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Re: Rotring 600 Ballpoint Pen

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Post by mamonoleechi »

If you're looking for a super cheap pen, check french BIC pens: https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=bic+pen&ia=images&iax=image... ; it's less than €0.30 ($0.35)

and don't stop on the price ; this pen is amazing,

it's actually one of the recommended tool, used by the super talented and proefficient korean drawing artist Kim Jung Gi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmqFbgKWoao (not sure he uses it in this video) ; Kim is known to be able to draw anything from memory

you can see him drawing with the BIC pen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30_IDH1TzFs&t=1231s (video: Kim Jung Gi - What Kind of Pen Do You Use?)

Re: Rotring 600 Ballpoint Pen

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Post by criddell »

amelius wrote: post #89

Lol, the entire functional part of the pen is in the refill, except for the way you hold the pen. I see no reason to go evangelical/Apple about it.

Like Don Norman says, attractive things work better.

And there's always a good reason to go evangelical/Apple about it. A day you spend using tools that you love using is a better day than one where you are using tools that bring you no joy.

As far as evangelizing goes, I'm much more interested in the things you love than the things you hate.

Re: Rotring 600 Ballpoint Pen

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Post by LaffertyDev »

deltarholamda wrote: post #119
radicalbyte wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They're also horrible to use if you're left-handed and writing English or any other left-to-right language.

Perhaps a silly question, but would something like a Mahl stick help with left-handed writing? Painters and old-school draftsmen use them to keep their grubby mitts off the surface. I suppose in today's public school you wouldn't be allowed one because it could conceivably be used as a weapon, but it would seem to be helpful.

Left handed person here. Writing is already a chore, tying up both hands just to use a fountain pen without smearing seems to cross an effort/reward boundary.

Maybe useful if you were really committed to the tool. I've been casually interested in fountain pens for a while but the downsides seem to stack up whenever I actually look into it.

Re: Rotring 600 Ballpoint Pen

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Post by [deleted] »

ktzar wrote: post #24

I still think that fountain pens are the pinnacle of writing stationery. One lasts generations and there's no consumables that need recycling or disposing of, if you use a rechargeable cartridge and buy ink bottles.

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Re: Rotring 600 Ballpoint Pen

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Post by kstrauser »

dfee wrote: post #32

Since we’re all sounding off on preferred pens, the Pilot Precise v5 is my go to (blue). Seems it’s laughable to some out there, but’s been trusty for me! https://pilotpen.us/Product?0=40&1=36&cid=271

There’s nothing laughable about that! I adored those in math classes where I was adding tiny notes around things. They were my favorite for a while.

Re: Rotring 600 Ballpoint Pen

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Post by nordsieck »

Theodores wrote: post #108
radicalbyte wrote: post #83

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You're probably doing the lefty-handed-curl. If you adopt a really weird writing position you can write without smudges. Depending on your body-type it's either easy and obvious or very uncomfortable. I'm in the latter group so I just use a pencil.

Euch. That lefty-handed-curl is a solution proposed by the right handed world. The correct way to write as a left handed person is to turn the page ninety degrees.

> The correct way to write as a left handed person is to turn the page ninety degrees.

That is such a genius solution!

Re: Rotring 600 Ballpoint Pen

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Post by amelius »

criddell wrote: post #142
amelius wrote: post #89

Lol, the entire functional part of the pen is in the refill, except for the way you hold the pen. I see no reason to go evangelical/Apple about it.

Like Don Norman says, attractive things work better. And there's always a good reason to go evangelical/Apple about it. A day you spend using tools that you love using is a better day than one where you are using tools that bring you no joy. As far as evangelizing goes, I'm much more interested in the things you love than the things you hate.

Be careful to not love your tools more than the things you create with them.

It's all in your mind. Simple tools are king. They allow you to be creative anytime, not just when holding the "right" tool.

Re: Rotring 600 Ballpoint Pen

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Post by hungmung »

nosrepa wrote: post #126

I think I'm happy with my fisher space pens.

I put a Space Pen refill into my Tactile Turn bolt action pen* and I've been happy with it as a daily driver for about 5 years now.

* If you want one that's got regular pen dimensions and will fit in a breast pocket, get the slim model with the short length.

Re: Rotring 600 Ballpoint Pen

#150

Post by bookofjoe »

deltarholamda wrote: post #119
radicalbyte wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They're also horrible to use if you're left-handed and writing English or any other left-to-right language.

Perhaps a silly question, but would something like a Mahl stick help with left-handed writing? Painters and old-school draftsmen use them to keep their grubby mitts off the surface. I suppose in today's public school you wouldn't be allowed one because it could conceivably be used as a weapon, but it would seem to be helpful.

The Wikipedia entry is "Maulstick": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maulstick
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