Scenium

[Beeble]

Did anyone buy one of these when they were still in production? I have a ballpoint one, and after a few years of occasional use it has developed 2 parallel grey lines made up of dozens of finer scratches where the 'pusher' of the pen pushes and spins against the body. Anyone else have this?

[osnofian]

I have the rollerball/fineliner that I use as an agenda pen and I never had a problem with it. I guess it is kind of normal for the coating to wear after some time though...

[Beeble]

I have the rollerball/fineliner that I use as an agenda pen and I never had a problem with it. I guess it is kind of normal for the coating to wear after some time though...

 

Hmm interesting. How do you find the pen btw? I like the thinness and weight/balance of it, but find the brass mechanism a little unpredictable some times (needs a few pushes occasionally) and for some reason the ballpoint always starts accumulating ink spots (leaving lovely smudges on paper) despite me having changed the cartridge 3 times already!

[osnofian]

The rollerball is capped, so there is no mechanism to "jam". I usually post the cap, because it is tiny... and I don't see any significant marks on it yet. I find that the brass body give is the bit of weight it needs to be useful, but I wouldn't write long notes with it.

 

I have other MB ballpoints (not scenium) and I don't have more problems with them than with any other ballpoint... what I mean is, I always accepted some minor ink blobs as facts of life with ballpoints, especially because I tend to use them at a wrong angle because I'm used to fountain pens anyway.

[orfew]

I have the Scenium RB and I use it often. I do not see any marks like you have described.