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

well as I can see the results are embarassing for FPs

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.

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:

And convenience.

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...


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

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.

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

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.

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

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/140115...czarny_g_1.jpg

Is your handwriting that bad, because others always complain about my writing

I knew I liked you for a reason.

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

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

I use a plain old Bic