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I know majority of this thread is based on upper market pens, anyhow...for years I had been looking for a pen I got from a friend about 7 years ago, couldn't find it anywhere. 2 weeks ago, I did a search on ebay and found an abundance of the Pilot hi-tec-c pens. I ordered 6 pens + 6 refills and 2 hi-tec-c slim knock, which is the tiny version of the standard hi-tec-c + 5 refills, I think i am set for a while now.
The Lamy Safari is a great first fountain pen. Relatively cheap, good looking and reliable. I'd take a Safari over a Parker Jotter or Vector.
After going through many Parkers which keep breaking (cheap plastic components), I brought a black Lamy Safari and it's a great pen. Good for use in lectures at uni where I need to write loads of notes, and with the converter, I use bottled ink. I went for the fine nib.
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I use the comfy grip plastic pens that you get in a 50 pack I use my pens alot and they get lost, stolen and broken so I can't spend more than $10 on a 12 pack I do have a nice Cross pen that I found, but that's all I know about it.
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Originally Posted by potato28
I use the comfy grip plastic pens that you get in a 50 pack I use my pens alot and they get lost, stolen and broken so I can't spend more than $10 on a 12 pack I do have a nice Cross pen that I found, but that's all I know about it.
It used to be that the lowly 19 cent Bic Crystal stick pen was one of the best writing, most ergonomic writing implements one could buy, but alas, even that has gone by the wayside. I like the Jetstream BP's as far as inexpensive BP's go.
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"The society which scorns excellence in plumbing because plumbing is a humble activity, and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because philosophy is an exalted activity, will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy. Neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water." --John W. Gardner
It used to be that the lowly 19 cent Bic Crystal stick pen was one of the best writing, most ergonomic writing implements one could buy, but alas, even that has gone by the wayside. I like the Jetstream BP's as far as inexpensive BP's go.
The Cristal is actually the closest pen on the market today to the original ballpoint, the biro. It's actually a fairly important pen in the history of writing instruments.
The Cristal is actually the closest pen on the market today to the original ballpoint, the biro. It's actually a fairly important pen in the history of writing instruments.
Unfortunately, even though it's available in name, it's in name only because it is quite different in this incarnation from the original. The new Crystal isn't a bad pen, but it's not as good as the original.
__________________ "The best way to predict the future is to invent it." -- Alan Kay
"In times of change, learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists." Eric Hoffer
"The society which scorns excellence in plumbing because plumbing is a humble activity, and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because philosophy is an exalted activity, will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy. Neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water." --John W. Gardner
Unfortunately, even though it's available in name, it's in name only because it is quite different in this incarnation from the original. The new Crystal isn't a bad pen, but it's not as good as the original.
X2, remember the commercial where they would open a can w/ a bic?
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Originally Posted by mrarroyo
X2, remember the commercial where they would open a can w/ a bic?
Yeah, the original had a big solid brass nose cone!
__________________ "The best way to predict the future is to invent it." -- Alan Kay
"In times of change, learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists." Eric Hoffer
"The society which scorns excellence in plumbing because plumbing is a humble activity, and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because philosophy is an exalted activity, will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy. Neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water." --John W. Gardner
This is my first try with this boutique manufacturer to use with a variety of Pelikan and Parker pens. Have Baystate Concord Grape and Luxury Blue on their way, but now another question: am looking for a vibrant and brilliant blue/green like a turquoise. I know the owner of the company loves Navajo Turquoise but do any of you have other suggestions???
Be careful with the Baystate inks. Their pH is not compatible with most modern inks and they can turn to sludge if mixed with modern inks...even inside a pen.
I use my pens alot and they get lost, stolen and broken so I can't spend more than $10 on a 12 pack 
I do have a nice Cross pen that I found, but that's all I know about it.
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