I am a pen addict. I collect them like some people collect coins, except I am really particular about what kind of pen I collect. (I guess there is some particular coin collector out there only looking for pennies, what a weirdo.)
I love fountain pens. I have three of them and I even have ink bottles to refill them. There is just something about dipping the tip into the ink and puling up to fill the cartridge. You can buy pre-filled cartridges, but what fun is in that? I love that fountain pens are thin tipped because I tend to write very small and very quickly(I lose my thoughts and to avoid the loss I must rush).
I bought some Korean pens that I really loved on Amazon a few years ago. The main reason for the purchase was because the pens were thinner tipped than any pen in the U.S. at a very thin .3mm.
I also have a few name brand pens that I gravitate to. At work, it is hard to carry around my fancy fountains, so I resort to mainstream store bought ones. Cheap Bic pens are not a preference, in fact, ballpoint pens of any brand are just meh to me. I love the G2 Gel Pens by Pilot. Gel pens often write smoother and Pilots are top of the line, in my opinion.
The other mainstream pen I have always liked is the Paper Mate Felt Tip. Currently I have about six black .7mm Paper Mate felt-tips. They were on sale and I have a weakness both for pens(obviously) and for sales. (By the way: I just spent about 10 minutes looking for thinner Paper Mate pens, I found that they have an ultra-fine felt tip that is .4mm. Somebody may be spending ten dollars on eight new pens today. I think I may have a problem.)
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| Jinhao 321 Fountain Pen (I have three of these pens: black, red and yellow) |
I love fountain pens. I have three of them and I even have ink bottles to refill them. There is just something about dipping the tip into the ink and puling up to fill the cartridge. You can buy pre-filled cartridges, but what fun is in that? I love that fountain pens are thin tipped because I tend to write very small and very quickly(I lose my thoughts and to avoid the loss I must rush).
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| Happy Day Korean Pens (can still be purchased on Amazon) |
I bought some Korean pens that I really loved on Amazon a few years ago. The main reason for the purchase was because the pens were thinner tipped than any pen in the U.S. at a very thin .3mm.
You may or may not be a pen nerd like me, so you may or may not know that pens come in different tip measurements. The smaller the number the thinner the tip. In America, our pen tips are typically .7mm or .5mm, .5mm are okay for me, but the .3mm Korean pens were a game changer. Fountain pens come pretty close to the .3 so I write with them a lot.
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| A close 2nd The Pilot G2 |
I also have a few name brand pens that I gravitate to. At work, it is hard to carry around my fancy fountains, so I resort to mainstream store bought ones. Cheap Bic pens are not a preference, in fact, ballpoint pens of any brand are just meh to me. I love the G2 Gel Pens by Pilot. Gel pens often write smoother and Pilots are top of the line, in my opinion.
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| The Paper Mate Flair |
The other mainstream pen I have always liked is the Paper Mate Felt Tip. Currently I have about six black .7mm Paper Mate felt-tips. They were on sale and I have a weakness both for pens(obviously) and for sales. (By the way: I just spent about 10 minutes looking for thinner Paper Mate pens, I found that they have an ultra-fine felt tip that is .4mm. Somebody may be spending ten dollars on eight new pens today. I think I may have a problem.)
I get it, some people may just think a pen is a pen and any pen will get the job done, but for me pens are much more significant. The pen is what takes my ideas from a neurological spark to a tangible symbol on a piece of paper. I want that tangible symbol to look a certain way. I also want to feel a certain bit of feedback from the paper as I write down those neurological sparks. (Don't even get me started with paper. That is an entirely different post. )
