What's your favourite ballpoint pen? When I was younger I had some decent Papermate and Parker ballpoints. Papermate as decent pens appear to have disappeared years ago. I have often looked at Parkers, Sheaffers and Waterman pens. Anyway, I just bought 2 Pelikan ballpoints. And may add a few more. My only fountain pen is a Lamy.
Ballpoint Pen
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I'm more of a fountain pen/mechanical and propelling pencil user, and the only ballpoint pen I have (other than the cheap freebies that sometimes arrive from here and there) is a Cross Century II chrome model. I use it mainly where a fountain pen just won't do, on things like plastic bank cards, some official forms, when gardening, doing machinery maintenance and so forth.
In a similar manner to that in which I spend some time finding the right fountain pen nib and ink combinations, it took me a while to decide which Cross refill was best suited to me. However, I'm one of those whose handwriting is a copperplate I finished learning around the time of the Manchester United Munich air disaster, and which isn't really suited to anything other than an ink pen. I do have some difficulty in reading things I've written with the Cross.
That said, I've seen some superb examples of handwriting made with ballpoints, which for me is a "How did he/she do that?" moment of admiration.
In a similar manner to that in which I spend some time finding the right fountain pen nib and ink combinations, it took me a while to decide which Cross refill was best suited to me. However, I'm one of those whose handwriting is a copperplate I finished learning around the time of the Manchester United Munich air disaster, and which isn't really suited to anything other than an ink pen. I do have some difficulty in reading things I've written with the Cross.
That said, I've seen some superb examples of handwriting made with ballpoints, which for me is a "How did he/she do that?" moment of admiration.
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The Sheaffer is the nicest writer - second from right. The Waterman is the most attractive on the first left...
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- Sunday November 4, 2012
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- Southern Ontario, Canada
I prefer writing with a fountain pen, but when I have to use a Biro my pen of choice is the Parker Jotter. In my desk at home I have a 1954 Jotter, which is the first year they were made by Parker. For general use I have several Bic Cristals and Clics.
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- Tuesday November 20, 2012
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- Out of off of Chorley
Classic Zebra F-xMD Ballpoint
Stainless Steel construction with diamond cut finger grip.
I also think rollerball pens using fountain pen ink are pretty cool and smooth writers; like this Schneider Ray Rollerball Pen ~ looks like an orca.
Stainless Steel construction with diamond cut finger grip.
I also think rollerball pens using fountain pen ink are pretty cool and smooth writers; like this Schneider Ray Rollerball Pen ~ looks like an orca.
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- #10
Indeed, I now have a stainless steel Jotter.
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The Zebra is on the Cult Pens website where I ordered today's delivery from. Unfortunately their price sort was not working otherwise I may have spotted it. I will add it to my next order, as my gifts this year will be pens...
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- #16
It is definitely the same, it's far less expensive in the USA and Japan compared to the UK and Europe.