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The Pen, Mightier (2011)

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Re: The Pen, Mightier (2011)

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Post by jmspring »

jseliger wrote: post #3
gennarro wrote: post #2

Helpful companion if you want to learn more about the Pilot pen featured in the article: https://unsharpen.com/pilot-precise-and-hi-tecpoint-pen-guid...

"Pens are often considered a fetish item of neurotics with disposable income" I don't have tremendous disposable income but pens are a pretty minor indulgence, which might excuse making them into a fetish item, writing pointlessly elaborate reviews of them ( https://jakeseliger.com/2009/04/05/product-review-pens/ ), and so forth. Overall, I've come to like the Pigma Micron PN ("plastic nib") pens, which writes smooth…

I don't do a lot of writing, that said I use fountain pens when sketching out ideas / designs - paper is preferred to sketching / whiteboard programs. I've found the pen that works for me is a $30 Lamy fountain pen - it works better for me than ballpoints, etc.

Re: The Pen, Mightier (2011)

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Post by function_seven »

I have a similar “origin story” with the Precise V5. I remember how so much better it was than the ballpoints I had used before. Still use it today.

That being said, I miss the old color scheme of these pens. In my day, the V7s were vividly color matched to the ink, whereas the V5s were a lighter shade of the same hue. The black V5 had a gray body, the blue one had a sky-blue body.

This reinforced my opinion of V7 users as babies with their crayons, while us V5 users were sophisticated and elegant.

My math homework somehow seemed more exacting because of that spindly little nub laser-focused on the work at hand.

Re: The Pen, Mightier (2011)

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Post by cylinder714 »

causality0 wrote: post #5

My life would have taken a different and probably less computer-centered path if I hadn't found the act of writing physically uncomfortable. From the day I learned to write all the way through to the present, it doesn't take more than a couple of minutes for my hand to begin aching. How fascinating it would be to be one of those people who can put pen to page for hours at a time, or buzz out notes in real-time then l…

A couple of thoughts:

- I met a clerk at a bakery I frequented (for business, not pleasure) who made a tight fist with a pen whenever she wrote down an order. How do you hold a pen or pencil? I think the ideal is to hold it as lightly as possible with your thumb, fore- and middle fingers.

- A fountain pen has the least amount of friction of any writing instrument; I learned to write with one in grade school, and managed to forget it later. But I recently picked up a cheap Zebra V-301 for USD$5 and am trying it again.

Re: The Pen, Mightier (2011)

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Post by cylinder714 »

jseliger wrote: post #3
gennarro wrote: post #2

Helpful companion if you want to learn more about the Pilot pen featured in the article: https://unsharpen.com/pilot-precise-and-hi-tecpoint-pen-guid...

"Pens are often considered a fetish item of neurotics with disposable income" I don't have tremendous disposable income but pens are a pretty minor indulgence, which might excuse making them into a fetish item, writing pointlessly elaborate reviews of them ( https://jakeseliger.com/2009/04/05/product-review-pens/ ), and so forth. Overall, I've come to like the Pigma Micron PN ("plastic nib") pens, which writes smooth…

Zebra V-301 fountain pens go for about USD$5 and I think they make disposable ones for less.

Re: The Pen, Mightier (2011)

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Post by wrp »

function_seven wrote: post #13

I have a similar “origin story” with the Precise V5. I remember how so much better it was than the ballpoints I had used before. Still use it today. That being said, I miss the old color scheme of these pens. In my day, the V7s were vividly color matched to the ink, whereas the V5s were a lighter shade of the same hue. The black V5 had a gray body, the blue one had a sky-blue body. This reinforced my opinion of V7 us…

I remember using a V5 for a couple years, I think in the early 1990s, as a cheap alternative to a fountain pen. That was when gel pens were still rather stiff and globby, not much better than ballpoints. I'm completely a gel user now.

Re: The Pen, Mightier (2011)

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Post by rhombocombus »

function_seven wrote: post #13

I have a similar “origin story” with the Precise V5. I remember how so much better it was than the ballpoints I had used before. Still use it today. That being said, I miss the old color scheme of these pens. In my day, the V7s were vividly color matched to the ink, whereas the V5s were a lighter shade of the same hue. The black V5 had a gray body, the blue one had a sky-blue body. This reinforced my opinion of V7 us…

V5 was always my favorite, but the v7 consistently stands up to my ham handed abuse without ruining the ball. They will leak if flown with or washed, and because of a few dramatic ruptures I have been experimenting with the uniball vision fine with excellent results.
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