Black Ballpoint

[C95]

Hi,

I'm looking for the impossible , a really Black ballpoint refill, with dark and deep colour but bold and consistent, not like a fussy rollerball.I think that that is possibile only with easyflow refills such as Visconti Smartouch, that is smooth and dark, excellent, but are there other ballpoints with such a dark line? I've read that Parker golden touch was good but was it deep black too?And now does something similar exist in production? Thank You all

[qvxb]

Try the Parker Quinkflow refill. Available in fine and medium. I think it meets your requirements.

[tonydent84]

I second the Parker Quinkflow. Very dark and smooth. On some papers, I couldn't tell if I wrote with a gel or ballpoint. On other papers, it stands out from the others.

In the US, Staples sells their own brand of Parker-style refills that I find to be very black and pretty smooth. But I think they're a bit inconsistent because one refill I have seems to outperform all my other Parker-style refills - but I think they need a break-in period (weird).

 

Interestingly, every now and then when I buy a ballpoint from China, their Parker-style refills are amazing. They usually come without any branding on the refill, and they fit all my Parker-style pens with no problem, but they just glide across the page with a brilliant depth of blackness. I wish I could find out where I can order those from on a regular basis, because they seem to be the best I've ever tried.

[C95]

Thank You, I have tried the quink or quinkflow I don't remember but It was much more grey than black, like a pencil! Perhaps It was old or a production error, or perhaps the italian version is awful! I mean the traditional ballpoint not the gel.The golden touch is now out of production and unfindable , It should have been very dark, maybe some of You can tell me. So I keep searching for the quinkflow?

[C95]

*I've tried the quinkflow in broad, perhaps it's not the same

[Mike 59]

Hi, Here is a sample of what I have in ballpoints.

 

Other than these ballpoints, I would say to try the new PaperMate Gel pens, or the Pilot G2, or the Pentel Energel (Gel X), although I would say these are rollerball pens, not 'ballpoints' as such.

Edited September 9, 2017 by Mike 59

[C95]

Good!It seems that the last three are the darkest.Have You tried levengerer ballpoint refill? It's said to be smooth. About chinese Parker Style refills, there are some that are really dark, the issue is to find the brand maybe starting from a engraved code or similar

[C95]

I second the Parker Quinkflow. Very dark and smooth. On some papers, I couldn't tell if I wrote with a gel or ballpoint. On other papers, it stands out from the others.

 

In the US, Staples sells their own brand of Parker-style refills that I find to be very black and pretty smooth.

 

Interestingly, every now and then when I buy a ballpoint from China, their Parker-style refills are amazing. They usually come without any branding on the refill, and they fit all my Parker-style pens with no problem, but they just glide across the page with a brilliant depth of blackness. I wish I could find out where I can order those from on a regular basis, because they seem to be the best I've ever tried.

So I look for staples refills, and what is that chinese pen manufacturer? He surely knows who his supplier is and finding the latter can lead to a real bargain!

[sciumbasci]

I have found the best results with large tipped ballpoints pens, such as the Papermate Flexgrip Elite (that comes in 1.6 - should be B or XB?)

 

Keep in mind you'll burn through each refill considerably faster than what you would with a medium point.

[C95]

Yes I usually use The Flexgrip because it is very smooth too.BP broad parker style refills as, for example, the Faber Castell extra broad 1.4 , are equally dark?

[sciumbasci]

I cannot praise enough the Faber Castell refills. Although I never tried the XB option, I dabbled with the M and B, and both were very satisfying to me.

[Sasha Royale]

Papermate stick pen, or BiC crystal.

[C95]

Thank You.About Faber Castell refills, I guess the XB would be smooth , but is the ink colour dark enough? Because there are several BP that are smooth but whith a pale line , but that's really disappointing