Fisher Bullet pens

[Steven Penner]

Of course the perfect answer to any question is that it depends:

I have 3 of the bullet pens.
It’s an EDC for me, both in my pocket and in the car.

It always works, even in the cold and especially when writing up against the wall.
It doesn’t freeze up orexplode in the heat extremes of my car.
No other pen I have ever tried has that kind of reliability.

As they are sold at retail, they all have medium refills. I buy fine tip replacement refills from the website and swap them all out.

The Bullet pen is perfectly suited to small pocket carry.
The refills are suited to temperature extremes and perfectly reliable.

I also buy the refills with the parker adaptor and use them in the all stainless Parker Jotter.
That way I get the reliability of the fisher refill and the convenience of a full size click click pen.

I write a lot, and I’m picky about my stuff like that.
I wouldn’t use a bullet pen to write all day with. I cramp up and my fingers keep slipping down. On the other hand, I always have one with me.


For daily use, I use the Zebra 401 pens. I always prefer a fine tip, but have recently switched over to their Gel pens, even though they are only available in medium. You can’t beat the smoothness of the Gel ink.

As a reliable leak proof purse pen for her, I recommend the fine fisher refills in a Parker Jotter. It’s neat and clean and always works.

As a NICE gift, I would also look at what high end pens are available in gel inks.

For a teacher, I might look at a set of 3, Black, Blue, and Red inks.

 

[PV29]

I've recently bought two bullets and one Astronaut pen. I've never had a problem with the gloopy ink, which WAS a problem in the past. I'm pretty sure that they've re-formulated their ink and now claim roller-ball-like smoothness. So far, that claim has been true except that the ink flow isn't nearly as free.

The matte black bullet pen with the pocket clip is my favorite. The grip section is chrome with machined grooves that really give it a good grip. The Astronaut pen also has those grooves but their not as pronounced.

I carry at least one with me every day, and I'm a picky nut about my pens. I usually have one Fisher pen and one fountain pen on me all week. I like to use 2 different inks when I take notes for organization. I even put a Fisher refill in my MIL-TAC pen and it writes great.

 

[sixfoot7]

They are good for writing upside down and on slick surfaces. But just for normal writing on paper, they can be a little gloopy and goopy, so other choices might be better for that.

The Police Pro is a very comfortable pen to use. But again, I find that globby ink to be a little annoying.

the bullets are ok for an emergency pen but i dont think they are very good for edc, too gloopy/gloppy/skippy.

for edc i prefer my rotring.

I'm glad I wasn't the only one to experience this. I guess it has to to with the fact the refill is pressurized. Big glop every time you start writing.
I got one when I got my first Palm Pilot, got the Bullet w/stylus on the end, paid $2 extra for the pocket clip. I still have the pocket clip, damn pen slid out somewhere and ran away a few years ago. I generally have a Lamy or a Tornado with me now.

 

[So-Lo]

The past three Space pens I bought write great. The bullet seems to be more
of a backup pen or carry more than use pen. Maybe a twist or click space pen would be better?

 

[jpvjr]

I have one and I think its ok. I toss is in my pockets as a backup pen for the few times I might need a ball point. For a stand alone pen I don't think its that great. If I need to write for a long period of time my hand starts to cramp.

I would suggest getting her a good fountain pen. But then again, I try to convert everyone I meet to fountain pens lol.

Why not a dip pen?

 

[ziptrickhead]

Why not a dip pen?

Not convenient for me. When you have to take several pages of notes non-stop there just really isn't any time to constantly recharge the nib. Plus with those small fold out tables we have, there really isn't any room for ink and the chances of spilling are quite high.

I find a lot of people I meet are lazy enough to not want to refill a fountain pen converter every few days or so; I highly doubt they would want to recharge a nib every few mins.

 

[GarageBoy]

The point of fountain pens is the super slick feel- this was soon replaced with ballpoint pens because of convenience, not because of writing quality quality

Dip pens were made because they couldn't figure out how to get ink to feed onto the nib prior to the fountain pen

 

[John T Wylie Jr]

Too blotchy for all day writing for me , but I have a couple I have had for 4 years. One is always with me in my Mission Wallet , so that I can always have a pen on me. Haven't ever had a problem with one falling apart , heck what can fall apart in a bullet pen ? It's screws together !

For daily writing I prefer a Lamy Swift Palladium.

 

[OwenM]

Haven't ever had a problem with one falling apart , heck what can fall apart in a bullet pen ? It's screws together !

Well, I was going to take a couple of pics and show you, but I can't find my bad ones. I hope I didn't throw them away. The good news is that I found one that I thought was lost looking for them.
Anyway, like you said, they screw together. The female threaded part is an insert in the aluminum body. It can separate from the body so that when you go to unscrew the front to change the refill, instead of unscrewing and separating into two pieces, the whole insert comes out.
Not sure if I'm illustrating this well.
Imagine you just pulled the pen apart without unscrewing it.