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The Best Pens for 2023: Gel, Ballpoint, Rollerball, and Fountain Pens

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Re: The Best Pens for 2023: Gel, Ballpoint, Rollerball, and Fountain Pens

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Post by jll29 »

After trying a few hundred types years ago, I have been using Pilot's V ball pen black 0.5 / 0.7, which is close to perfect, except I never looked into refill options to reduce plastic waste (I suspect this one cannot be refilled).

Pilot no longer seems to offer the original model, which I insist on, but I was able to acquire large quantities from several Amazon stores.

Any B5 notebook with squares, blank pages or dots will do (Leuchtturm ones are nice), as long as the pages are numbered. I have laptops and paper notebooks everywhere, so I do not use one linearly until it is filled, but hop between them. Each entry is dated, though, so this does not cause a problem.

Re: The Best Pens for 2023: Gel, Ballpoint, Rollerball, and Fountain Pens

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Post by maeln »

baggsie wrote: post #160
maeln wrote: post #157

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The whole nation of France :) . We learn to write in cursive and this is how most of us continue to write.

The difference with France is that kids (at least mine) learn cursive from a very young age - in the UK where I'm from we learnt cursive when I was around 9 or 10 by which time the bad habits have already been formed.

Yes, when I said "we learn to write in cursive" I should have said, this is the first and only way we learn to write :) . We actually have the opposite issue. My script handwriting is awful because I never had to learn/use it. For paperwork we sometime have to write letter separately, but it is different than real script writing.

Re: The Best Pens for 2023: Gel, Ballpoint, Rollerball, and Fountain Pens

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Post by pbhjpbhj »

yarg wrote: post #96
kstrauser wrote: post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Does anyone actually care about cursive beyond personal interest? I haven’t used it since 5th grade and haven’t missed it one bit.

It's faster, so yes?

I swear, many years ago, there were papers published that showed print-style handwriting was quicker. Up until then I would have agreed with you; now I'm not so sure, and the sources have drifted into the mists of memory.

Worth a check.

Re: The Best Pens for 2023: Gel, Ballpoint, Rollerball, and Fountain Pens

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Post by pbhjpbhj »

meindnoch wrote: post #23
kstrauser wrote: post #20

Fountain pens completely changed how I write. I've always gripped ballpoints like my life depended on it and gotten hand cramps from how hard I press them down. I don't want to, and can temporarily stop doing that when I consciously notice, but then I forget and go back to trying to stab the desktop through the paper. A Lamy Safari's triangular shape makes it physically hard to hold the "wrong" way. It nudges me to w…

I'd love to use fountain pens. Unfortunately, I'm left-handed.

Go Da Vinci style and write from right-to-left?

Re: The Best Pens for 2023: Gel, Ballpoint, Rollerball, and Fountain Pens

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Post by Razengan »

wrp wrote: post #127
Razengan wrote: post #117

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As an aside, anybody got recommendations of good websites for Japanese stationery? That have the widest selection and can deliver globally.

What are you looking for that JetPens doesn't have?

I don't know! ^^ Basically collect all the cute and quirky things I can find.

Re: The Best Pens for 2023: Gel, Ballpoint, Rollerball, and Fountain Pens

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Post by jstr_ »

dragontamer wrote: post #21

I spend way more money on jetpens's selection of notebooks than pens though. Also, I tend to prefer pencil, and will recommend the Pentel Kerry. --------- I've said it before, and I'll say it again. The future of online stores is jetpens and websites like it. Jetpens is useful because I trust their reviews. They're a store, yes, but more importantly, they're a trustworthy source of information. Amazon reviews are no…

Since you're into pencils, have you tried the Pentel GraphGear? Or, my personal favorite, the Rotring 800?

Re: The Best Pens for 2023: Gel, Ballpoint, Rollerball, and Fountain Pens

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Post by layer8 »

mNovak wrote: post #112

Wow, I'm shocked at the level of depth in this site. I thought for sure something like "best pens for your lab notebook" would be SEO drivel, but they actually test against things like alcohol and acetone, and consider writing on vials and containers and such.

20 years ago the internet was brimming with such sites, on all possible topics.

Re: The Best Pens for 2023: Gel, Ballpoint, Rollerball, and Fountain Pens

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Post by crossroadsguy »

anshumankmr wrote: post #144

My personal favourites are:Pilot V5 Roller Ball Pen ( https://www.amazon.in/Pilot-Roller-Ball-Pack-Black/dp/B08JVF... ) and this one: https://www.amazon.in/Reynolds-045-Lightweight-Comfortable-S... I have been using these for years now and they are the most comfortable for me to write with.

Oh I still write with a Pilot Hi-Techpoint 05 (not the V5 really; but very similar) almost everyday https://www.amazon.in/dp/B00LOD6BKU/.

I have many other pens that I keep buying losing/using/forgetting/discarding but they have been constant. And god Reynolds 045 were the "professional pen" for students when we meant business - that means even writing in the exams or board exams. I still have it one or two in my house.

There was one from from Mitsubishi. I can't find a link for that.

All the fancy fountain pens keep coming and going (or staying in some pen cases) in my life these were the best.

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