

who makes that one? papermate? I think I might have some sitting around

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

mosh what's on your mind?

 

[JM Aggie08]

Uniballs and G2s pwn the fuck out of every other pen.

 

[Fullmetal Chocobo]

Originally posted by: zerocool1

Originally posted by: 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.

who makes that one? papermate? I think I might have some sitting around

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

mosh what's on your mind?

Papermate used to make it. I don't believe they do so anymore, and so it's impossible to find. And anytime they come out with good pens, they die off. Right now I use F402s, a Foray 0.6mm, Pilot VBall Grip extra fine, Uni-Ball Vision Elite, and that new pen Sharpie came out with.

I'll have to take a pic of my pens for shits and giggles.

 

[zerocool1]

I've accumulated sooo many crap pens, from hotels, and from work. I want to use them up before I decide to sink some money in writing instruments.

 

[Brainonska511]

My favorite pens are the Uniball Vision Elite .5mm pens.

 

[ivan2]

check out the super special section of Fountain Pen Hospital, I got my Pelikan for pretty cheap and they now have Bexleys for 89 bucks.

Don't expect to find 149s though...

 

[middlehead]

Originally posted by: ConstipatedVigilante
I've never understood people who collect pens, flashlights, etc...

I collect pens, but not on purpose. I tend to accumulate them without realizing it.

 

[TheSlamma]

Ball point FTL