Writing Utensils General
Post your favorite writing utensils.
I have a few sets of P200s, a set of Graphgear 100s and 500s, an Alvin DM03, a bunch of pilot g2s, and some space pens. I have 8B, 4B, HB, 4H, 7H, and 10H lead for my 2mm leadholder.
I EDC my Staedtler Mars Technico with 4H/7H lead, a Parker ballpoint (usa) with a space pen cartridge, and a Pentel PG5.
I got the metal rotary lead pointer used on ebay, and the sandpaper was all worn out, so I got some adhesive and emery cloth, cut it to shape, and glued it in, and now the sharpener works wonderfully.
I use the leadholder for notes during lectures because I can get very fine lines with hard lead, more than half as thin as my .3mm pencils.
Dude, you have autism.
I just use a graphgear 1000 that /g/ tricked me into buying.
It feels no different from a $2 pentel p207.
Also these.
because anime.
>>51473706
Yeah, I don't like the Graphgear 1000 much compared to a lot of the other pencils. I thought that I would like the weight of it, but I ended up liking the much lighter PG5 much better. The retractable tip is neat though.
You should try a leadholder, it is much different compared to writing with a mechanical pencil.
>>51473777
I don't really like writing with thick leads.
Personally I'd switch to 0.3mm if it wasn't so hard to find in stores around here.
I thought about getting one of those kuru togas but the barrel play would surely throw me off.
>>51473954
Yeah, I tried a kuru toga, but I found that I could get a fine point by rotating the lead manually like I do subconsciously with other pencils. Also, the kt I got felt kind of cheap and plasticy.
And with lead holders, because you sharpen them, the experience is like writing with very fine lead, but with almost no lead breaking. With 7h lead I can make it through a full day of lectures without sharpening, and the point is still reasonably sharp.
I used .3mm for a while, but some pencils would make me break the lead. I broke lead the least with my .3mm Graphgear 1000.
Pental erasers taste bretty gud
>>51474091
Nice to know, I have never tried eating them.
>>51473628
Any of you gits have fountain pens?
I prefer them to normal ballpoint pens, way more fun to use.
>>51474228
I have not tried a fountain pen, but I generally do not like ballpoints that have ink that flows more. I out space pen cartridges in all of my pens.
>>51473628
I just ordered this lead holder.
>>51474294
*use
>>51474051
Honestly if you're gonna be sharpening lead inserts, you might as well be using a wooden pencil.
I feel like this is the safety razor of pencils.
>>51474051
>>51473954
I've got a .3 graph gear that I love, but I don't use it for daily use because it's so thin that it's hard to read. I was looking at getting another one in .7; I want to try a rotring 800 but I hear mixed reviews...
For pens, I use a metal space pen at work every day, but I just dropped it in the parking structure and it fuckin scratched the shit out of it so I'm all pissed off I have to find a new daily driver until I get a .7 pencil...
>>51474748
I used to think that too, but they have really grown on me.
The advantages I have found:
-No wood shavings, just carbon, smaller sharpeners
-Pencil does not shrink as you use it
-It feels better in the hand
-It has a pocket clip
-You can adjust the point of the pencil more easily
-Lead breaks less because there is metal around the lead instead of wood
Also, I use a safety razor.
>>51474228
>>51474294
Yea I go for the space pen too. I only recently tried a fountain pen which I loved- I want to get an italic nib and some good paper just for notes or whatever at home but for work I prefer a ballpoint even to a rollerball- although imo the writing looks the worst, it is the cleanest and I'm wearing expensive office clothes that I don't want to get ink on... Plus the space pen ballpoint never skips or anything like that so I don't have to stop everything because of a fucking pen...
>>51474943
I am thinking about getting an AG7, right now I use a Parker pen with a fisher cartridge. I had a CH4B, but either I lost it or someone stole it.
>>51474943
I understand why you wouldnt use a fountain pen for work, man youd come of as a pretentious dickwad in most work enviroments.
My three favorites.
Platinum 3776 Century, Sailor Professional Gear, Faber-Castell Ondoro.
>>51475059
>pretentious
>for using a specific type of pen
Yeah, I wouldn't really concern myself with the opinion of someone who might think like that since they'd be a cunt.
>>51474311
I fucking love drop clutches
when i used to be into art they were the best thing that had ever happened to me
very convenient and very efficient.
>>51474872
I use a safety razor too, but I wouldn't want to sharpen a mechanical pencil for daily use.
This is really more like the straight razor of pencils.
>>51474228
>Lamy
kek
>>51475889
its the thinkpad of fountain pens.
>>51475879
I use hard lead, and if I want to I can sharpen the pencil only once per day and still have a sharp point after a day of notes.
I use 4H or 7H lead normally. I tried 10H, but that was so hard that it ripped paper.
It is less hassle compared to using a woodcase pencil, and it makes really fine lines.
Here is a comparison I just made:
>>51473628
bump
>>51475567
>>51475059
I'd be pretty impressed if I knew someone who could use a fountain pen. Most people's handwriting looks like they should be writing in crayon.
>board full of weeaboos
>nobody talks about Japanese pen redistributors
literally why? in the vap3 threads people hyped fasttech like nothing else, yet here I almost never see people talk about jetpens and it's almost the same thing.
>>51478384
Those threads are literally shilling fasttech
This isn't like r/wicked_edge where a single merchant controls all the discussion and has his puppet accounts recommending that they buy "babby's first razor sampler set" from him directly.
Jetpens upsells everything.
And people here aren't stupid enough to think that it must be better just because it was imported from kawaii anime land.
pic rel is the best thing that happened to writing and my wena
>>51478513
Please don't tell me that this retarded kickstarter was succesful
>>51478384
Fasttech is great for vape gear, cause it sells knockoffs for around 1/10th of the price.
Jetpens seems like a cool site to browse, but the prices look to be more expensive than ebay or amazon.
>>51478384
>>51478627
Yeah, I always buy where it is cheapest. Jetpens is sometimes good for reviews.
I personally just love the Zebra F-301 ball point pens. They're very affordable, write nicely, look nice, and it's the kind of pen you don't want to just toss in the trash when it runs out.
My only other nice pen is a Zebra Fortia I bought at a Japanese bookstore in Los Angeles. I want to go in with like $100-200 one day and buy all nice imported pens there that i like.
>>51478754
Is that a zebra pen that you can mod to accept a space pen cartridge?
>>51478795
I believe so. I wouldn't mind trying to make one for work where I write on sometimes wet paper.
>>51475889
I think the lamy safari is pretty good for the money. I've wanted the lamy 2000 for quite a while but don't think I would ever be able to justify spending over $100 on a fucking pen.
Modern style fountain pens also are less likely to make you look autistic in public.
>>51478627
>more expensive than amazon
>implying amazon has half the stuff they do
>>51478949
Do you really need to buy and overpay for every one of Pentel's subbrands?
Fuck dude.
>>51478979
it's hard as hell to find single specific pens in special snowflake colors on amazon though.
>>51479089
Yeah, ebay and Jetpens are good for that.
>>51475871
Yeah, clutches are awesome.
I wish that I could get the full PGx set.
>>51478949
Amazon is always bad for specialty items.
>>51473628
>writing utensils
These are generally referred to as cognitive artifacts.
>>51480227
So what is that, the women's version of the P20x series?
>>51481803
The .2mm is pink.
The .5mm seems to be the only one still in production, and it has a yellow lead hardness indicator.
It has finer rings on its grip, a lead hardness indicator, and a long lead clearer.
The other sizes are around $80 now, but the PG5 is $10.
>>51478754
My nigga. I also carry a Zebra F301 and a Fortia. The F301 is only a buck fifty (even cheaper in bulk), can take various refills, and look great with any EDC. Fortia is basically the same, and I think it writes a bit better than the F301.
for disposable pens ...
pilot g2 .38
>>51482018
I love .38. I used to carry one at work along with my space pen. Sometimes I would hand it to customers to sign things at my work, and they would press so hard with it that they would rip the paper with the sharp point.
I like buying cheap fountain pens and fiddling with them. If you want something cheap and gimmicky this dollar 717i fountain pen is great. cost me about £2.50, accepts #5 nibs and is a piston filling pen. The only piston filling pen I know of even remotely in that price range.
1. buy box of these
2. enjoy writing beautifully for the next 2-3 years
Mont Blanc or kill urself
>>51482363
>16 shitty gel pens
>2-3 years
double the memes
I've been through a ton of different pens over the years and I've come back full circle to fine point ballpen. Pic related, good for color coded notes.
Used a Kurutoga for a year but the led rotating mechanism broke
>>51482363
>>51482664
I like g2s.
>>51482709
0.7s write too thick and are prone to occasional smearing and flow problems
the pilot V5 line is even worse.
Wouldn't recommend them
>>51478754
I use this, and I've recently been trying to find some .3mm pens to use that have waterproof ink. Going to try sharpie pens, currently have a sakura pigma 01.
>>51482731
I usually use the .38 cartridges. The g2s are my favorite cheap pen.
I like space pens better.
>>51482731
>>51482857
I used to like the 0.38mm cartridges. someone pushed me to look for thinner points and I found some 0.25mm points on amazon. bought a box of them and now I carry enough (and stockpile enough) that i hope never to have to write with anything else ever again.
I've tried fountains, tried the g2s, tried LOTS of pens. I just really really like these.
Fuck these pieces of shit
Bought a box of 12 and all of them have inflow issues after about half the tank is depleted.
Never again
Order this and getting it tomorrow. Any thoughts?
>>51482978
did you order the fedora already?
How do I clean the knurled grips of my Rotring 600?
>>51483000
Been shoving it up your ass too much like the typical Rotring user, I suppose?
Hero's vintage parker ripoffs. The smaller one has a spring-loaded clip which is awesome for practical use but other than that generally lower quality in all other areas compared to the larger one. They write fine lines really well but all have a problem of blurping ink when shaken
>>51483018
Why the hate toward Rotring users?
>>51483019
Why are there ripoffs of Parker pens? I got my vintage made in Janesville pen for ~$10.
>>51483064
The chinese market. Parker used to have a factory in china but the government seized it and gave it to Hero. They write in a way that's pretty suitable for everyday chinese writing.
>>51483056
rotring users are brand whores
>>51483084
I wish that Parker still made pens in the US. I have heard that the new ones are pretty hit or miss. Cross moved their factories as well.
Fisher still makes pens here.
>>51483000
How do you like the r600? I was thinking about getting one.
>>51483111
Cheap parker pens are generally considered shit and Cross pens shit across the board.
Lastly I'm posting 2x jinhao x450s and a lamy safari w. 1.1mm stub. The x450 is a bargain and the black one especially works great. £0.99 delivered on eBay and around exactly the same size as my MB 146.
>>51483234
The USA stainless steel Jotter is nice. It has no loose parts like the newer ones, and it accepts fisher cartridges.
Rotring 300 2mm HB mustard race checking in
>>51483305
Have you tried any harder leads? I love 4h and 7h.
>>51483256
Probably not available here. They're just a bit boring IMO and more the kind of thing you'd receive as a gift from a co-worker than something nice to buy yourself.
They also are notorious for being given for signing up for Over-50 insurance plans
>>51483364
I like the simple aesthetics, and it was made in the city I was born in.
found one of these at the lab I work in. it produces a longer point than the Boston L I pulled out of a old farmhouse.
worth liberating? quick google shows there's a limited market.
what's a better option?
>>51474228
I was given a Kaweco Sport as a gift, I wasn't expecting to love it so much. It's ruined ballpoints for me.
