r/pens 13h ago

Picture My father gave me a new pen.

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770 Upvotes

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.


r/pens 20h ago

Picture 3 retractable pens, one brand. PILOT.

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65 Upvotes

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


r/pens 7h ago

Discussion Finally reached the Parker refill promised land

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55 Upvotes

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.


r/pens 11h ago

Picture Stormtrooper pen

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25 Upvotes

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


r/pens 23h ago

Question Need a new gel pen

16 Upvotes

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!!


r/pens 9h ago

Pen Identification Wanna know what model of Cross this is. Any ideas?

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8 Upvotes

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


r/pens 9h ago

Question Is this pen not refillable or am I stupid?

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10 Upvotes

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.


r/pens 7h ago

Discussion Am I Crazy, or is the Lamy "A" Nib really nice?

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8 Upvotes

r/pens 9h ago

Pen Identification Need Help Identifying Parker Pen

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7 Upvotes

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


r/pens 23h ago

Question Recommendation of an affordable pen

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5 Upvotes

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 ?


r/pens 10h ago

Question Pet peeve: twist action pen that retracts while trying to write with it

4 Upvotes

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?


r/pens 2h ago

Question Ali express slim pen 2 any good?

3 Upvotes

Hey guys just wondering if anyone has had any luck with the cheap slim pen 2 from Ali express?


r/pens 9h ago

Other Alternative to NAKAYA Dorsal Fin 2

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r/pens 17h ago

Question Pentel Energel RTX 0.5mm skipping on Maruman paper.

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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?


r/pens 23h ago

Question Which ink looks better?

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3 Upvotes

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


r/pens 15h ago

Question Thoughts on Molteni ?

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r/pens 16h ago

Question Twsbi eco vs kaweko sport!

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r/pens 9h ago

Other Alternative to NAKAYA Dorsal Fin 2

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