especially these:



I haven't been able to use the cheapass office BICs for quite some time now and was just wondering if anyone else is as nerdy about their writing utensils as I. I alternate between 5 or so pens, most of which get stolen weekly.

oh man you don't even know. i don't like to use anything smaller than .7.

oh shit yeah. .8s and 1.0 are the way to go. And don't get me started on the liquid Sharpies. The holy grail of office pilfering. The retractable ones suck though.

i drool over the Levenger catalog, and i want to get into the SERIOUS writing instruments, but i'm just afraid that i'd lose them. i usually hit up the art store once a week and buy some wack pens just to try something new.

When I worked for Don Siegelman, Governor of the Great State of Alabama (D-Mobile) he used these:


Benny will attest that once you use one, nothing else even approaches acceptable. I even shop at Office Depot over Staples and Office Max, just because they carry these. The Pentel Rolling Writer.

I too am a pen freak. I buy my own pens for work -- fuck using the cheap ass writing implements the company provides. It's about smooth, micro lines that flow across the paper. I must have a variety of colours as well.

I heart Sharpies as well and own one in almost every colour they make.

Pity da fool who tries to steal my pens cuz I'll find you. Oh yes, I will.

when only the best is enough:



any pen above .5 SUCKS.

what are you, an accountant?

I'm an asshole about pens, but I like them Micro. Small as I can get 'em, .2 or .5. No medium no way. I buy my pens because that way if someone grabs it at work I just snatch it back and call them names in front of people for stealing the pens I bought with MY money.

haha--fair enough man. nah, I've just always preferred thin & sharp over other alternatives. And Pilot Precise V5s are HEAVENLY for me man.

Extra Fine...oh yess...

And ONLY in black ink. These pens kick ass.

And if I want to bitch at someone, I write in red China marker, which always makes you look a little insane.

these are ok, but i don't find that they last long enough. every one that i have is almost dead and writes scratchily.

you people are freaks.

why don't you just prick your thumb and make your mark that way if that's all the effort you'tr going to put into it.

sharpies are where it's at

i have no need for any pen over $2. i don't think anyone is going to return a check i write because the fucking ink wasn't fine enough.

i have the exact same problem. My handwriting looks even more like an old man's after this.

and shiv if you i only used pens to write checks with i probably wouldn't be such a fanatic about them

I'm a fan of the gel ink pens. A lot of people don't like them though.

Ok, please pity me, as I have only weak Mexican pens for sale at the "stationary store" in San Pedro, and LOVE the Uniball .5 that my wife brought back from from her last trip to the states, and it is starting to do the scratchy thing.....

cheap as chups, and write first time everytime

i just not like average ball point pens.

And now for the Ferrari of pens.......



Quite literally....the Ferrari of pens....Porsche makes some too:



Of course I can't afford either....but I do love me a good pen

When I'm writing notes or something like that I try to get two lines of writing in one line of foolscap so I need a 0.5 pen to write neatly at that size.

Otherwise I use a Parker fountain pen. It's especially good for signing cheques or forms or whatever.

The other thing about pens for me is that I demand complete uniformity. If I buy a set of pens I have to chuck out all my other pens because to have mixed brands or types of pens in my desk pen holder would be completely unacceptable to me.

this is hands down the dorkiest thread we've ever had.