High speed pens.

Masteroffajitas

Masteroffajitas

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I want to buy a pair of high speed looking pens. Not looking for a kubaton type pen. Something that just looks cool. I want it to be thin and write smooth. I have had a few zebras, and I like them, but I want something that'll last a long time. A favorite pen you know? Not at a benchmade price though. Do you guys know the pen I am envisioning?
 
Fisher Space Pens(http://www.spacepen.com/chromebullet.aspx) look pretty sleek, and they come with a good cartridge. Cartridge does have some start-up time, where you have to write or squiggle a bit to get it flowing smoothly, but after that it's smooth. Pricey though, I got mine for $20 at Office Depot.
 
I forgot to mention I already have space pens and rite in the rains. They are great and they actually work. If I don't find a cool pen, I'll most likely pick up one of those nasa zero gravity pens.
 
Have you looked at all the styles Cross offers? Classic pens, very durable. I treated myself to the matte black fountain pen, ballpoint, and pencil for a promotion. They work flawlessly and refills are available just about everywhere.
 
Esav Benyamin said:
Have you looked at all the styles Cross offers? Classic pens, very durable. I treated myself to the matte black fountain pen, ballpoint, and pencil for a promotion. They work flawlessly and refills are available just about everywhere.
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I have a matte black ballpoint from Cross and love it. Can't go wrong there. :thumbup:
 
Take a look at the Lamy line. Some of them are great pens at reasonable prices.

Also, the Rotring pens. They are superb pens, but of limited availability. These guys seem to have the whole line, but you have to look through a lot of listings:

http://www.ipenstore.com/servlet/the-Rotring/Categories


Finally, I find the Schaeffer pens to have excellent balance, but they may be a little expensive for you.
 
This is probably the one subject in the world in which I could be considered an expert. I'm a professional artist, and I draw/ write pretty much all day, every day- with pens. I have tried and used almost every pen on the market- worldwide. I go through literally thousands of pens and markers a year. I carry my pens around in stuff-sacks, I use so many of them. The best PERFORMING pen, in terms of writing smoothly and evenly- is the Uni-Ball Vision Elite.

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They're not the fanciest, the prettiest, or the most expensive pens in the world, but they do write the best. You can find them almost anywhere.

I also really like Sakura's Pigma Micron series.
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I go through those things like popcorn. They're not the best for writing, but for drawing, they can't be beat.

I really wish there was such a thing as a fancy, high-quality pen that performed well. I would be all over it if there were. I own several of the Fisher Space pens, not to mention high-quality/ expensive fountain pens etc., and nothing comes close to the humble Uni-Ball Vision Elite in terms of line consistency. I like fountain pens a lot, but they can't use high-quality inks (all fountain ink is dye-based) so they're useless to me. If I want fountain pen-type lines, I have to go really old-school, and use dip pens, which I do a lot.
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I also picked up a set of Rotrings -- black 600 series, fountain pen, ballpoint, and multiple pen/pencil. But they were much too heavy for pocket carry. Nice desk pens, and the large refiill ballpoint is a still great working pen.
 
The older brass Rotring 600's made in West Germany (pre-Sansford) are super nice pens. Nothing terribly fancy but, smooth solid usable pens. The newer ones aren't as nice IMHO.
 
I love my koh-i-noor rapidograph pens. They are high maintenance though and you tend to get an inky finger. But for line quality and ink flow they cannot be beat. My favorite size is .35, the gray one.
 
BA_Colt said:
I love my koh-i-noor rapidograph pens. They are high maintenance though and you tend to get an inky finger. But for line quality and ink flow they cannot be beat. My favorite size is .35, the gray one.
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I bought one their pencils and it is very high quality.
 
moonwilson said:
This is probably the one subject in the world in which I could be considered an expert. I'm a professional artist, and I draw/ write pretty much all day, every day- with pens. I have tried and used almost every pen on the market- worldwide. I go through literally thousands of pens and markers a year. I carry my pens around in stuff-sacks, I use so many of them. The best PERFORMING pen, in terms of writing smoothly and evenly- is the Uni-Ball Vision Elite.

1012679606.jpg




They're not the fanciest, the prettiest, or the most expensive pens in the world, but they do write the best. You can find them almost anywhere.

I also really like Sakura's Pigma Micron series.
20702-2009-2-3ww-l.jpg

I go through those things like popcorn. They're not the best for writing, but for drawing, they can't be beat.

I really wish there was such a thing as a fancy, high-quality pen that performed well. I would be all over it if there were. I own several of the Fisher Space pens, not to mention high-quality/ expensive fountain pens etc., and nothing comes close to the humble Uni-Ball Vision Elite in terms of line consistency. I like fountain pens a lot, but they can't use high-quality inks (all fountain ink is dye-based) so they're useless to me. If I want fountain pen-type lines, I have to go really old-school, and use dip pens, which I do a lot.
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Regarding fountain pens: Have you tried a custom nib, be it flexible, stub, or italic?
Regarding inks: Have you tried (a) Noodlers Bulletproof inks (b) Iron Gall inks (c) The carbon-based inks that are safe for fountain pens by Sailor and Platinum?
 
BA_Colt said:
I love my koh-i-noor rapidograph pens. They are high maintenance though and you tend to get an inky finger. But for line quality and ink flow they cannot be beat. My favorite size is .35, the gray one.
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I used one of them a great deal in college to do technical drawings, and they were always my pen of choice for cassette labels (the ink never faded), but they are a major PITA to maintain. I haven't used mine in years. I wonder if I could ever get it unclogged?
 
Maybe with an ultrasonic jewelry cleaner? :p
That's why I switched to pens like Sakura's Pigma Microns.
 
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