Why Not Ballpoint Pens?

[jebib111]

Perhaps now that we are carbonless we don't need BP's. However, many times when I hand something written with a FP to a Neanderthal they somehow always manage to smear the ink, and it's my fault! The Vacumatic BP's are great! I have made a set with it's twin brother fountain pen and they look great together.

[WriterProspect]

Ballpoints are goof for reliability and ease and not much else.

[dkirchge]

Put the right refill and pen body together and the ballpoint experience can be pretty good. Right now at work I'm using a Rotring Skynn ballpoint loaded with a purple Monteverde soft roll medium point refill. It's almost as smooth and easy as my FPs. The stock Rotring refill was also pretty good. I find that the bigger obstacle to switching permanently to FPs for me is the wide variety of paper I run into, and I'm not going to carry around a fistful of pens, each dedicated to a type of paper; I'd rather carry one pretty good pen that can handle just about anything.

[Flippy]

Hi,

 

In my case, I just can't use fountain pens for art. My go-to preference is usually ballpoints or rollerballs when it comes to drawing

 

Mostly I use my Jotter or Pierre Cardin Neptune

http://www.motto-estore.com/images/products/PC2410BP.jpg

[Zookie]

I enjoy collecting and using all types of writing instruments.I prefer a rollerball, but like using fountain pens and vintage ballpoints as well. I use a Rotring Skynn too! Love the grip.

I've also just finished converting an Eversharp Big E ballpoint for use with Jotter refills. It has a nice triangular barrel that's very comfortable to use.