Your Best Pocket Pen?

[I.M.]

erm... I don't think I said you do?? The Pilot Prera is the pen I recommend as a starter pen, once posted the pen's plenty big enough.

Edited October 19, 2015 by I.M.

[Arkanabar]

With a few exceptions, I've carried nearly all of my pens loose in my pants pockets. I will caution all that I wear rather roomy slacks at work, by preference rather baggy cargo shorts at home, only wear dungarees for lawn care, and absolutely NEVER "skinny jeans". The list includes:

Pelikan M400, Pelikan M200, Platinum Plaisir, Noodler's Ahab, Hero 616, Baoer 388, an anonymous German school pen, Pilot 78G, Rotring Surf, 1mm Sheaffer Viewpoint calligraphy pen, Parker "51" (the last by accident -- I wasn't looking close enough to tell it apart from a Hero 616 I was also carrying at the time).

In fact, the only pens I haven't put in my pants pocket are my PFM-II, a Touchdown Imperial, and my copper Esterbrook J, and probably the pre-Charlie Indian Eyedropper that came with my 4.5oz bottle of Borealis Black.

Edited October 21, 2015 by Arkanabar

[penwash]

Bexley Jitterbug

Kaweco AL Sport

Pilot Petit1

Sheaffer Tuckaway Valiant in Gold-Brown Striation (and 14K Medium triumph nib)

Sheaffer MiLady Balance in Carmine with an Open 14K Feathertouch Nib

Sailor Pocket Pen from 60s-70s, unknown model, very smooth springy 14K Extra-Fine

Pilot Elite (after 1984) Lady perhaps, 18K Fine Nib

Pilot Elite x2 (one from 1970, the other from 1971), 18K Posting and 18K Soft Fine)

Eversharp Skyline (Demi Size, 1940s), Navy Blue with red/green (formerly white til discolored) striated celluloid cap, aka "Army/Navy" color, 14K EF

Pelikan M250 (1992-1996), 14K Medium.

 

To date, I no longer have any of these pens, and the closest one to a pocket pen like the Elites above I have right now is this late-60s Platinum pocket pen with a 14K Fine.

 

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

 

 

 

Thank you for the education!

That little Platinum looks like a Pilot Elite.

[penwash]

Also...any experience for pocket carry with a little Twisbi?

 

The TWSBI Mini is a perfect pocket pen.

 

Shown here for comparison with my always-carry sketch pad (A6 size)

 

[fplover01]

I carry a Lamy Vista as pocket pen. I used to have an old Pelikan M200 for that job but sadly I lost it.

[benbot517]

I just got a kaweco sport demonstrator with a BB nib. It's now eyedroppered with Emerald of Chivor. It's an amazing pen/nib/ink combo. I have an Al sport that I also love, but the eyedropper capacity for such a large nib is great, and watching the ink slosh around is entertaining.

[contaxrts2]

As a pocket pen I use a Retro 51 and a Kaveweco liliput. Liliput is so small that It is sometimes difficult to find it in my jeans pocket.

 

 

The pen I bought specifically to be a rugged pocket pen was my Kaweco Liliput in Brass Wave. This thing is amazingly nice in the hand, good weight and all. And it posts to a comfortable length for writing. I wish it had a clip, but in the meantime I made a rollstopper for it with some jewelry wire.

 

 

 

 

 

+1 for kaweco liliput brass

 

My ranking:

 

3rd place: Kaweco sport: very light, durable

2nd place: Kaweco sport brass: extremly durable, wonderful aging material (patina)

1st place: Kaweco liliput brass: extremly durable, light, wonderful aging material (patina)

[ele]

Pelikan 400 for normal use, Parker "51" for rugged use.

[dapv]

Pelikan 400 for normal use, Parker "51" for rugged use.

 

Two of my all time favs.

[dunc3862]

Kaweco AL Sport is proving to be just perfect. I was always a Fisher Space Pen guy till finding it...

[dapv]

Albeit a bit narrow, but at a low price point while being almost indestructible - when it comes to a ballpoint it's hard to beat a Parker Jotter which takes all Parker-style refills which are available almost everywhere I have ever been, Parker gel, and Fisher Space Pen refills. Also, these refills come in many colors at EF, F, M, B points. Lastly, there's something about a click pen that just seems more expedient. Just saying.

[MuddyWaters]

One of these.

 

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa163/roomdog/Pens/50s%20Kaweco%20Sport%2011/Sport%20Classic%20001_zpst78amq4x.jpg

 

 

Beautiful picture! All the same colour!

[dunc3862]

One of these.

 

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa163/roomdog/Pens/50s%20Kaweco%20Sport%2011/Sport%20Classic%20001_zpst78amq4x.jpg

 

Now that is enough to fill up quite a few pockets... :-)

[Fabienne]

I love Kaweco BUT the Pilot Petit is my little everyday carry in my jeans, in the planner, or in my purse. It's great. And I normally hate fine nibs.

[MuddyWaters]

how durable is the plastic of the kaweco sport? I wonder if it is dangerous to use it as an eye dropper in a pant pocket, or if the plastic cracks in general in such conditions, even if I don't use it as an eye dropper.

[dapv]

Probably a silly comment, but given the Fisher reference, I thought the black Kaweco was a rolling ball. But, it's a fountain pen?

[displacermoose]

how durable is the plastic of the kaweco sport? I wonder if it is dangerous to use it as an eye dropper in a pant pocket, or if the plastic cracks in general in such conditions, even if I don't use it as an eye dropper.

The plastic won't crack; those little guys are stout. As someone in another thread pointed out, you won't survive an incident that breaks a sport in your pocket.

 

I still wouldn't be inclined to use it in eyedropper mode as a pocket pen because it can leak at the section if you seal it less than perfectly and is more likely to burp ink into the cap, at least in my experience.

[dapv]

Is the Pilot Petit similar to, or preferred Pilot's Varsity? Same question comparing the Petit to Platinum's Preppy. Thanks, All.

[dapv]

Just realized the Petit is more the size of the Kaweco, and the Preppy and Varsity are longer FPs.

[displacermoose]

Probably a silly comment, but given the Fisher reference, I thought the black Kaweco was a rolling ball. But, it's a fountain pen?

Kaweco sports come in fountain pen, pencil, and roller ball. I don't know about the general population, but around here most people assume the fountain pen.