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I like to write with RB pens aside from fountain pens. I actually started collecting RB pens before I got into FP's, but my collection has grown to a 3:1 ratio since then (FP/RB)! I am not crazy about most BP pens (aside from the Jotter). I also like both Tech Pens, and RB pens that use FP cartridges!

 

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Sheaffer Targa BP pen with a hacked Parker refill (writes waaay better than Sheaffer's refills). The pen was given to me, along with the matching FP, as a college graduation gift almost thirty years ago.

 

Koyote,

 

Would like to hear more about this "hacked" refill- I also have a Targa BP that I would rather see a Jotter refill in! Let me know how it is done! (Is the pen bored out in any way??)

 

-Frank

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Woodcase pencils, typically a Mitsubishi Hi-Uni or a Tombow Mono 100 in B. Sometimes a Graf von Faber Castel number 5 or a perfect pencil. Good for margins in books, use on paper that feathers terribly or for picking up while on the phone.

 

 

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I'm a fan of writing instruments in general.

 

Drawing/sketching: Technical and brush pens, sometimes a really fine gel pen, mechanical/wooden pencils.

 

Lending out/signing waybills and pouches: Good ol' trusty Parker Jotter.

 

Also a big fan of the Uni-Ball Jetstream, I used one to write all my essays at college. Reliable and smooth.

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Alvin Draftmatic and Pilot S10 Mechanical Pencils, I have a Pilot Metropotalitan BP somewhere around here, I'm looking for a decent rollerball fill for my Sheaffer NoNonsense rollerball that I picked up (or I might refill it with my FP ink if I can't find one), and I play around with Rapidographs and technical pens trying to use them as EDCs (all the best parts of FPs and MPs in one thing! But they're not very smooth).

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Mechanical pencil: Staedtler 925-25-07 with 2B lead

Ballpoint: Parker Jotter with Schneider Slider 728 XB refill (by a mile the best ballpoint-type refill I have found)

or: Zebra M-701 with Fisher Space refill

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I've always liked having nice ballpens to use during school, college and work. My brand of choice is Parker. You can't go wrong with a Jotter, and along the years I upgraded to the 25, 45 and Classic models. All beautiful pens.

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I have a mini Parker Sonnet mini with a gel refill to lend out to people. I use a Pilot G2 refill in a rollerball once in a while, love its wetness. I have some Unibal Signo Broads and Bic Cristal 1.6 mms around to give out to friends. Finally Uniball Vision Elite BLXs for signature.

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I carry a Fisher space pen for signing credit card slips or for writing on surfaces (e.g. cardboard) not suitable for a fountain pen.
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Pilot G-2's - they come in a range of colours (turquoise, sky-blue, violet) and are very useful for marking and are good writers for paper that doesn't like FP ink.

 

I used to use Parker Jotters, but found the plastic barrels cracked or the refills leaked in the barrel, gumming up the works. Is this a common experience?

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I used to use Parker Jotters, but found the plastic barrels cracked or the refills leaked in the barrel, gumming up the works. Is this a common experience?

 

I have never seen any cracked barrels but one or two leaking refills over many years, in my other Parkers.

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In-house I mostly use FP's, at work I always carry a couple of pens (now a M805 and a Sailor Pro Gear w/ Naginata togi MF) but since I have to taka a lot of notes during appointments I use a machanical pencil. Nothing fancy, just a $5 Pilot (these days). For outdoor use I keep a Fisher space pen and some rite-in-the-rain.

 

Besides from the Fisher, ballpoints are penna-non-grata.

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Koyote,

 

Would like to hear more about this "hacked" refill- I also have a Targa BP that I would rather see a Jotter refill in! Let me know how it is done! (Is the pen bored out in any way??)

 

-Frank

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Frank, I learned of it on FPN, but can't recall the thread. Sheaffer and Parker refills are almost identical: each has a plastic "cap" or end piece on the top end (opposite of the writing end), and on the Parker refills that end piece is a bit longer -- that is the only difference. So, you just cut that plastic bit down so that the whole refill is the same length as the Sheaffer, and there you go. Those plastic bits have a pattern in them, some kind of groove, but don't worry about it - you don't even need to smooth out the plastic.

 

I start with a wire cutter and snip off a bit, then fine-tune with a coarse file. If you get the Parker too short, just wad up a tiny piece of paper into a ball and drop it into the pen barrel in order to take up as much space as needed.

 

It all sounds fiddly, but it's not too hard and the Parker refills are worlds better than the modern Sheaffer refills.

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I keep a couple of gel pens around and have some Parker Jotters that I like; I have a brushed stainless one that I really like because it feels bombproof. :)

 

I keep a ballpoint pen in the car just in case--freebie I got at a pet event day at a local pet shop.

 

In my sketch bags I keep mechanical pencils, and a few felt-tipped pens to go along with the waterbrushes, watercolors and my Esterbrook.

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I love Jotters....Hi-Tec-C gel pens (the customizable multi is a new favorite)....Sharpies....dip pens for playing.

 

I like a variety, but use fountain pens the most.

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I only collect and use vintage Parkers. I have a vast number of Jotters, 45 ballpoints [ CAP ACTUATED ] Just love them. Don't forget the Parker pencils.

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I use a Pilot G2 as the go-to pen when the FP isnt a good choice. The office buys them by the box. So many of you mentioned hte Parker Jotter. I'll have to check it out!

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