What is your favorite pen brand?

[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

[gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works]

Rotring. German company. Outstanding heft and quality. I like the 800, but if you prefer a click actuation to a twist, go for the 600.

[sam_bass@lemmy.ml]

Don't have an actual favorite. Just using bics forever due to convenience

[ph3ra@lemmy.ml]

I've been using 0.7 point Pentel Supremes since I began high school

[anon6789@lemmy.world]

Jetstream is my favorite all purpose ink. I got the refills to put in some of my other favorite pen bodies.

You have some tiny writing with that 0.28! I find 0.5 to be my happy place.

[hallettj@leminal.space]

I carry a Fisher Space Pen everywhere, but I switched its cartridge for Pilot Hi-Tec-C refills. It takes a little fiddling to get the refill in there, but once it's in it works great!

[adderbox76@lemmy.ca]

Zebra F-301

[hperrin@lemmy.ca]

Parker, usually. But Pilot is also good. Depends if I want a nice pen or a cheap pen. Kawecos are really nice, but I don’t currently own one.

[monkeymoomoo10@lemmy.world]

I'm surprised more people haven't said TUL!! they are, and have been, my daily for 6+ years. Got all sorts of colors too!

[ohvenus_baby@lemmy.ml]

OP asking the real questions! Also just ducking glad to see something not news or politics related. My gosh it's overwhelming today.

[ohvenus_baby@lemmy.ml]

Clickers are why my pants and pockets have ink all in them. Twist for life.

[ohvenus_baby@lemmy.ml]

I'm in the pen losing crowd. I can't tell if you guys are serious and I need a more expensive pen or not. 100 dollars is too rich for me though. But this logic sort of makes sense.

[jollyrogue@lemmy.ml]

Sharpie.

[turious@leaf.dance]

Zebra Sarasa. Bought one on a whim at a 711 in Tokyo a long time ago, kept coming back.

[apytele@sh.itjust.works]

Papermate inkjoy. The other nurses keep trying to steal my last one that I stole from my last workplace just before it started going downhill and stopped buying the nice pens.

[cysioland@lemmygrad.ml]

Waterman

[nusm@yall.theatl.social]

I’m dead serious about my pens. Some want expensive tennis shoes, some will get by with cheap ones. Some want the nicest, fanciest, sportiest cars, some just want basic transportation. Some want a mansion, others just need a roof over their heads. It’s all in what you put emphasis on. For me it’s pens, something I use all day every day during work. My wife will use whatever plastic pen with a broken clip that she finds on the floor, but I want something a little nicer that feels good in the hand.

And while you think $100 is a lot, it’s really not in the machined pen community. Fellhoelter pens can go for hundreds or even a thousand. The best thing that happened to me was for my wife to go with me to a pen show (yes, they have pen shows). Fountain pen prices can be insane, and she saw some for $20,000 and $25,000. It made my $100-$200 machined pens not look so bad! She’s still not happy about me spending money on pens, but after the pen show she knows that it could be SO much worse!

There’s a good sized market for metal machined pens that take standard refills like Parker-style or Pilot G2. If you use one once, you’ll either get it or think it’s stupid. If you get it, the rabbit hole can be deeeeeeeep.

[papertowels@lemmy.one]

If you want to ball on a budget, you can get a steel f701 pen from zebra for $10, slap a fisher space pen refill in it, and call it a day. It's what I use.