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Yes, there is. Pelikan ballpoints use standard Parker style refills. The refill pattern is called the G2, not to be confused with Pilot's G-2, which is different. The Visconti AA38 should work, as well as of course the standard Parker gel refills. Monteverde also makes Parker G2 pattern gel refills, but I have experienced a lot of skipping with those. I personally like Schmidt refills and Schneider refills, but those are hybrid ink, not technically gels.

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Yes, there is. Pelikan ballpoints use standard Parker style refills. The refill pattern is called the G2, not to be confused with Pilot's G-2, which is different. The Visconti AA38 should work, as well as of course the standard Parker gel refills. Monteverde also makes Parker G2 pattern gel refills, but I have experienced a lot of skipping with those. I personally like Schmidt refills and Schneider refills, but those are hybrid ink, not technically gels.

How do the Schmidt and Schneider refills feel, compared to the gel ink? I may go that route as I have heard good things about those refills. Which of the 2 does you prefer?

 

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How do the Schmidt and Schneider refills feel, compared to the gel ink? I may go that route as I have heard good things about those refills. Which of the 2 does you prefer?

 

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I’m not sure I could tell the difference between Schmidt refills and Schneider refills blindfolded. I usually go with a Schneider Slider 755 extra-broad. I actually switched from Parker gel refills to the Schneider. The Schneider is definitely more akin to an enhanced ballpoint refill than a gel refill. It is very smooth and writes a denser line than traditional ballpoints. The line is still not as dense as a gel refill, but it does not give me the issues with skipping that a gel refill does. For me, the dense and vibrant gel ink wasn’t worth the tradeoff with skipping. Fortunately refills are just a few dollars each, so it isn’t ruinous to experiment, but if gel refills didn’t skip so much for me I would prefer those.

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Hybred???...and thanks...Schneider is 1/2 price of Parker over here in Germany.

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Hybred???...and thanks...Schneider is 1/2 price of Parker over here in Germany.

As I understand it, “hybrid ink” is supposed to be a hybrid of ballpoint ink and gel ink, but it seems more like enhanced ballpoint ink to me. I suspect it might be ballpoint (oil-based?) ink formulated with an extra lubricant, but I’m the furthest thing from a chemist so don’t take my suspicion too seriously. Parker Quinkflow refills are marketed as hybrid ink, at least they are here in the United States, but in my opinion they are not as good as Schmidt or Schneider.

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