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The $80 pen uses a $3 refill. A Mont Blanc uses a $5-15 refill. A $275 crappy pen writes the same as a $20 pen, and will probably not be as comfortable. Anyone who buys a $275 "tactical" pen is a fool, plain and simple.

Mark, check these out: http://retro51.com/
 
sticktodrum said:
The $80 pen uses a $3 refill. A Mont Blanc uses a $5-15 refill. A $275 crappy pen writes the same as a $20 pen, and will probably not be as comfortable. Anyone who buys a $275 "tactical" pen is a fool, plain and simple.

Mark, check these out: http://retro51.com/
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These two from your link seems pretty cool.

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Indeed. I picked up a "stealth," and will likely pick up their "Numbers" limited piece, along with a couple of those other Metalsmith ones. If you look up Retro 51 pens online, you'll see that they're pretty inexpensive and take most of the refills you'd want. They're worth a try considering they don't cost much money.
 
Mario, do you have experience with the Fisher Q4 multi pen? It seems perfect for a school student like myself.

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TotalDbag said:
Mario, do you have experience with the Fisher Q4 multi pen? It seems perfect for a school student like myself.
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I haven't used it, but I don't think the specs are that appealing. The stylus is for resistive touch screens, not capacitive, so you can't use it on a smartphone or tablet. The eraser is a bit small, and the ink cart for that is the very thin Fisher refill which won't last very long if you're writing a lot.

That thing came out quite some years ago, around the time when those PDAs were pretty popular, which is probably the user they were geared toward.

I write more with a pen than pencil, so I personally would lean towards a good comfy pen with a good refill that writes a line that makes me comfortable. Fortunately, the Fisher refill is one I love, so that's no problem. I usually use a Zebra mechanical pencil, the short one that looks like a wooden pencil. They work for me because for some classes and teacher certification exams, they don't allow mechanical pencils (I suppose because people hide answers in them), but those look like them and I've never had a problem using them. I hate wooden pencils, since they write well for about 5 seconds and then get super blunt.


Hey Kirb. I'm still unpacking, but I'm about to go to bed.
 
sticktodrum said:
I haven't used it, but I don't think the specs are that appealing. The stylus is for resistive touch screens, not capacitive, so you can't use it on a smartphone or tablet. The eraser is a bit small, and the ink cart for that is the very thin Fisher refill which won't last very long if you're writing a lot.

That thing came out quite some years ago, around the time when those PDAs were pretty popular, which is probably the user they were geared toward.

I write more with a pen than pencil, so I personally would lean towards a good comfy pen with a good refill that writes a line that makes me comfortable. Fortunately, the Fisher refill is one I love, so that's no problem. I usually use a Zebra mechanical pencil, the short one that looks like a wooden pencil. They work for me because for some classes and teacher certification exams, they don't allow mechanical pencils (I suppose because people hide answers in them), but those look like them and I've never had a problem using them. I hate wooden pencils, since they write well for about 5 seconds and then get super blunt.


Hey Kirb. I'm still unpacking, but I'm about to go to bed.
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Cool...good night!
 
sticktodrum said:
I haven't used it, but I don't think the specs are that appealing. The stylus is for resistive touch screens, not capacitive, so you can't use it on a smartphone or tablet. The eraser is a bit small, and the ink cart for that is the very thin Fisher refill which won't last very long if you're writing a lot.

That thing came out quite some years ago, around the time when those PDAs were pretty popular, which is probably the user they were geared toward.

I write more with a pen than pencil, so I personally would lean towards a good comfy pen with a good refill that writes a line that makes me comfortable. Fortunately, the Fisher refill is one I love, so that's no problem. I usually use a Zebra mechanical pencil, the short one that looks like a wooden pencil. They work for me because for some classes and teacher certification exams, they don't allow mechanical pencils (I suppose because people hide answers in them), but those look like them and I've never had a problem using them. I hate wooden pencils, since they write well for about 5 seconds and then get super blunt.


Hey Kirb. I'm still unpacking, but I'm about to go to bed.
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Well, I really don't care for the stylus part and apparently you can replace the stylus with another ink cartridge (maybe I'll double up on black ink)
Reason I was thinking of getting it (and I probably will) is because the pencil is good for tests (and Spanish/math class) while I can use the black ink pen for everthing else. And having red ink is also helpful because sometimes the teacher will make us grade a neighbors test, quiz, paper, etc, and it has to be done in red ink.

I mean, it's only $25-30, so why not try it out?
 
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CJZ said:
How'd you do that?
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I was cutting a box top (maybe you know what they are) out of the top of a box and you need to be fairly precise with your cutting and I didn't get the tip of the Cryo far enough into the box and when I cut it sliced through the first couple layers of box and right onto the counter too.
 
sticktodrum said:
The $80 pen uses a $3 refill. A Mont Blanc uses a $5-15 refill. A $275 crappy pen writes the same as a $20 pen, and will probably not be as comfortable. Anyone who buys a $275 "tactical" pen is a fool, plain and simple.

Mark, check these out: http://retro51.com/
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I've been thinking about this and I have decided I was thinking like a fool about the pens.
I don't really need a tactical pen, and considering spending that much for something I just "want" was really stupid of me.

Do you know of any carbon fiber pens that run under $50? Because i think i can trust your judgement better than my own on this matter :o
 
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Back in December when Kershaw had the "tactical pack" with the Brawler, light and pen, I got a few of them and kept two. With those two, I drilled out the bottom of the lower piece and put Fisher Space Pen refills in them. Cheap as hell and they work great!
 
VENI VIDI VICI said:
I've been thinking about this and I have decided I was thinking like a fool about the pens.
I don't really need a tactical pen, and considering spending that much for something I just "want" was really stupid of me.

Do you know of any carbon fiber pens that run under $50? Because i think i can trust your judgement better than my own on this matter :o
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wobly said:
Back in December when Kershaw had the "tactical pack" with the Brawler, light and pen, I got a few of them and kept two. With those two, I drilled out the bottom of the lower piece and put Fisher Space Pen refills in them. Cheap as hell and they work great!
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I got one of those pens.
 
VENI VIDI VICI said:
I've been thinking about this and I have decided I was thinking like a fool about the pens.
I don't really need a tactical pen, and considering spending that much for something I just "want" was really stupid of me.

Do you know of any carbon fiber pens that run under $50? Because i think i can trust your judgement better than my own on this matter :o
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Aluminum investigator pen is $60.
 
wobly said:
Back in December when Kershaw had the "tactical pack" with the Brawler, light and pen, I got a few of them and kept two. With those two, I drilled out the bottom of the lower piece and put Fisher Space Pen refills in them. Cheap as hell and they work great!
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I had that too!

Well, had.
I sold the Brawler, lost the flashlight, and the pen is broke. (angry chick stabbbed me in the arm with it, I didn't do anything wrong, she was just out of her freaking mind)
 
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