Recommend A Modern Pen Under $100?

[bongo47]

On eBay you can buy direct from the makers of Bexley. They make some large pens at that price point. Ive got one and love it.

[TSherbs]

On eBay you can buy direct from the makers of Bexley. They make some large pens at that price point. Ive got one and love it.

 

Thx for the suggestion.

[dragondazd]

Monteverde regatta. Plastic section, metal body.

 

Pilot metroploitan x10.

 

I too understand the notion of not wanting to pay for plastic. Then I discovered the beauty of hand mixed resins....

 

Due to carpal tunnel my range of options for extended writing are limited. I don't like small grips or metal grips. I am wondering if you have a similar problem? I noticed my pen issue before the other symptoms really kicked in.

[TSherbs]

Monteverde regatta. Plastic section, metal body.

 

Pilot metroploitan x10.

 

I too understand the notion of not wanting to pay for plastic. Then I discovered the beauty of hand mixed resins....

 

Due to carpal tunnel my range of options for extended writing are limited. I don't like small grips or metal grips. I am wondering if you have a similar problem? I noticed my pen issue before the other symptoms really kicked in.

 

I have been a literature teacher for 35 years, so I have had to correct thousands of papers and do many other forms of handwriting, so I have developed some nerve sensitivity around the first knuckles of two fingers on my writing hand. I have also been a tennis coach, so I have some issues in my right wrist from decades of play. Some pens--most noticeably the Lamy 2k--rest right on the nervy spot and are too heavy to shift around in my fingers to be worth the hassle. My joints are fine, and the shape of my grip is fine on my hand, but that more conical sloping section like that of the Lamy 2k is just not right for me (and thus the pen is not worth the money to me--I sold it). For me, the lighter the pen, the better.

 

I agree that both small and metal grips are both unsatisfactory. My Vacumatic is the smallest grip that I tolerate, and I do not use it all that often, and never for extended writing. But it is so pretty!

 

oh, and this: I have tried the Metropolitan. Writes great, great price, but I can't stand that step down, and I tend to hold pens farther back from the nib.

Edited July 1, 2018 by TSherbs