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"saabstory | fixes bikes, breaks cars" (saabstory) 01/24/2015 at 19:03 • Filed to: None

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Got a nice deal on a lightly used Cross Classic Century fountain pen. Goes along nicely as a counterpoint to my beloved Cross Stratford ballpoint. What are y'all other Opponauts' favorite pens?

Louros > saabstory | fixes bikes, breaks cars 01/24/2015 at 19:06

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DrJohannVegas > saabstory | fixes bikes, breaks cars 01/24/2015 at 19:08

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For a number of years, I have survived on boxes of Uniball Micros or Super Ink Micros.

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > saabstory | fixes bikes, breaks cars 01/24/2015 at 19:09

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I love drawing with My Cross and a Medium tip cartridge. My medium tip is out of ink, I need to get more. All I have now is a fine tip, I dont like drawing with it, It doesnt bite the paper well.

AthomSfere > saabstory | fixes bikes, breaks cars 01/24/2015 at 19:09

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saabstory | fixes bikes, breaks cars > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 01/24/2015 at 19:11

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I got one of those as a present (I think it's the same model. It's blue and silver.) but I always use the cheaper Stratford instead. I have a connection with that thing.

saabstory | fixes bikes, breaks cars > Louros 01/24/2015 at 19:11

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I used to use the black Bic ballpoints because they're so cheap, but I can't go back from the nicer, heftier Stratford I got as a present four years ago. I've used it every day since then.

saabstory | fixes bikes, breaks cars > AthomSfere 01/24/2015 at 19:12

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I like those Visions. I use the red ones as revision markers.

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > saabstory | fixes bikes, breaks cars 01/24/2015 at 19:20

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One that writes.

I fucking hate being handed/forced to use a dead pen.

saabstory | fixes bikes, breaks cars > ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) 01/24/2015 at 19:26

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It's the worst. I take control of my own destiny and always carry two refills minimum.

Baskingshark > saabstory | fixes bikes, breaks cars 01/24/2015 at 19:33

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my daily driver is an aquamarine Lamy Safari, one of their limited edition colors.

Tipo Stradale Fever > saabstory | fixes bikes, breaks cars 01/24/2015 at 19:38

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Love my good ol' Parker ballpoint. But prefer a mechanical pencil for taking notes and other everyday stuff.

carcrasher88 > saabstory | fixes bikes, breaks cars 01/24/2015 at 20:02

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I've never really had any fancy pens, but I've always been a fan of the Pilot G2 07.

Jeff-God-of-Biscuits > Baskingshark 01/24/2015 at 20:04

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I have one of those in Silver. I bought it probably about 20 years ago, back before they even offered it in different colors. Great pen.

Anima > saabstory | fixes bikes, breaks cars 01/24/2015 at 20:08

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I love me some Faber Castells. Great pens to sketch with

Jeff-God-of-Biscuits > saabstory | fixes bikes, breaks cars 01/24/2015 at 20:09

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Some of my favorites:

Namiki vanishing point. So damn smooth, and to be able to push the button on the end and have a nib pop out is priceless.

Rotring that's so old they have changed the style name, I think they call it the 600 series now. Solid. As in "if I wanted to use a pen to kill someone, this is the one I would grab" solid. Serious block of aluminum crafted into a pen.

Lamy Safari: Big lightweight aluminum job with a nice little window in the body that lets you see the ink level.

My signature pen is a Waterman Opera, with the black herringbone pattern and gold accents.

Also, if you haven't already, you should give Noodler's Ink a try. Dries very fast, writes like silk, and is quite permanent.

petebmwm > saabstory | fixes bikes, breaks cars 01/24/2015 at 20:10

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Dunhill sentryman.

saabstory | fixes bikes, breaks cars > petebmwm 01/24/2015 at 20:14

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Jealousy. How do you like it?

saabstory | fixes bikes, breaks cars > Jeff-God-of-Biscuits 01/24/2015 at 20:15

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Awesome! Sounds like you have a nice little pen life going for you! Thanks for the recommendation.

saabstory | fixes bikes, breaks cars > Anima 01/24/2015 at 20:15

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Totally agreed. I'm not a great or even passable artist, but those things are the funnest.

saabstory | fixes bikes, breaks cars > carcrasher88 01/24/2015 at 20:16

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I like those, but they seem to dip in and out of inkiness. Very smooth though!

saabstory | fixes bikes, breaks cars > Tipo Stradale Fever 01/24/2015 at 20:16

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That's sleeeee eeeekkk !

petebmwm > saabstory | fixes bikes, breaks cars 01/24/2015 at 20:48

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all in all it weighs like 6 lbs.. I love it. I got the roller ball model.

saabstory | fixes bikes, breaks cars > petebmwm 01/24/2015 at 20:50

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Ah man, that sounds amazing! I love heavy medium barrel ballpoints. I hope you can enjoy that thing forever!

petebmwm > saabstory | fixes bikes, breaks cars 01/24/2015 at 21:09

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I broke the cap last year, so I have to send it to Dunhill for a replacement.

Agrajag > saabstory | fixes bikes, breaks cars 01/24/2015 at 21:10

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For artwork I'll mostly use crow quill pens with the assistance of brushes or Koh-i-Noor pens.

For anything else I use the pens I appropriate from work.

holdenbacktears > saabstory | fixes bikes, breaks cars 01/24/2015 at 21:45

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I'm not made of money...

Eazy-O > saabstory | fixes bikes, breaks cars 01/24/2015 at 22:18

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I don't care about style, I want functionality.

For stuff that I want to shade:

For smoothness:

AthomSfere > saabstory | fixes bikes, breaks cars 01/24/2015 at 22:51

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Yep, they write so well! They have been my favorite writing thing since the mid-90's lol!

All Motor Is Best Motor > carcrasher88 01/27/2015 at 03:25

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These are definitely good cheap pens. I like using them, but the large amount of ink they lay down doesn't jive well with my sloppy handwriting.

All Motor Is Best Motor > Tipo Stradale Fever 01/27/2015 at 03:29

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Agreed. I finally started using a decent mechanical pencil (one that isn't made entirely from cheap plastic) for notes and I can't go back to pen or regular pencil. It took me going to the store and saying "okay this time I don't buy a cheap one". I found a brand that has a long, twist-up eraser that's so much easier to replace (and doesn't need replacing very often). I just wish it came in 0.6mm. It's hard to find that size in regular stores. 0.5mm is too thin and breaks easily, and 0.7mm is just a little too thick. I stick with 0.7mm.

Tipo Stradale Fever > All Motor Is Best Motor 01/27/2015 at 07:05

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Yup, they´re nice. I´ve always used my old man´s Pentel when I was younger. During my first year of college I bought a Rotring from the university store and I´ve been using it ever since. I really love the fact that you´re easily able to erase your notes. I guess I´m a kind of perfectionist, but I like everything tidy.

Also, I´ve grown to dislike ballpoints (just a little bit). I´m used to the resistance a mechnical pencil gives. Normal ballpoints imo give much less resistance. Unfortunately, that means that my handwriting has become horrible when I use a normal pen :(

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > saabstory | fixes bikes, breaks cars 01/27/2015 at 12:03

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Nice sketch.

Uniball Visions have been my favorite workhorse pens for well over a decade - I try others, but keep coming back to them - but I recently bought a Pilot Metropolitan fountain pen that's holding it's position in my pocket so far:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00…

The heft is nice, but the line isn't quite fine enough for my normal liking, and it bleeds more on some papers. Very nice pen, though.

I also have a set of Sakura Pigma Microns. Love playing around with the superfine ones.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > AthomSfere 01/27/2015 at 12:06

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Same here. I try others, but I keep coming back...

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Anima 01/27/2015 at 12:07

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Those calligraphy tips are really nice.

All Motor Is Best Motor > Tipo Stradale Fever 01/27/2015 at 13:09

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Yeah I have the same issue. I like the smooth feel of a pen but my handwriting with them is worse. I had found some ballpoint pens with a really fine tip that had a lot of tracking friction across the paper which helped but they went through ink like crazy, and not being able to erase is a downside.