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Oh no, months.
A 1.6mm pen running for months! Gobsmackingly good!! :)
https://us.bic.com/en_us/bic-atlantis-bold-retractable-ball-...
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I went through a similar process many years ago and settled on the Uniball Jetstream for biros and the Kuru Toga for mechanical pencils.
While I didn't go through a hundred pens, I too settled on the Jetstream. Although I find the pen is not the classiest designed, the writing of it is just sooooooooo nice, and I suppose ergonomic enough to make up for it's looks. Also among my test set of maybe a handful of pens, I found the ink to be the best of what I tested (least smudge, quick dry, water proof, etc)
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you might already know this, but Noodler makes an extremely quick drying ink called the Bernanke. It's available in blue and black and dries way faster than anything I've ever seen. It doesn't feather or bleed on any paper I've tried it on. I used to use Staples Sustainable Earth notebooks, now I've started using their TruRed series. I also use Rhodia notebooks, but am switching to TruRed because they're easier to fi…
Thanks. I haven't tried the Bernanke (sounds like it's popular among left-handed folks) but I have a bottle of American Eel. It's just me, but I like really black inks. Noodler inks while quick drying aren't black enough for me. I've tried a bunch and finally landed on Rohrer & Klingner's Leipziger Schwartz. Thanks for the tip on TruRed. I have several Platinum Preppy Fines but results are still a little less fine th…
Shaking them before use is a habit I have, not sure if that helps or is just a placebo tho.