What is your favorite pen brand?

[gold_e_lox@lemmy.world]

i use Mitsubishi roller balls, real nice and inky, great colours. I'm a lefty so can't really use fountain types.

[skydancer@pawb.social]

The ability to use home-made inks, guache, and stick-inks makes Ackerman very special. Particularly since I get to use my favorite Braise Bandzug nibs. And of course there's the fact that they're a small specialty company helps make them "favorite".

If you're asking who makes my favorite pens for every day carry or low-maintenance with standard fountain pen inks, definitely Lamy. They will still stand out a bit in a business setting in a way that might be a bit uncomfortable for some, but not in the brute utilitarian way Ackerman's do. I love broad nibs, and frankenpens just aren't reliable enough for me at work.

[damonsterknees@lemmy.world]

Bank teller w/half a dog tag chain.

[hactar42@lemmy.world]

Zebra F-402 - I write really small and their fine tips flow great but don't run. Plus they're cheap enough that I don't care when my wife or kids steal them out of my desk.

[potoooooooo@reddthat.com]

G2s are nice for pena. We also have some of the Sharpie ones.

I really like the Papermate felt tip marker pens.

Zebra F701 is also nice.

[200ok@lemmy.world]

If you're looking for a satisfying twisting pen, the Faber Castell hexo ballpoint has been my favorite for a while now.

It uses a parker style refill, so I swapped it out for a Schmidt easy flow 9000

[dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net]

Uni jetstream edge .28 mm. Uses an oil-based ink that doesn’t smear if it gets wet. Feels good in the hand too.

Also, the rOtring ballpoint pens.

[nusm@yall.theatl.social]

When I pay $100 for a pen, I don’t lose it!

Seriously, I’ve never lost one in the years that I’ve carried them. And the writing experience is drastically different than writing with a cheap plastic one.

[quarterswede@lemmy.world]

I’ve used all kinds. My favorite is still the cheap Pilot G2. Writes effortlessly and has a great click to it.

[endymion_mallorn@kbin.melroy.org]

Brand? Bic.

[deranger@sh.itjust.works]

Picked up a Rotring for my wife a while back and she constantly gets compliments on it. Really nice weight and feel to it.

[golden_zealot@lemmy.ml]

I like the Muji aluminum fountain pen.

https://unsharpen.com/pen/muji-aluminum-body-fountain-pen/

Cheap enough that if it breaks or you lose it or some such, you won't be that upset, but writes wonderfully. It is nice to have a pen where you can choose your own ink, and it will accept either refillable cartridges or pre-filled cartridges.

The way the cap posts on the back of the pen is pretty unique as well.

[elextra@literature.cafe]

TUL pens. Super durable as I click my pens from anxiety and I havent had one break on me. Write very smoothly too

[meowzedong@lemmygrad.ml]

I slept on the kaweco sport, but when I finally got one, it quickly became my everyday. I got a transparent body and fill the body directly with ink like an oil tanker ready to defile the ocean within my pocket, then lube the threads with petroleum jelly. Not a single leak.

Iconic style, affordable, ink lasts forever, one of the most reliable, smoothest gold bibs came with it, and it's comfortable to write with. I love that pen and wish I had as many chances to use it these days as I did in the past. Unfortunately, my writing at work is almost entirely digital now.

[tko@tkohhh.social]

Parker, specifically the Jotter. I still have and use a stainless steel one that I bought in 1999 because I kept losing pens, and I thought that if I spent a little more on one I might take better care of it. It's my favorite by far.

[3dmvr@lemm.ee]

Not the pen I was thinking of

[413j0@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

Back when I constantly needed a pen I used to use a Parker espirit telescopic fountain pen, since it was the best small fountain pen that cost little enough that I wouldn't mind loosing, but it was still small enough and good enough for my tastes. More recently since I stopped needing an actual pen with any sort of frequency it just kept getting dry and I just decided to stop carrying one.

This days the only thing that I physically write with any sort of frequency are ttrpg character sheets and for those I just need a good pencil, so I moved to the wsd magnetic 2.0 mm lead holder. I just love it both as a great mechanical pencil and a fidget toy

[ace_garp@lemmy.world]

Bic 4 colour ftw!

[beattakeshi@lemmy.world]

I bought myself this beauty a year ago, metal body and refillable

[tetris11@lemmy.ml]

I literally go to the bank to write my novel. The tellers are starting to suspect why I'm a depositing a single penny every ten minutes