/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.21944681]

what is /lit/'s favorite pen?

[Anonymous No.21944695]

>>21944681
I really don't like using pen.
Pencil or keyboards, always.
The only time I use pen is for inking art, writing signatures, and writing the address on postage.

[Anonymous No.21944703]

>>21944681
Azor PinPoint 0.7mm. Cheap, nice, useful.

[Anonymous No.21944726]

>>21944681
Pilot 823 custom F
Bought this a couple of years ago and have been writing with it ever since

[Anonymous No.21944751]

I'm a Bic 4 Color man

[Anonymous No.21944754]

>>21944681
Periwinkle crayon

[Anonymous No.21944792]

>>21944681
Either Staedter fine tip pens or Japanese IMPACT gel pens

[Anonymous No.21944876]

>>21944726
Holy fuck this pen is like $500

[Anonymous No.21944883]

G2 ftw

[Anonymous No.21944903]

Diplomat Excellence

[Anonymous No.21944921]

>>21944876
I bought it when it was more like $300 but it is very expensive.
The thing is, I intend for this pen to last the rest of my life and have inked it up over 200 times.

[Anonymous No.21944928]

>>21944903
how do you like the steel nib?

[Anonymous No.21944940]

>>21944751
Child.

[Anonymous No.21944955]

>>21944928
It's a hard nib to be sure but it's very well tuned out of the box. Great character and puts an extremely reliable line down without effort or consideration.

[Anonymous No.21944960]

[Anonymous No.21944965]

>>21944751
I wish there was a way to make the actual pen slimmer. Its really useful for note taking but its dogshit to write with because of how bulky it is.

[Anonymous No.21944977]

why do green ballpoints always write poorly?

[Anonymous No.21944986]

>>21944965
that is a stupid pen for stupid people. Point being Ive only ever seen women use it.

If you do want to use a pen like this (the concept itself isnt a bad one) get something like the Uni Jetstream Edge 3 and respect yourself a bit. 3 colors are all you actually will need.

[Anonymous No.21945023]

>>21944681
The bottom one

[Anonymous No.21945038]

>>21944681
the one with ink still in it

[Anonymous No.21945039]

[Anonymous No.21945056]

For me it's the tried and true BIC Cristal

[Anonymous No.21945062]

>>21944876
And worth every penny. Poorfags won't understand.

[Anonymous No.21945073]

I don't understand the appeal of pens for anything other than doing legally binding paperwork.

[Anonymous No.21945263]

>>21945073
people have different interests. Some people enjoy the act of physically writing and penmanship. Unless you are truly autistic you must understand this.

[Anonymous No.21945348]

>>21944681
ballpoint gotta be the pilot g-2 of course but I like fountain pens more

[Anonymous No.21945376]

>>21944681
I love Uni Jetstream EDGEs with the 0.28 ballpoint. God-tier stuff

[Anonymous No.21945399]

>>21944681
A guy at church gave me one of these to take notes and now I refuse to use anything else. It’s a smooth ball point. I never have to scribble on my pages to get the ink flowing.

It’s a Muji 0.5. There are ten packs on Amazon.

[Anonymous No.21945448]

>>21944681
I like the bic time-travel pen...

[Anonymous No.21945453]

>>21945448
did she really write with a ballpoint pen?

[Anonymous No.21945457]

>>21944681
The only answer is Mont Blanc Meisterstuck Classique. Sorry for all you classless, poor or nouveaux riche retards who think you have it figured out.

[Anonymous No.21945623]

>>21944681
This lil guy.
Now the real question is this: black ink or blue ink?

[Anonymous No.21945626]

>>21944681
I use a Sailor fountain pen

[Anonymous No.21945669]

>>21945626
which one if I may ask?

[Anonymous No.21945681]

>>21944726
>>21944921
>>21945062
>Paying more than 0.1 bucks for THIS
Lol, holy shit, what a piece of trash. I'm glad that there is always enough clever people around to strip retards off their abundant money.

[Anonymous No.21945828]

>>21945453
part of "her" book was written with it
she never wrote with it tho

[Anonymous No.21945844]

>>21945056
My man

[Anonymous No.21946548]

>>21944681
Any Pilot MetroGODS here?

[Anonymous No.21946720]

I use a typewriter like a true Chad

[Anonymous No.21946739]

>>21945263
I am truly autistic, but when explained as a hobby or special interest I get it, even if it I personally don't see the appeal.
So I guess what I am saying is your explanation is satisfactory.

[Anonymous No.21946749]

>>21946720
shill me typewriters, I have two old ones just sitting somewhere collecting dust

[Anonymous No.21946765]

>>21944726
Has this ever clogged or stopped working for you? I bought a twisbi precision recently and it already started giving me issues with ink flow. My other pilot metropolitan works great, but I'm looking for a work horse pen with a vacuum fill and large capacity for writing novels/poetry.

[Anonymous No.21946965]

>>21946749
For me it's mostly a workflow thing more than anything. I tend to have terrible handwriting so if I write something quickly I tend to struggle to read it easily after a few weeks. I can read it, it's just sloppy. So for me, I like to quickly handwrite ideas and then edit and type them up after a few days if they still seem good. This lets me have the ideas in an easy to read format plus it's fast to type after you get good. The benefit compared to a computer is that you don't get hyper-fixated in editing and formatting, you just write and there isn't a 4channel tab open to distract you. Plus for me, I like the analog aspect of it and just the sounds it makes

[Anonymous No.21946977]

>>21945056
>Let me guess, you "need" more

[Anonymous No.21946982]

>>21946548
>basedteens are "culturally enriching" /lit/ now

[Anonymous No.21947090]

Is this ppg now?

[Anonymous No.21947120]

>>21945457
why you spend that much on a rollerball pen I will never understand.
>>21945681
giving no actual criticism.
ok well, what would you pay for?

[Anonymous No.21947133]

>>21946765
it has never stopped writing, though the flow had issues after like a year and a half without cleaning.
I only use one specific type of ink in that pen and it works really well. As far as I can tell, the clogging is often due to the ink type

[Anonymous No.21947191]

pencils are better.

[Anonymous No.21947288]

Vanishing point EF, scabiosa iron gall.

>>21947133
>As far as I can tell, the clogging is often due to the ink type
That and how well the cap seals and how often you use it. I'm using a (depending on the brand) known pen killer and one of the most stupid tiny nibs and it flows fine. I really should clean it for the first time but haven't had any problems after 4 refills.

[Anonymous No.21947294]

>>21944681
Zebra F-301 or the Bic Grip Roller (but they need to be broken in before they roll smoothly)

[Anonymous No.21947323]

>>21944681
dragon-anon here, I'm here to remind you that you're all fucking cowards and I could take you all in a fight.

[Anonymous No.21947352]

What is the main connection between technology and government?

[Anonymous No.21947362]

>>21947352
how it can be used to control the masses

[Anonymous No.21947678]

>>21944681

[Anonymous No.21947904]

>>21947090
Guess so since /g/'s jannies are being petty tyrants

[Anonymous No.21947937]

>>21947323
based and dragonpilled

[Anonymous No.21948621]

>>21947904

What the fuck is his problem?
Also, to the anon asking about preppy and oxblood, my preppy nib is Fine.

[Anonymous No.21948723]

>>21945056
Love it, but my writing looks like shit with it.

[Anonymous No.21948729]

Has anyone bought or used any of the new Esterbrooks? Are they worth the money?

[Anonymous No.21948748]

>>21944681
Lamy Safari if I'm feeling fancy

[Anonymous No.21948838]

I like the zebra blen

[Anonymous No.21949226]

I've bounced around a lot. Different price ranges and different styles. The coziest hands down is the Pilot G5 Extra Fine.

[Anonymous No.21949234]

>>21944681
g2
i stole a couple dozen from work along with hundreds of dollars in batteries, sadly i'm almost out

[Anonymous No.21949239]

>>21949226
g2-05 my bad

[Anonymous No.21949397]

>>21949226
>>21949239
Any reason why you prefer a finer point? I always liked slightly thicker lines because it allows me to not be as precise with my handwriting, and any shaky or wavering lines get masked out by the excessive ink.

[Anonymous No.21949400]

>>21944681
the pilot

[Anonymous No.21949412]

G2-07. The 05 is like nails on a chalkboard. Much too sharp of a point to drag across paper.

[Anonymous No.21949979]

>>21949412
looks like lanza

[Anonymous No.21950047]

>>21944681
it feels like your hand is surfing on paper waves

[Anonymous No.21950049]

>>21944681
Fisher Space pen is great I had two for years, but lost one. I like the Tratto felt pen made in Italie. I really like felt pens, I'm not sure which others exist. Bic 4 color is classic.

[Anonymous No.21950061]

>>21949412
>>21949979
he looks like he's about to burst into tears.

[Anonymous No.21951385]

>>21949397
It feels more comfortable and allows for more control for me. Thicker pens are too bold for my handwriting. I've ventured into using the g2-07 Fine and have a few but don't use them as much as the extra fine. I started my fine kick with the TUL needlepoint pens but they have issues with clogging up or rusting for some reason.

[Anonymous No.21951452]

>>21944681
should I actually into fountain pens? My penmenship is pretty shit.

[Anonymous No.21951536]

Pilot G-TEC C4 as a disposable.

[Anonymous No.21951678]

>>21944883
>this

[Anonymous No.21951707]

>>21945056
Black Bic Cristal always gets the job done!
Not a poo, but I love these pencils

[Anonymous No.21951767]

>>21944681
pilot 823
even the wing sung knockoff

[Anonymous No.21951796]

>>21944681

[Anonymous No.21951904]

>>21944681

[Anonymous No.21951981]

a writer will use something like this.
a delusional person who wants to be a writer will spend a couple hundred bucks more

[Anonymous No.21951990]

>>21944681
Pilot g2 07

[Anonymous No.21952011]

>>21951981
the wealthiest writer of all time used this

https://youtu.be/itWxXyCfW5s?t=118

[Anonymous No.21952013]

>>21951981
Gamers, video editors, streamers, and filmmakers are notorious for spending thousands on the hardware they use creatively. Why shouldn't a writer spend a notable amount on their practice's primary tool?

[Anonymous No.21952018]

>>21944681
I like heavy ball point pens, other than that I dont care.

[Anonymous No.21952021]

>>21952013
because the gear makes a difference in all those cases except writing

[Anonymous No.21952113]

>>21944681
pilot precise/hi-tecpoint v5
sharpie pen

don’t like gel since it smears

[Anonymous No.21952129]

>>21948748
This but in black. The 0.5mm point fucking slaps.

[Anonymous No.21953167]

>>21945457
Only middle class and nouveau riche idiots buy Mont Blanc pens. Have you even read Veblen bro? I am a genuine aristocrat and use cheap Uni-Ball Signo 207s despite having been gifted or inherited many fancy old pens.

[Anonymous No.21953177]

>>21944681
I was fortunate enough to find a Sailor Pro Gear Regular for ~$100 on /r/pen_swap, and it's been my #1 for a while.

[Anonymous No.21953179]

>>21953167
How old is your family and from what country you sneeger

[Anonymous No.21953184]

>>21945399
the .38 cap type are the superior muni pen

[Anonymous No.21953189]

>>21953179
I'm descended from aristocratic families from Scotland, Sweden, and Sicily. Borders don't really matter when it comes to our marriages lmao.

[Anonymous No.21953191]

>>21944681
i have the one at the top of the pic if that's a pilot. it's a good pen, but i don't really like how it looks

[Anonymous No.21953194]

Who else is a member of the blue ink, 0.4 nib master race?

[Anonymous No.21953197]

>>21953189
Why did you let Europe be taken over by Jews? All your empires are now being flooded by foreigners, people spit on your flags. What happened?

[Anonymous No.21953213]

>>21953197
Yes, bad stuff happening all around. I do my part by donating to groups like the Nordic Resistance Movement, Patriotic Alternative, and CasaPound.

[Anonymous No.21953215]

$20 from Amazon

[Anonymous No.21953221]

$2 disposable. blue ink

no one will steal it

anyone who borrows it at work usually bends the nib and looks like a retard

[Anonymous No.21953222]

best ink ever!

[Anonymous No.21953223]

>>21953213
What is the social context of your life? Is it still decided by birth or do you follow mass culture?

[Anonymous No.21953228]

how pretentious do you gotta be to use a pencil without an eraser?

[Anonymous No.21953236]

i use this for signatures only.

don''t drop it or you'll need to put a refill in.

[Anonymous No.21953255]

>>21953236
Do yourself a favor and dont sign anything in black ink. If you are serious about using a ballpoint pen, then at least use blue ink and look like you know what you are doing.

[Anonymous No.21953324]

>>21953223
I'm quite isolated from everyone these days, as I was outcast from aristo society after my father killed himself. I grew up riding horses, doing show jumping, went to a boarding school that I was kicked out of for having sex with a girl, dropped out of college on my first attempt. Now I live most of the time in my family's pied a terre in NYC like a hermit, except I am married and have one child. I ended up marrying someone from my social class, which I was pressured to do, although in retrospect it was probably for the best. I had a working class American girlfriend for a couple of years who I loved madly but she had a huge inferiority complex that led to all sorts of issues. I don't need to work for a living, which is nice, but don't have much disposable income. One of my cousins owns a yacht building company, so I like to go out on his boats when the weather is nice. That's about it I guess.

[Anonymous No.21953333]

I don't know specifically but what I do know is this
>Steel nibs are based
>Cap pens are underrated
>Twist pens are classy
>Click pens are shit

[Anonymous No.21953937]

>>21953255
>>21953222

[Anonymous No.21953941]

>>21944965
apparently it's more healthy to write with fatter pens, see drawing tablet pens; everyone recommend fatter pens for long term us

[Anonymous No.21954212]

>>21953255
>>21953937
Why is blue better than black?

[Anonymous No.21954251]

>>21945056
Only choice.

[Anonymous No.21954271]

pencils are still better

[Anonymous No.21954360]

>>21944681
Uni-ball vision needle

if I am feeling fancy I have a TWSBI Vac700-EF with sepia ink

[Anonymous No.21954403]

>>21951981
Depends on the kind of writing the person is doing.
Someone who is into calligraphy or penmanship and sees writing itself, as in the the aesthetic possibilities of putting letters on the page, as a art form of it's own might want a better tool for that pursuit then the cheapest thing they can get their hands on.
Those just using pen and paper as a means to the end of getting ideas out will probably only care that the pen works.
And different still will be someone's doing inking or line art.
And different yet again for someone doing the hand lettering and layout of something.

Different tools for different goals.
Me personally I like a pen that plays nicely with water since the main time I use pen is to take field notes when hiking or volunteering at the trails.

[Anonymous No.21954430]

>>21954271
I love a good mechanic pencil as a primary workhorse but sometimes you just need to use a pen.

[Anonymous No.21954433]

>>21953255
Why?

[Anonymous No.21954896]

>>21954212
>>21954433
There are two main reasons to use blue ink.
1. Blue ink stands out more against the page of black ink. It makes the signature clearly defined.
2. Blue ink will show that the copy is the original. The blue ink will show an original while basic copying will leave the signature black.
This is a basic point of order in life. Like knowing how to tie a tie, or tuck in a shirt.

[Anonymous No.21954948]

>>21945056
Ole' reliable. Used this thing on a fucking sailboat for a year and it still wrote.
>TFW my grandpa actually knew Biro and Bich and they both offered to work with him but he declined because he thought ballpoint pens were stupid

[Anonymous No.21954970]

>>21944681
Any other rOtring bros?

[Anonymous No.21954981]

>>21953189
Oh so you're American

[Anonymous No.21955180]

absolutely fucking not funny bananas that nobody has said Papermate Flair

[Anonymous No.21955898]

>>21954981
No, I was born in London and lived in Palermo and Zurich as a child. I live in NYC now but am not a US citizen.

[Anonymous No.21955940]

>>21953167
>acktually im an aristocrat, we actually use sharpies to sign the checks for our rape baby orgies

[Anonymous No.21955957]

how comes no one has posted caran d'ache 849 yet

[Anonymous No.21957192]

This one

[Anonymous No.21957314]

>>21944681
this beauty

[Anonymous No.21957345]

>>21944681
last post best post and /thread

[Anonymous No.21957525]

Lamy 2000

[Anonymous No.21957579]

Fuck every single B*c crystal enjoyer in this thread, they’re needlessly thin, break easily, and I cant even count how many times those fuckers used to explode and leak everywhere in my old school blazers. They should be banned.

[Anonymous No.21957600]

This is probably the one I use the most right now. With faber-castell ink but most of my inks are Noodler's, various waterproof colors. There's a set named after Russian authors which is good.

But writing is best done with a keyboard. Pens are beautiful and fun and I have like 10 on my desk right now. But they're best for limited, artistic, and deliberate use for pleasure. Writing huge quantities of text (and editing it over and over) is really a computer-based job.

[Anonymous No.21957611]

>>21944681
I have a selection of go-tos depending on (1) how much writing I intend to do and (2) what I'm writing on.

The top one in picrel is a gel rollerball like the top one in OP's pic. I wish I could remember the brand I used to use in the UK (which looked identical to OP's) - it was sublime, but this 0.7mm from Pentel is a close second.

Next up, the Mont Blanc - over-rated, scratchy, but seems to be very good with 100gsm / acid-free paper.

The king, the one I always use for important or lengthy writing, is the Waterman. Very fine nib, but flows so smoothly, even after 30 years.

The disposable V-Pen fountain pen is unbelievable - so smooth, with a fat nib, and cheap as chips. Highly recommend.

Finally, I do like the Muji roller balls. This one here is a 0.5mm, but I also like the 0.38m. Some people prefer the 0.7mm variant, but those people are wrong. The only problem with the Mujis is that they are pretty pricey for what they are, and they do seem to fail sometimes - they are not a very durable pen, so you can get a scratchy/locked up tip.

OP - what brand is that gel rollerball at the top of your pic?

[Anonymous No.21957627]

>>21944986
you need many more colors if you do notecard writing and filing and want (close to) a guarantee at contrasting colors in successive entries. even with the 20-30 colors i'm operating with it's not a lock

[Anonymous No.21957642]

>>21957600
Writing and editing are two very different processes, and you should perform them separately. With a word processor you too easily enter the doom loop of endless 'wrediting'.

1. Write your compositions long-hand.

2. Do the first one or two rough edits longhand too.

3. Next, read your draft without a pen anywhere close to hand, so that you are forced to just READ.

When you know you're going to need to transcribe everything to a word processor to finish the editing process, it helps to focus the mind and achieve the best and most succinct writing before you commence editing in earnest. The act of transcription also requires you to read the draft as a reader would, and you gain valuable insights into tempo, flow and unintended ambiguity (like picrel).

[Anonymous No.21957651]

>>21944965
No, it's dogshit to write with because the ballpoints are dogshit. It's not a pen for serious writers. You have no business using one of these unless you wear brown shorts to work and drive a truck with no door, or you're a shift foreman on a building site with a pocket protector and a moustache and secretly think of yourself as an intellectual.