Jump to content

What's Your Favorite Slim Writing Instrument?


FilthyFrank

Recommended Posts

Does this qualify, though it's a fountain pen?

Kaweco stainless steel Lilliput/14c 0.5 mm stub.

*Sailor 1911S, Black/gold, 14k. 0.8 mm. stub(JM) *1911S blue "Colours", 14k. H-B "M" BLS (PB)

*2 Sailor 1911S Burgundy/gold: 14k. 0.6 mm. "round-nosed" CI (MM) & 14k. 1.1 mm. CI (JM)

*Sailor Pro-Gear Slim Spec. Ed. "Fire",14k. (factory) "H-B"

*Kaweco SPECIAL FP: 14k. "B",-0.6 mm BLS & 14k."M" 0.4 mm. BLS (PB)

*Kaweco Stainless Steel Lilliput, 14k. "M" -0.7 mm.BLS, (PB)

 

 

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Replies 55
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

  • OCArt

    3

  • AL01

    3

  • TranquilTrout

    3

  • praxim

    2

Top Posters In This Topic

Posted Images

I've never been a big fan of slim pens, but I make an exception for Parker 45s, which I've always liked.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

My favorite slim writing instrument is a classic Papermate Profile Slim.

Where are you finding refills for these? I have one from the late '70s. Great writer then, but I can't find the right refill anywhere.
Link to comment
Share on other sites

I've never been a big fan of slim pens, but I make an exception for Parker 45s, which I've always liked.

Same here. Pelikan M200/400 size seems to fit best in my hand, but I love writing with my P45s. And my Parker 75s also. Anything slimmer than that, though is too small to hold comfortably.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Where are you finding refills for these? I have one from the late '70s. Great writer then, but I can't find the right refill anywhere.

 

 

Not long ago they were still available on Amazon but not sure now. eBay is probably your best bet. Just searched now and found several refills for the older Papermate Profile.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I was so close to vomiting after I read this

Why? The Bic Cristal is reliable and affordable.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Why? The Bic Cristal is reliable and affordable.

Back before I started getting more into pens and what I was using on a day to day basis, the Bic Cristal was always one of my favorites. It always wrote and it had nice, smooth bold lines. Although for whatever reason, my hand always cramped up while using them. I guess I was pressing too hard.

Edited by TranquilTrout
Link to comment
Share on other sites

That stupid thing. Would always leak dangit. My hands would become black and sticky.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Palomino Blackwing Pearl pencil

I love the smell of fountain pen ink in the morning.

 

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 3 weeks later...

Hmmm...

 

Fountain pen: Waterman Hemisphere.

 

For BP pens, it would definitely be the mini Fischer pen that I keep in the bottom of my purse for BP tasks, although I do harbor a long-term fondness for the Zebra F-301, from back in my electronics tech days. That was the pen to own if you were a techno geek. The Parker Vector was a one-time favorite--when I could hang onto one long enough to enjoy it!

 

Gel pens: If it's a Pilot Juice or Uni Signo, I'm happy.

 

Marker: Schneider Fineliner, but that's for the nautic green color that pleases me in the moment. Tomorrow, I could change my mind to one of my Tombow dual-brush pens.

 

For writing pencils: I still miss the original Blackwing, but the Palomino copycat is acceptable in a pinch.

 

For art pencils: Tombow Irojinten.

 

Rollerballs and I are allergic to each other, so I don't have any. I have absolutely the worst luck with those, so I no longer bother with them.

Edited by Aquaria
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Two Cross Classic Cetury FP+BP sets (one gold filled and one rold gold), a Parker 180, a Parker Classic and two Sheaffer Slim Targas.

Khan M. Ilyas

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 1 month later...

The Lamy Spirit. It's very thin but not too thin to make writing uncomfortable for me. I also like heavier pens and the Spirit's much heavier than it looks.

Another vote here for the Lamy Spirit, pen or pencil. I have one of each, in the old style, and a pencil in the newer design. They seem to have disappeared from Lamy's website though, so I reckon they've stopped manufacturing the Spirit sadly.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Cross Century. WalMart smiley face 1.4 pencil.

"Don't hurry, don't worry. It's better to be late at the Golden Gate than to arrive in Hell on time."
--Sign in a bar and grill, Ormond Beach, Florida, 1960.

 

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 4 weeks later...

post-87026-0-80527300-1503671118_thumb.jpg

 

My favorite is a Parker 75 Cisele balllpoint...recently resuscitated after being found in the back of a drawer.

 

 

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Lamy Spirit and Tombow Zoom 707.

Also my father's St. Dupont Classique.

Slim fountain pens... Kaweco Special, Pilot Murex and Parker Imperial.

I have strong attachments to all of the above. That said, I rarely write with any of them.

There's little joy in writing with a slim pen.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now


  • Most Contributions

    1. amberleadavis
      amberleadavis
      43844
    2. PAKMAN
      PAKMAN
      33494
    3. Ghost Plane
      Ghost Plane
      28220
    4. inkstainedruth
      inkstainedruth
      26624
    5. jar
      jar
      26101
  • Upcoming Events

  • Blog Comments

    • Shanghai Knife Dude
      I have the Sailor Naginata and some fancy blade nibs coming after 2022 by a number of new workshop from China.  With all my respect, IMHO, they are all (bleep) in doing chinese characters.  Go use a bush, or at least a bush pen. 
    • A Smug Dill
      It is the reason why I'm so keen on the idea of a personal library — of pens, nibs, inks, paper products, etc. — and spent so much money, as well as time and effort, to “build” it for myself (because I can't simply remember everything, especially as I'm getting older fast) and my wife, so that we can “know”; and, instead of just disposing of what displeased us, or even just not good enough to be “given the time of day” against competition from >500 other pens and >500 other inks for our at
    • adamselene
      Agreed.  And I think it’s good to be aware of this early on and think about at the point of buying rather than rationalizing a purchase..
    • A Smug Dill
      Alas, one cannot know “good” without some idea of “bad” against which to contrast; and, as one of my former bosses (back when I was in my twenties) used to say, “on the scale of good to bad…”, it's a spectrum, not a dichotomy. Whereas subjectively acceptable (or tolerable) and unacceptable may well be a dichotomy to someone, and finding whether the threshold or cusp between them lies takes experiencing many degrees of less-than-ideal, especially if the decision is somehow influenced by factors o
    • adamselene
      I got my first real fountain pen on my 60th birthday and many hundreds of pens later I’ve often thought of what I should’ve known in the beginning. I have many pens, the majority of which have some objectionable feature. If they are too delicate, or can’t be posted, or they are too precious to face losing , still they are users, but only in very limited environments..  I have a big disliking for pens that have the cap jump into the air and fly off. I object to Pens that dry out, or leave blobs o
  • Chatbox

    You don't have permission to chat.
    Load More
  • Files






×
×
  • Create New...