If you had to choose one, Papermate or BIC pen?

[Betty]

I'd easily take a papermate. Actually, they're not bad at all. BICs on the other hand.... :bonk:

[JeffTL]

Papermates write at an almost-reasonable angle under only-slightly-beyond-reasonable pressure. Bics, though, are intolerable.

[Bill D]

Young lady, I'm going to assume I didn't understand the question and answer,

Sheaffer

 

Bill

[James Pickering]

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[Dillo]

Hi,

 

Papermate should do.

 

Dillon

[klemenv]

Sailor with King Eagle nib. (Sailor is owned by BIC, so technicaly it would be BIC.)

[Dillo]

Sailor with King Eagle nib. (Sailor is owned by BIC, so technicaly it would be BIC.)

Hi,

 

Where did you get that information? :blink:

 

Pointers?

 

Bic owns Sheaffer.

 

Dillon

[Rackness]

it may sound silly but i do not like papermate ball pens because of their shape i find it uncomfortable. i prefer a bic pen to a papermate.

 

 

given a choice however i have not used either in years.

 

all the best ,

Jason

Edited December 16, 2005 by Rackness

[Slush99]

Well...

 

I'm a traitor. BIC.

 

I hate papermate...

[southpaw]

Chisel and stone tablet

[Johnny Appleseed]

If I have to use a ball-point, let it be a Waterman - Or a Pelikan. I keep a K600 as a backup pen, for truly extreme conditions.

 

John

Edited December 16, 2005 by Johnny Appleseed

[wimg]

I would rather not write, in that case....

 

Warm reagrds, Wim

[FrankB]

I think a Papermate over a Bic.

 

When I must write with a ballpoint, I choose to use a Parker Duofold BP or a Parker Jotter, both with B points. I also have a Fisher 20-year BP with a lovely B point that I use for telephone messages.

 

I do use Bic BP's - when I am at a bar, tanked up, and I have to sign the charge card bill in order to be able to exit the establishment. Then I use a Bic.

[Mannenhitsu]

Papermate! Their pens always write better than a bic anyday.

[RichardS]

Papermate. Simply because of what Bic have done/are doing to Sheaffer.

[Apollo]

Sailor with King Eagle nib. (Sailor is owned by BIC, so technicaly it would be BIC.)

I can assure you that Sailor is NOT owned by BIC, my friend.

 

You have them confused with Sheaffer which IS a division of BIC USA.

[randyholhut]

Bic Stic soft grip. More comfortable than a Papermate.

 

The Papermate Write Bros pens (remember them?) and their no-name successors were always the pens your office bought because they were too cheap to buy Bics.

[James Pickering]

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[georgem]

When I can't use a fountain pen, and there are some situations that call for the pressure of a BP or an RB, I prefer to use the Pilot Precise rollerball.

 

For the most part, I don't like ballpoints, although I'll make exceptions for the Rotring Multipen and Parker Jotter.

[Goodwhiskers]

First, about the FP : Are there any fountain pens that don't take damage from the pressure required for "NCR paper" or older-tech carbon-paper copies? A fully hooded, steel nib model perhaps (Parker steel and hooded, Hero or Wing Sung)?

 

I prefer rollerballs or gel ball pens for NCR paper and carbon copies, but I hate their high prices , especially for gel pens and their near-whole-pen-cost refills! :angry:

 

If I have to buy one for myself, I buy a Sanford Vision ("Sanford Eye" in some countries) because the price is not top-of-the-range, the ink supply is large, and the ink is waterproof and even advertised as fraudproof.

 

For viscous ink ballpoints (first type of ballpoint technology), I tolerate Papermate products only. BIC's and Parker's viscous ballpoints take too much pressure, have fainter inks and almost always leave an un-inked ball track down the middle of the mark.