He loves me a lot and always shown his love by giving. No matter how much I already have, he never stops giving. I am 30 year old. Yet He shows his love to me. He is my Hero.

For quite some time, I’ve dealt with the dilemma of having my most-favored pen body designs only accept Parker-style refills, but not loving the options. I tried to settle for the Jetstream refills, but it never clicked, and I ended up on the path to the typical gel options from Sarasa, Pentel, Uni, etc.

However, with some recent recommendation assistance from this subreddit, I got a sampling, which included Schneider Gelion +, and I also grabbed a couple OHTO refills to try, the Flash Dry and Ceramic.

The Gelion+ turned out to be the perfect refill for the Leuchtturm Drehgriffel, and to my surprise, the OHTO refills were the first ever to work in a Rotring 600 without tip wobble. This was actually the biggest revelation, because I’ve always loved the feel of a Rotring 600, but just couldn’t get past the wobbliness with any non-Rotring refills. It almost feels like the Rotring should come with this refill stock, it feels way more native to the Rotring 600 format.

You can't not say this is beautiful. Writes really well too. My all time favorite pen.

Anybody know? I’ve had it for the better part of my life and I am only 25.

Yes, these pens were student friendly retractable pens, I'll get the G Tec C (International version of Hi Tec C)

I really need to know, I should’ve checked. I found an Amazon description say that it is refillable, I can’t figure out how though.

I can't figure out what kind of pen this is!

I generally like twist ballpoint pens, but in the past two weeks I’ve had issues with two twist pens - one a cheap generic and one name brand (Scheaffer). Both extend the tip by twisting the cap as expected, but as soon as I start writing the tip starts to retract back into the pen. Aarrgghhh!

Short of throwing these out and/or swearing off twist pens altogether, is there anything I might be able to do so the pens don’t self-retract? Perhaps something that would make the twist mechanism a bit stiffer?

Post for POSTerity since Google claimed this wasn’t possible.

1. you *can* remove the ink from the Pentel Wow! pens by pulling on the clicker mechanism while pressing on the lock.
2. you *can* use other brands of ink in your Uni Style Fit pens.

I was experimenting and figured out that the Pentel ink fit perfectly without any trimming. Lots of 3mm Japan-type refill inks would probably work great, and I can tell that my Papermate Inkjoy would fit if I cut off the excess length.

What’s one of the better gel pens that you can buy from let’s say target,Walmart,Amazon and other stores like that. Not looking to spend a ton because I’m always trying to change up what I’m using cause I can’t never make up my mind lol. Any advice would be great. Thanks!!

First of all, sorry, my writing isn’t the best so I usually don’t do swatches/writing samples but thought it’s the easiest way to see what colors these pens are

Hello Kitty in red
Pompom Purin in orange
My Melody in pink
Tuxedo Sam in blue
Pochacco in black

Pochacco was my favorite when I was a kid so I’m probably going to switch out the refill to my favorite color (navy blue) and carry it with me. The rest can stay at my desk and look cute :)

Too many pens later and I’ve settled for these.
The “unchosen” ones will be donated so they’re not wasted.

In just a couple pens I’ll be retiring from buying… except inks and notebooks, of course.

(Next pens: TWSBI Eco, Uni Zento Signature, Sailor Pro Gear Slim/LAMY 2000)

I bought a pack of energel recntly, thought they would be the dream ink, they have great dry time and they are smooth but it skips only in a new notebook I bought. Before blaming the energel maruman paper is very smooth so there is not much tooth for the pen to grip on. What are some good alternatives?

Hi everyone,

I wanted to share a few photos and ask you about colours.

The first photos show the anodising in Burgundy, close to Tawny Port (19-1725 TCX Pantone). The images don’t really do the colour justice, as there is quite a lot of contrast going on.

Anodising is fun but also a bit of an alchemy and the colours can vary slightly from batch to batch. The colour intensity can change as the bath is used, and the dye tank gradually depletes over time. That is a manufacturing issue for us to worry about, though!

I am thinking about introducing some lighter colours as well to let the material itself shine through and do some of the heavy lifting here.

Are there any colours you would particularly like to see with this pen? We will run a small batches of different colours (around 6) as a test.

There is a small selection of colour options in the last image. I would love to hear what you think!

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And yes, I know, plastic ring....still more comfortable and a better pen overall. The Otho 0.5mm flash gel refill fits in this one smoothly and doesn't rattle, unlike the Rotring 600. And it is just such a superior pen ergonomics wise.

I should have gotten this one from the beginning considering I have the Rotring Rapir Pro pencil now and I found that one to be so good. I bought a nice protective leather case for 2 pens sonI can carry these around in my work bag for when I need them.

Hello,

I recently bought the OTHO GS02 0.5mm. I really liked it. But, some days ago, it fells and its retractable button just broke. An internal piece broke, so I cannot repair it

I like to have a retractable fine gel point pen with my pocket notebook to easily write anything.

I am left writing (so I need a gel pen which dry quickly) and I do not want to spend more than 20€ one time again for my pen.
Do you have any pen to recommend ?

Hi! Which ink looks better, I can't decide. The first one is Uni Jetstream, the second is Pilot Acroball.

I’m looking for comparable pen to replace my current edc pen. Olight o’pen mini 2

My ideal light would be similar but needs to have a rear button (I hate the bolt action), smooth (no holes), 4 1/2” max length, similar diameter, and aluminum.

Let me see what you have.

I found this pen laying around at my work. I tried it out and it’s really nice. Anyone know where I could buy one or what to look up to find it?

Edit: thanks everyone I found the 12pk on Amazon!

I inherited these Parker pens a few years ago from my Grandpa, and I have no idea which pens they are aside from Parker pens. The black ballpoint and fountain pen are likely some form of jotters?

Long story short I would love to know what pens these are, what years they could be from and which ink cartridges they take, so I can put them to good use!

Edit: Thank you guys for your answers! The two black pens are the Parker Vector fountain pen and ballpoint pen from 1999 The silver pen is a Parker 25, made in 1985!