When Not Using a Fountain Pen...

[Poetman]

If you're not using your fountain pen, what is your go-to pen? I tend to alternate between the Pilot V7 and the Papermate flair felt pen. What do you all use?

[I-am-not-really-here]

Whatever rollerball is at hand, including a J Herbin model that takes fountain pen ink cartridges.

[inkstainedruth]

For certain drawing it's a Berel Turquoise or Stadler-Mars leadholder, then inked with Uniball rollerballs in black.  

And I keep a black Sharpie near where I sit for marking over addresses/bar codes for spam flyers that come the mail (depending on what they are or how PO'd I am, those then either go in the bag for stuff to be recycled, or tossed back in the mail as "REFUSED -- RETURN TO SENDER"; which means -- or at least USED to mean -- that the sender (generally some direct mail marketing firm) has to pay the postage a second time....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Wolverine1]

I usually pick up a ballpoint pen or a Pilot Dr Grip gel pen, or a Pilot Dr Grip mechanical pencil, when a fountain pen cant be used. For example, I was writing a letter to a friend a couple of towns over. And I was using just the usual printer paper ( which I bought at COSTCO) to write on. The paper might be good quality printer paper, but, every fountain pen that I tried  produced horrible results. Felt like I was trying to write with blotting paper. The gel pen also bled through through and feathered, albeit, a bit less than writing with a fountain pen.  Frustrated, I ended up writing the letter with a Karas Kustom's Retract ballpoint pen, and a Pilot Dr Grip pencil with a 0.9mm lead.

[ParramattaPaul]

My go-to if I'm not using a fountain pen is a mechanical pencil. On the rare occasion that I need to use an ink pen other a fountain pen, my choice is a 1.0 mm Pentel gel pen.

[AmandaW]

If I'm not using a fountain pen it will be a Zebra Sarasa Vintage in Grey Brown (or could be Brown Grey). Just the plastic version not the fancier metal Grande - I had one of those but gave it away when someone here admired it. That's OK, I like the plastic and refills will keep it going for years. I have a few other Vintage colours somewhere, but this is The One.

 

And Tombow Mono 100 2B pencils.

[A Smug Dill]

Sakura Pigma Micron fineliners.

[Chthulhu]

At my desk, a Leuchtturm1917 Dregriffel with its stock "Flow" blue refill. On the go, a Pentel EnerGel LE Black with an olive black refill (*very* light in the shirt pocket).

[Mech-for-i]

the up to date emulsion ink  / gel pen , with pigment and water resistant ink , and then mechanical & basic standard wood pencils . Tough recently I've start trying some of the low viscosity oil based ballpoint and found them to be satisfactory in writing, my EDC pen pouch now usually cnsist of my one fountain pen with IG blue-black, a Gel/Emulsion/Ballpoint and a mechanical pencil

 

Current setup

 

Pilot Acro 300

Mitsubishi Uni Uniball One-F

Muji ABS mechanical pencil in 0.5

Sakura 305 mechanical pencil in 0.5

 

[InkyKitten]

For ballpoints, Pilot Dr.Grip.

Gel is difficult one, as I dislike most of them. I would have to say Pilot Juice or Juice Up in the smallest size possible.

But apart from FP, my preferred pen is Pilot Frixion Black Needlepoint Clicker 0.4.

Great line width, comfortable to hold, sleek. Best of all, erasable. 

Just noticed, all my favourite pens are from Pilot. And I have a Pilot Kakuno and Pilot Falcon.

[Black Spot]

It depends 

Bic crystal in spark free areas.

skilcraft us government pens 

or

g7 space pen

or my faber castell

[ParramattaPaul]

Almost exclusively, I use a Derwent Precision 0.7mm mechanical pencil if I am not using a fountain pen.  A mechanical pencil allows the same 'pen hold' and angle as a fountain pen.  A Pentel ink-jet 1.0mm pen is my choice for the one or two times a month when the situation demands a Biro type pen.

[austollie]

I use a Lamy 2000 mechanical pencil for doing crosswords and Sudoko puzzles at home.  I also have various 2mm lead holders, which get an occasional run.

 

As far as ballpoint pens are concerned, when I do need to use one, I use an early 1980s Parker 15 or a Montblanc Carrera.

 

I can appreciate why others love them, but for me roller balls fall between two stools.  I use a fountain pen when I want to write with ink, unless the situation calls for something different (e.g. paper with a little too much sheen), in which case I switch to a BP.

[ethernautrix]

Retractable gel pens, mostly Uni-ball and Pentel EnerGel (for the needlepoint tip!).

[AmandaW]

Has to be lightfast and waterproof because I don't want to have to check before I draw so I only buy pigmented. Favourites are Sarasa Vintage grey brown or pretty much any of the Uni Super ink pens.

[Misfit]

I have mechanical pencils, Retro 51 rollerball pens, and customizable multi pens that get used when it’s not a fountain pen. 

[txomsy]

Keyboard.

[SF Susan]

For notes and in my planner I use a 0.5mm mechanical pencil. For filling out forms or my once monthly rent check I like a Uni-Ball gel pen. 

[Black Spot]

On 3/20/2022 at 1:36 PM, txomsy said:

Keyboard.

But is it a Dvorak Mechanical call of duty special edition Keyboard  ?

[jburchett]

Uniball Vision or Vision Elite

Sharpie S Gel

Pilot Dr Grip or G2

Pilot Metro Rollerball

Various Cross ballpoints or rollerballs.. 

Parker Jotter, preferably with the gel refills

Pilot V7 - can be refilled with fountain pen ink or pilot cartridges

Uniball Air

Fisher Bullet, my go-to pocket ballpoint

 

Edit to add: Retro 51 rollerball

 

...should be about it, barring the rare occurrence that I don't have a pen on me and then I have to use whatever is made available..