Other pens?

[kamagong]

What do you write with when you don't use your fountain pens? I like to use rollerballs myself, specifically the Sanford Uniball Vision. This is a great pen, with a visible ink reservoir, and REALLY black waterproof ink. I like it so much that I'm having trouble totally switching over to FPs. What about you guys?

[arvadajames]

I have only been using FPs for a few months, so maybe the newness hasn't worn off yet. But at this point I absolutely hate using anything else.

[Samovar]

I use a Parker Jotter with a Fisher Spacepen refill.

But I also write with the following:

Pilot G-Tec-C4

Uniball Signo Micro 207

Pilot G-2 0.5

Fine Faber-Castell PITT artist pen

[southpaw]

I have only been using FPs for a few months, so maybe the newness hasn't worn off yet. But at this point I absolutely hate using anything else.

Ditto, except I've only been using FPs for 1.5 years.

[Blade Runner]

An old sterling silver Cross Century RB.

A Michael's Fat Boy "Silencer" with a parker gel.

And a Zebra F-301 BP.

[Judybug]

I love Zebra gel pens - especially the antique colors. Also I keep a gorgeous royal blue ball point in my purse [from Books-a-Million - no brand on it] for when I have to write something in an awkward position. To use my fountain pens I have to be sitting down at a table or desk.

 

Judybug

[ht1]

I write mostly with my fountain pens. An old Parker Frontier with a Parker Black Gel refill is my favorite non-fountain pen. Waterman Phileas is my favorite ballpoint. If I use a pencil I like the Papermate Titanium with soft lead, and if I use a wooden pencil I want a Dixon Ticonderoga.

[kissing]

It's very rare for me to write anything other than with a fountain pen (I almost always have one handy).

 

But some rollerballs are ok and gel rollerballs aren't that bad. I like Parker Rollerballs - It's what first got me interested in fountain pens.

[Richard]

When I'm writing but not using a fountain pen, the overwhelming probability is that I'm using a keyboard. I own four vintage penlike objects (aka ballpoints), but the only one I ever carry is my Eversharp CA. (It's been converted to use Parker refills, and I have a gel in it.)

 

http://www.richardspens.com/images/collection/zoomed/ca.jpg

 

I mean, really, why would you want to write with a penlike object when you can write with a pre-1923 Waterman's Ideal no. 452 that has a factory original BB stub -- like this one:

 

http://www.richardspens.com/images/collection/zoomed/452.jpg

 

People ask me from time to time how I handle credit card receipts. For those furshlugginer thermal ones, the Waterman throws enough ink that the things can't clog it. For 2-part ones, the merchant keeps the top copy; and since I already know what my signature looks like, I see no particular reason to be anal about having the bottom copy signed. I just scribble the tip on it (when it's a resto bill) and let it go at that.

[KendallJ]

What do you write with when you don't use your fountain pens?

Huh? You can write with something other than a fountain pen? When did that happen?

[Kalessin]

I have a set of ballpoint and mechanical pencil to match my MB noblesse, and another set of BP and MP to match my black laquer Parker 75.

 

Unfortunately, both ballpoints have issues (a loose threaded insert at the press-fit barrel joint in the MB, and a loose ferrule at the business end of the barrel on the Parker) so they need a little help, but I like carrying the triple sets.

 

A pencil is good for doing math out the long way, and ballpoints are good for writing checks and for situations when I'd ink up my left hand more than the paper I'm writing on.

[DWL]

When I'm writing but not using a fountain pen, the overwhelming probability is that I'm using a keyboard.  I own four vintage penlike objects (aka ballpoints), but the only one I ever carry is my Eversharp CA. (It's been converted to use Parker refills, and I have a gel in it.)

 

http://www.richardspens.com/images/collection/zoomed/ca.jpg

 

I mean, really, why would you want to write with a penlike object when you can write with a pre-1923 Waterman's Ideal no. 452 that has a factory original BB stub -- like this one:

 

http://www.richardspens.com/images/collection/zoomed/452.jpg

 

People ask me from time to time how I handle credit card receipts. For those furshlugginer thermal ones, the Waterman throws enough ink that the things can't clog it. For 2-part ones, the merchant keeps the top copy; and since I already know what my signature looks like, I see no particular reason to be anal about having the bottom copy signed. I just scribble the tip on it (when it's a resto bill) and let it go at that.

Yep, That's what I use too, mines a beautiful hunter green. Thanks for the "How To" Richard, I couldn't have done it with out your site.

 

This is my daily carry pen. It's a Wearever Deluxe 100 in what I call the lava pattern. It's not met a thermal paper it can't beat yet. I use it for just about everything these days. It's sporting a butter smooth 3B CI regrind that I did one night just for fun.

 

While it's not in the same league as that stunning Waterman of yours I love it just the same. It seems like the pen was made for my hand. I can write for hours w/ no problems at all.

 

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y14/DennisLively/100_0091.jpg

 

Dennis