What Rollerball Are You Using Today?

[Bernie0104]

Lamy 2000 Stainless Steel. One serious handful of German heavy metal!

[gammada]

Caran d'Ache 849 Brut Rose and Cross Century circa 1985. About to swap the original refills for Schneider replacements. The performance on the original refills is pretty boring.

[IvoryParker]

 

Kaweco Classic Sport rollerball with Pilot Frixion 0.5mm conical tip on Midori Diamond approx 3" x 5" memo pad. It's smooth, erasable and without show or bleed through even in my Moleskin.[/quote

 

I wasn't aware that the pilot refill would fit in the Kaweco rollerball pen. Is there a comprehesive guide of rollerball refill compatibility? If so may I please the link. Many thanks

[BernieC]

Waterman with black fine point.

[gammada]

 

Kaweco Classic Sport rollerball with Pilot Frixion 0.5mm conical tip on Midori Diamond approx 3" x 5" memo pad. It's smooth, erasable and without show or bleed through even in my Moleskin.[/quote

 

I wasn't aware that the pilot refill would fit in the Kaweco rollerball pen. Is there a comprehesive guide of rollerball refill compatibility? If so may I please the link. Many thanks

 

 

Don't know if there's comprehensive guide or not, but many manufacturers (specially small ones such as Kaweco) outsource their refills to other bigger companies so they have to accept universal solutions such as the Pilot G2 standard refill.

 

Be aware that the G2 is not limited to Pilot, search for Schmidt EasyFlow 9000 and Schneider G2 refills. They're a great option too.

[bemon]

Parker Duofold, but with a Parker Jotter gel cartridge Macgyvered into it.

[pajaro]

MB 163R red.

[parkergeo]

An Eversharp CA retrofitted to take a Pilot G2 refill (bold) and a Universal "Buck Ball" retrofitted to take a Schmidt easyFlow 9000 (bold)

[pyotrkot]

Kaweco Classic Sport rollerball with Pilot Frixion 0.5mm conical tip on Midori Diamond approx 3" x 5" memo pad. It's smooth, erasable and without show or bleed through even in my Moleskin.[/quote

 

I wasn't aware that the pilot refill would fit in the Kaweco rollerball pen. Is there a comprehesive guide of rollerball refill compatibility? If so may I please the link. Many thanks

 

I have used not just the Pilot Frixion and Pilot G-2 refills, but also the Uniball Signo Micro 207 0.5 mm and my current favorite the Pilot Juice 0.38 mm Dark Red.

 

All need to be cut down in size to fit the Kaweco Classic Sport rollerball pen, but they write better than the 0.7 mm it ships with. I use a utility knife to shorten the refill to the same length as the original Kaweco one. An added benefit of the Pilot Juice Dark Red refill is the ink is virtually waterproof.

 

I next intend to order a Dark Red Juice in the 0.5 mm size expecting it to be smoother than the 0.38.

 

I love the versatility refill-wise of this pen and plan to order different colored one from the black i already own.

[A1979]

Parker Premier Luxury Black - Refill 0.5 (F), black. Great pen.

[stevekolt]

My only rollerball is a Parker sterling silver Cisele...

[stevekolt]

But I may be interested in the Zebra R-301, and /or the J. Herbin refillable. Do they take standard cartridges, or do you have to use the Zebra/J. Herbin cartridges exclusively?

Edited September 6, 2017 by stevekolt

[pensuponpens]

But I may be interested in the Zebra R-301, and /or the J. Herbin refillable. Do they take standard cartridges, or do you have to use the Zebra/J. Herbin cartridges exclusively?

The Herbin takes standard international cartridges. The Zebra uses a proprietary cartridge, though you can refill your empties with a syringe.

[stevekolt]

Thank you kaysguy!