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fpn_1381974519__lincaxopens.pngSome Axo pens with original refill.

 

I love my Linc Axo, the size, weight, comfort, balance, it's very nice. Fitted with an adapted Linc Glycer purple refill. I have another Axo in my backpack with an adapted Parker gel refill.

A great colour pen I have is a Pilot G2 with dark red (burgundy) ink.

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My Cross Townsend medalist is my favorite go-to BP. Grab it every morning and clip it in my shirt pocket before leaving for work.

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1970s Jotter. Fine brass threads. To my surprise, much better balance and proportions than later variants.

 

http://i.imgur.com/pTmoc7n.jpg

 

I don't use disposables often. When I do, it is the Uni Jetstream 1.0 Blue-Black.

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I got an old Waterman Phileas from a friend. It was an advertising pen, but it just had a small discreetly laser etched logo on the top, so it's hardly noticeable. I don't really see the point in spending much money on a BP, so my Waterman's all I need - it's good for what it is, nice weight, not a terrible refill. But I can't honestly remember when I used it myself - it's my designated loaning pen.

 

I did have a Cross Century once that was my father's; I lost it in a bar. It's the only pen with major value that I've lost, and I miss it to this day. (even if the cross refill wasn't honestly that great in my opinion, sadly.)

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I would have to say my Cross Century Classic in matte black/gold trim. Well made, looks good and I think the Cross refills are pretty good in terms of writing and capacity.

-Mark-

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My favorite ballpoint pen is one in somebody else's hand.

Dave Campbell
Retired Science Teacher and Active Pen Addict
Every day is a chance to reduce my level of ignorance.

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Every day is a chance to reduce one's level of ignorance, by naysaying something.

 

I try to utilize the tool apropos for the task. I have been pleasantly surprised by some ballpoints.

 

Water Hemisphere, a nice feel of the lacquered finish and a divine broad refill.

 

Parker Sonnet ballpoint, again, nice lacquer feel, decent broad refill. Others still make the broad refill, even if Parker doesn't.

 

Cross Century desk ballpoint. Convenient, nice bases.

 

Big Red Jotter, nice diameter. You can even make it a croaker by changing to a Cross Solo nib section.

 

Montblanc 164. Just a nice diameter ballpoint with a nice feel.

 

Pelikan Kxxx, nice feel and a jotter type refill.

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--Sign in a bar and grill, Ormond Beach, Florida, 1960.

 

 

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Good old Sheaffer Prelude combo worked for me - Damn fine ballpoint that fits perfectly & has a nice quality & weighty feel about it - I've had it for years, it's like a trusted old friend, never lets you down.

 

But that Lamy Dialog 1 is calling to me.... Especially as WH Smith are selling it for sub £70, I fear it's only a matter of time before I splash the cash.

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I always found the Zebra F-402/F-701 to be among the nicer ballpoints (especially if you limit your search to the local office supply store or walmart). In addition, those things could withstand a year of abuse and dozens of refills.

 

I found myself attracted to the Pilot G2's, but I hated the fact I couldn't find 0.5/0.38 refills for them, and the rare 0.5 you did find was only in black.

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Don't use ballpoints that much, but when I do it's a Pilot Dr. Grip Full Black. Nice weight and width, and just an effortless write.

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[insert ritual denunciation of ballpoints here]

 

If we're talking about traditional ballpoints, not gel or liquid ink rollerballs, I like having a Fisher Space Pen around, either the bullet style, or a Parker Jotter with the Fisher refill. Not all the Fisher refills are equally good, but I've never had a problem with the black medium or blue fine ones, totally reliable, and as smooth writing as any ballpoint I've tried.

"So convenient a thing it is to be a reasonable creature, since it enables one to find or make a reason for everything one has a mind to do."

 

- Benjamin Franklin

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Parker 45 Flighter has been my favorite. Sadly, I lost mine and I replaced it with a less desirable Parker. Although a variety of Parker ballpoints have been my go to pens over the years. (since at least 1979 and probably longer) I have also had a couple of Parker mechanical pencils as well.

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My Aurora style with a fine point. This pen was given to me as a gift for standing up in my best friends wedding. It is also the pen that got me started in high quality writing instruments. The first FP that I bought was a matching Aurora style.

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Every day is a chance to reduce one's level of ignorance, by naysaying something.

 

Arthritic hands. Writing with ballpoints causes pain. I use one only when there is no alternative.

Then I take a couple of aspirin and rub Bengay on the hands.

I am, unfortunately, not ignorant of the pain that using a ballpoint causes when I write with one.

Dave Campbell
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A green 1970's Papermate Malibu. First nice pen I ever owned. My cache of NOS Papermate refills will last me forever. This pen helped me develop my lifelong passion for writing and got me through high school.

 

Along with each and every one of many other BPs (plus FP, RB and MPs) I own. I don't play favorites.

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Arthritic hands. Writing with ballpoints causes pain. I use one only when there is no alternative.

Then I take a couple of aspirin and rub Bengay on the hands.

I am, unfortunately, not ignorant of the pain that using a ballpoint causes when I write with one.

 

The pen that I mentioned above, the Pilot Dr. Grip, has been singled out by the Arthritis Foundation for ease of use for you and others like yourself.

 

http://www.arthritis.org/resources/ease-of-use-new/work/pilot-dr.-grip-pen--pencil/

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I carry a Parker Jotter at work incase anyone asks to borrow a pen. I am not making the mistake of lending my FP ever again! I used to carry a Papermate that I have had for 31 years but I am having difficulty finding refills for it. Papermate does not make them anymore.

 

David

For so long as one hundred men remain alive,we shall never under any conditions submit to the

domination of the English. It is not for glory or riches or honours that we fight, but only for liberty, which

no good man will consent to lose but with his life.

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The pen that I mentioned above, the Pilot Dr. Grip, has been singled out by the Arthritis Foundation for ease of use for you and others like yourself.

 

http://www.arthritis.org/resources/ease-of-use-new/work/pilot-dr.-grip-pen--pencil/

Thanks for the recommendation. I will look into it.

Dave Campbell
Retired Science Teacher and Active Pen Addict
Every day is a chance to reduce my level of ignorance.

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I carry a Parker Jotter at work incase anyone asks to borrow a pen. I am not making the mistake of lending my FP ever again! I used to carry a Papermate that I have had for 31 years but I am having difficulty finding refills for it. Papermate does not make them anymore.

 

David

Paper Mate still make Lubriglide, same size as Jumbo and Power Point, also fits the pens that had two Piggy Backs in a line as it's the same length.

 

Also:

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php/topic/249660-modern-refill-to-fit-a-vintage-write-bros-retractable/

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