What do you use today?

[convoy hunter]

Fountain Pens or Ballpoints-Rollerballs ?
please say the model of your most used pen.
(Photos accepted)

[Sailor Steve]

Bic plastic ballpoints. Ten for two dollars at Walmart.

[convoy hunter]

Bic plastic ballpoints. Ten for two dollars at Walmart.
Wow that was a quick answer!:o

[convoy hunter]

Well I use FPs but most a Parker Sonnet.

[Sailor Steve]

Luck. Right place, right time. :D

[convoy hunter]

Luck. Right place, right time. :D
Always

[convoy hunter]

http://static.jetpens.com/images/a/000/019/19205.jpg

[soopaman2]

What do I use most?

Orange spraypaint.

I dig up the road for a living.

Second, black sharpie.

[Tribesman]

Depends what I am writing.

[Reece]

I do use ballpoints however most of the time I use Artline 200 black pens!:yep:

http://www.powerpak.com.au/catalog/images/prodimg/img1280.jpg

[Takeda Shingen]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/03-BICcristal2008-03-26.jpg/300px-03-BICcristal2008-03-26.jpg

The ol' blue Bic Cristal ballpoint. Exactly what I have been using since high school. Serves me well enough.

[Platapus]

Ball points only because I lose them, lend them, or have them stolen from me on a daily basis.

I am actually convinced that at my company there are only 6 pens and they just keep moving from desk to desk. :D

[TLAM Strike]

I prefer a nice gel ink ballpoint. I mostly use the Pilot G2 or its generic equivalent from Staples (Sarasas):

http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/3812/penpilot5black.jpg
http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/615/1010041786.jpg

If you like ballpoints but have never tried a Gel Ink pen: Get one. its like moving up from a Ford to a Cadillac.

[Randomizer]

0.7mm Mechanical Pencil

[CCIP]

0.7mm Mechanical Pencil

Same :yep:

Not a fan of pens! My handwriting is pretty bad and being able to erase it is a nice perk. Pencils are also more versatile when it comes to drawing/sketching.

[Sailor Steve]

The ol' blue Bic Cristal ballpoint. Exactly what I have been using since high school. Serves me well enough.
Yep, that's what I meant with mine, only I have a thing for black and refuse to use the blue ones. :O:

I prefer a nice gel ink ballpoint. I mostly use the Pilot G2 or its generic equivalent from Staples (Sarasas):If you like ballpoints but have never tried a Gel Ink pen: Get one. its like moving up from a Ford to a Cadillac.
I have problems with my right hand and can't hold a pen for long anymore. I tried one of those and loved it!. I still don't have one, but it's only a matter of time. :sunny:

[Schöneboom]

I've got a Mont Blanc around here somewhere... (searching drawers) Now I'm so embarrassed... Well, when I do find it, it'll be in perfect condition!

This is why I use cheap ballpoints -- I never worry about losing them!

[Rilder]

Keyboards.

My handwriting is so horrible its not even worth trying. The closest I can get to legible handwriting is to grab a bottle of ink and pour it over the paper. :O:

[magicstix]

I use a fude pen... fufu...

[August]

I have a lifetime supply of drug company ball point pens from my days as a tech.

[Dowly]

Fingerpaint.

[razark]

0.7mm Mechanical Pencil For some reason, I could never get behind the 0.7mm pencil. My implement of choice is a 0.5mm mechanical pencil, but I've had trouble finding ones I like.

Pens, I lose. My pencil, I've had for at least 7 or 8 years now.

[kraznyi_oktjabr]

Fingerpaint.Understandable choice. I would imagine that fountain pen or ballpoint fits badly to ferret's paw. :hmmm:

[HunterICX]

Bic Ballpoints

HunterICX

[Herr-Berbunch]

Bics here too, they either stop working at the ¾ full point or last for ever with seemingly nothing left! :yeah:

[kiwi_2005]

The good old ball point. But the only time I use a pen is to sign something, typing on the pc changed all that. I think every now and then its good to get out a pen and start writing on paper one time there I hadn't used a pen for a long time probably a couple of years when it came to sign my name on paper it looked like a 2yr old had wrote it. Its like I forgot how to write.:haha:

[joea]

Keyboards.

My handwriting is so horrible its not even worth trying. The closest I can get to legible handwriting is to grab a bottle of ink and pour it over the paper. :O:

Yes I have one, what is this "pen" you all speak of?? :D

[kraznyi_oktjabr]

Yes I have one, what is this "pen" you all speak of?? :DHow could I explain this... :hmmm: its smaller (usually) version of thing that every man has. Main difference is that its usually not permanently connected to any other object and it contains ink which is (usually) intended to be used for writing.



:O:

[Jimbuna]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/03-BICcristal2008-03-26.jpg/300px-03-BICcristal2008-03-26.jpg

The ol' blue Bic Cristal ballpoint. Exactly what I have been using since high school. Serves me well enough.

Ditto...but the black variety.

[August]

Ditto...but the black variety.

Not to put too fine a point on it. Wink wink nudge nudge! :DL

[Osmium Steele]

Been using the Pilot G-2 for a little over a year now. Love the way it fits the hand and survives the washing machine!

Ran the last one dry and haven't replaced it yet, so I'm using an old Uni-ball ONYX micro I found in my desk.

http://content.etilize.com/500/11969584.jpg

[convoy hunter]

well as I can see the results are embarassing for FPs

[Raptor1]

Whenever I actually have to resort to using a pen, I will most likely find myself with a ballpoint. I have the uncanny ability to render any pen I use inoperable within minutes to hours of touching it (The same thing that keeps killing my headphones, I'm certain), and those are usually the most common ones in hand when I have to throw the old one into my expanding collection of worthless writing instruments.

[Herr-Berbunch]

well as I can see the results are embarassing for FPs

I think cost has a lot to do with it, a well known high street stationers has the cheapest online FP at £7.99, or a pack of ten ball points for £5.19, or 30 gel pens for £12.99 :doh:

[Tribesman]

I think cost has a lot to do with it,
And convenience.

[Penguin]

Crack. Oh, you meant for writing? ;) Cheap ballpoints, almost exclusively promo gifts.
As kids we were told to use a pen in school, as ink was easier to delete. Some folks also said that ballpoints could ruin your handwriting - not much to detroy here...


Ball points only because I lose them, lend them, or have them stolen from me on a daily basis.


You are aware that unattended ballpoints get warped to a planet which only hosts Biro life forms, aren't you? :know:

[convoy hunter]

Some folks also said that ballpoints could ruin your handwriting - not much to detroy here...

That is because you need to apply constant pressure when using a BP, with a FP it is different pressure has nothing to do with whether it writes or not but with the width of the line.

[convoy hunter]

I will post a photo showing my handwriting diferrencies using a ballpoint and a Fountain Pen

[convoy hunter]

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=493&pictureid=5306

[Penguin]

That is because you need to apply constant pressure when using a BP, with a FP it is different pressure has nothing to do with whether it writes or not but with the width of the line.

They told us so in elementary school, when the handwriting was still developing. We first used some kind of "crayon pens", later, also pencils were allowed. That's why I found it quite odd to say a ballpoint would ruin it, as I don't see the difference in pressure to crayon/pencils.


Regarding the example: Your handwriting looks the best with the Parker, though not too much difference towards the ballpoint, but the readability is much better, due to color and no broken lines.

[Sailor Steve]

@ convoy hunter: They're all pretty good. I can read them easily, and that makes them better than mine. :cry:

[kranz]

Parker Vector. The cheapest of the Parker models. Actually, my 4 or 5th one, plus I had one Parker with its "body" made of epoxy resin instead of plastic like in Vector.
http://www.highclass.pl/files/1401159477/parker_vector_pioro_wieczne_czarny_g_1.jpg

[convoy hunter]

@ convoy hunter: They're all pretty good. I can read them easily, and that makes them better than mine. :cry:
Is your handwriting that bad, because others always complain about my writing

[frau kaleun]

I have a thing for black and refuse to use the blue ones.


I knew I liked you for a reason.

Blue ink just looks... wrong. :O:

[RickC Sniper]

Most lefties like me don't get along with fountain pens very well.

I use a plain old Bic

[Madox58]

Sharpie Ultra Fine Point if I can find one.
Crayons if I can't.

[MothBalls]

http://a62.g.akamai.net/7/62/10424/28dd909be9e5b6/www.crayola.com/products/media/large/52-3008.jpg

Only thing I'm allowed to use.

[convoy hunter]

Most lefties like me don't get along with fountain pens very well.

I use a plain old Bic
There are nibs available for left handers

[yubba]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAE7uOO_4v4&feature=related

[Madox58]

http://a62.g.akamai.net/7/62/10424/28dd909be9e5b6/www.crayola.com/products/media/large/52-3008.jpg

Only thing I'm allowed to use.

I prefer the edible ones.
:D