Blasphemy, Anyone Own A Nice Ballpoint Or Rollerball?

[Mathew J]

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I bought this at a flea market yesterday for $8.00. It's something I have always want ed to own. Now that I see how much they are worth I am stuck between keeping or selling/trading it for a Pelikan fountain pn. I am so lost. I've always dreamed of a Mont Blanc but now that I have it I am scared of hurting it. It is engraved with the previous owners name but who cares, what's in a name anyway? Unless it's a Mont Blanc correct?

 

If you like it then keep it.....I made that mistake once, got a 145 for a song, sold it because I thought it was too expensive, my wife ended up buying the same pen at over $100 more than what I originally paid

[tanalasta]

Nothing wrong with a BP at all. Or a rollerball. It depends on what you prefer.

 

Ballpoints tend to be click-button (or in MB's case and others) a twist mechanism.

Rollerballs have the more traditional cap. It depends on pragmatically and aesthetically which you prefer.

 

I've always missed the sterling silver MB rollerball I gave to my brother on his birthday. I think if you're going to go with a MB ballpoint/rollerball then the silver one carries a certain amount of elegance. Otherwise, there's something unremarkable about just another plastic twist action BP.

 

My favourite ballpoints are Aurora (uses standard Parker style refills) and the Lamy 2000.

[jxenos]

+1 for the Lamy 2000 ballpoint. It's one of my regulars, together with my lamy studio. Ive actually just started looking for a new bp to bridge the gap between being nice and too fancy for work. I have a Montegrappa ballpoint which I love, but its a bit too blingy for work. The classique bp is nice but a little too old for my taste. I'm leaving heavily towards a starwalker - just don't know which one.....

[scribble1]

I have a Collodi rollerball and a Twain ballpoint.

[scribble1]

I recently bought a Pilot Hi Tec C Cavalier from Jetpens. This is a 0.4mm gel ink needlepoint (roller ball). It is quite a narrow diameter pen and it needs Pilot Hi Tec C Cavalier refills but it is for the refills that I bought this pen. Smooth and very fine writing.

[white_feather]

Can I use a rollerball refill in my Classique? They have them at Office Max for about $15 for two.

[mmahany]

Can I use a rollerball refill in my Classique? They have them at Office Max for about $15 for two.

I've fit a ballpoint refill into a rollerball pen without any trouble. However, using a rollerball refill in a ballpoint will cause it to dry up prematurely. The tip isn't as protected and I think you'll find that the refill does not last long at all.

[razr]

I usually always have a BP in my left pants pocket, either a MB 144 or MB LG.

[diamondpete]

I have a LeGrand RollerBall- in fact it is the only pen that I won. I have shied away from FP because I prefer low maintenance "tool" toys. So I the the RB writes well, looks nice and there is nothing to do to it except take off the cap.

 

I have found that sometimes on cheap paper or waxy paper, it will not write- but I think this would apply to any roller ball. (I use mine everyday for everything)

 

 

 

(though I will admit that hanging around here is making me think about a FP.)

Edited November 29, 2012 by diamondpete

[7th Wave]

I have a couple, a Cross and a Visconti, the Visconti is lovely to use.

 

The one on the right...

 

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[agentdaffy007]

Just got myself a Dunhill Sentryman Mini rollerball to go with my MB 136. Every fountain pen should have a companion.

 

Very easy to hold and small enough to fit it pretty much anywhere. But i just used my MB Starwalker fineliner again and wow, love that springy point of the MB fineliner!

[pen2paper]

Not a MB, (per the forum), but I treasure a Cross Solo BP received as a gift from one of my former students.

It's one of those I don't carry outside of the house. Just as with the Solo fountain pen, it's comfortable in the hand, and writes beautifully. Burgundy color, goldtone furniture.

[Mags]

I have the LeGrand Rollerball. It was for a few years my go to pen. It leaks something fearce when the refill is not new and I fly though.

 

I wish there was a way to convert the rollerball to a fountain pen. They really should sell a little FP converter so the barrel and cap could be used more by me.

[adelaidepen]

Now I've seen the MB release photos for the Einstein BP and RB - they now take the first place in the MB wish-list

[orfew]

Just picked up a Legrand RB Unicef series.It is now my go to RB. It has a good weight to it and is very comfortable to write with.

Edited December 5, 2012 by orfew

[RIVA]

If I was going to get a ballpoint or rollerball as I already had a FP and needed one for ease of use I would pick up the MB ball point as you dont need to spend time un capping and re capping it and theres no risk of losing the cap you just turn the barrel and write away! the roller ball tends to dry out even sometimes with the pen capped. I have an MB ball point and I love it.

[meiers]

I love MB ballpoints. I own three in the Meisterstuck line, two Starwalkers and a purple generation pen. They are fun.

[Lamb South]

I am glad someone resurrected this topic. As of right now I have 5 MB ballpoint pens, which I love and use all the time. Comparatively, the ballpoint versions of the MB lines tend to be slightly slimmer and shorter than posted FP/RB pens of the same version. That will make the feel different. However, the BP's are quick to put into service and overal do not need the maintenance of FP's or replacement as often as RB's.

 

My current selection consists of: MB WE Honore de Balzac, MB WE Mark Twain, MB WE Wliiam Faulkner, MB WE Alexandre Dumas and an MB 2013 UNICEF LeGrande

 

I like the feel and the appearance of the Bold MB BP refill ink but also have colors like nightfire red and india orange in Medium for contract redlining at work.

[Montecristo]

I have three ballpoints that get used either when travelling or for signing long documents that need initials on every page (fountain pen ink would take to long to dry if you need to quickly turn pages).

The three ballpoints consist of a MB Hemingway and two Parker Duofold Centennials.

[adelaidepen]

Since my earlier post (in 2012 - gulp) I have now acquired a Gandhi, Hitchcock and 75th Anniversary LE RBs and an Imperial Dragon BP. Still - using my Proust BP at work today :-)