re: Anyone actually buy nice pens?

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ElPresidenteGrande

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never ceases to amaze the people who post here

I have lost or dropped/broken 3-4 Meisterstucks in my day.

Now I just buy the Zebra pens.

I buy ball point pens from the dollar tree and they are almost as good as the major brands that cost five bucks more...three for a buck. They run out of ink a little sooner but they write as smooth. I learned to be cheap along time ago, even if I can afford the better shite now, no reason to waste the money.

I have one very nice pen that was a gift from a friend who was a pen collector. His claim to fame was an early 1900's Parker snake pen. Supposedly the most sought after pen on the market.

But I'm practical and use mechanical pencils and rollerballs daily.

I buy the blue bold pens from Office Depot. Sometimes I’m
Required to sign original documents and the blue pen is necessary. When I write thank you notes the blue ink looks better. I would probably loose a expensive pen. I do like to use a decent pen.

Addicted to HSN?

Pen

Rollerball Refill

I like premium pens. It’s a weird thing for me. I switch between ballpoint and rollerball a lot so I just ordered a titanium edc pen from bigidesign. Yes it’s expensive but it will use damn near any refill you can put in it.

I have a space pen that stays in my hunting bag and one that stays in my tackle box. When I was in construction I used one daily. Inks never failed me.

I find that rollerball ink is a dime a dozen. For me it’s more about the comfort of writing with the pen. Ballpoint ink OTOH is a completely different story. Cross and Jetstream ink are my two favorites. There’s nothing more cumbersome and sloppy than trying to write with a cheap Bic pen.

Cross used to be my go to but the quality has suffered so much to where I’ve had several mechanisms break or wear out on me. My dad has a pen/pencil set from the 80s which feels almost nothing like a modern cross pen. Weight and quality is absurdly better on the 30 year old set.

Coolest pen I have is made from wood from the USS Constitution.

I bought a couple of these pens recently to keep in my backpack and my desk. I'm bad about clipping them in my shirt crossways (I wear Polo style shirts to work everyday) and the ones that click would always leave ink on my shirt if I leaned over and accidentally made it click and it stayed out. This twist style works better for me and the ink they use (energel) is nice too.

Life span of a pen in my hands is generally less than one work day. I buy cheap Bic Velocity pens in bulk....