/sci/ - Science & Math

[Anonymous No.10606995]

What type of pen is best if you spend all day writing proofs?

[Anonymous No.10606997]

>>10606995
A pen that works.

[Anonymous No.10606999]

>>10606995
I don’t waste my time with writing proofs. I’m too busy either getting my dick sucked or engineering something.

[Anonymous No.10607028]

>>10606997
>t. Amateur proof writer

[Anonymous No.10607034]

>>10606999
True chad

[Anonymous No.10607038]

>>10606995
No pen at all, use a mechanical pencil. Kuru toga is quite nice for this purpose.

[Anonymous No.10607040]

>>10606995
White board marker

[Anonymous No.10607048]

>>10606995
a cheap one. True mathematicians go through a whole box in a day or less.

[Anonymous No.10607052]

>>10606999
this wouldn't be so bad if you weren't getting blown by other engineers

[Anonymous No.10607084]

I use a fountain pen, my hands hurt otherwise

[Anonymous No.10607108]

>>10607084
>>10607048
I'm thinking about buying a fountain pen, in particular the pilot metropolitan, how quickly do you go through ink?

[Anonymous No.10607117]

>>10607052
Correct. But they are sexy female engineers.

[Anonymous No.10607128]

>>10607117
Contradiction

[Anonymous No.10607150]

>>10606995
I think Bic Cristal is a good allrounder. Clearly mediocre feel and ink, but they rarely starts to skip before they are empty. They are dirt cheap and you can get them everywhere. Buy in bulk online to save even more money.

[Anonymous No.10607158]

>>10607150
True normcore choice.

[Anonymous No.10607186]

>>10607150
Bic Cristal is great for freshman year undergrad, after that your hand will hate you

Bic Cristal are amazing entry level pens as they are clearly superior to pencils

[Anonymous No.10607244]

>>10607186
You're probably right. They need some considerable amount of pressure to write and they are not very precise.

[Anonymous No.10607268]

Rooster quills

[Anonymous No.10607313]

>>10607108
I use a Pilot Petit1, I usually am done with a cartridge in 2 days. That's why I refill it with a syringe

[Anonymous No.10607316]

Pentel EnerGel.

[Anonymous No.10607325]

So if money was no object what is the best pen for constant use?

[Anonymous No.10607327]

Milan pens are pretty good

>>10607325
Milan pens are pretty good

[Anonymous No.10607354]

>>10607108
Don't buy a fountain pen unless you can actually write in cursive. I know you want to look cool, but your handwriting won't improve, you'll write more slowly b/c good fountain pens (i.e., the only ones worth writing with) are delicate instruments, and to be honest, regular ball point pens write more smoothly. Fountain pens are a special occasion pen. If your going to be scribbling away at proofs, use a cheap ballpoint pen. For a nicer gel pen, buy those Muji pens from Japan, and make sure to unscrew the back a tiny bit so the nib has a comfortable amount of slack.

[Anonymous No.10607366]

>>10607313
>>10607354
So if I want to be able to write proofs all day and not go broke I should get a gel ballpoint pen?

[Anonymous No.10607376]

>>10607186
What do you recommend?

[Anonymous No.10607393]

>>10607366
Try the muji pen desu. People complain of hand soreness with ballpoints. Using the muji how I said requires as little pressure as a fountain pen. .38 is the size I like, it's quite thin but very smooth.

[Anonymous No.10607394]

Fuck this thread reminds me of this gel pen I had last year that was the best goddamn pen I’ve ever used. Wrote silky smooth, ink dried instantly, the perfect comfortable grip. And I fucking lost it and it was some no-name brand and I’ll always be chasing the dragon for that perfect pen, but I know I’ll never find it.

Fuck all of you.

[Anonymous No.10607397]

>>10606995
mechanical pencil, obviously
pens are for /lit/

[Anonymous No.10607402]

>>10607366
Well actually ink isn't that expensive. I buy normal pilot ink for about 20 cents and it can refill twice
>>10607354
I use a form of cursive where almost all letters are connected so I guess you make sense

[Anonymous No.10607770]

>>10606995
I've been using Bic Cristal (fine) throughout undergrad, master and now phd and don't have any complaints tbqh.

[Anonymous No.10608729]

>>10607397
>mechanical pencil, obviously
>>>/x/

[Anonymous No.10609155]

are you anons actually arguing about which pen to use ?

[Anonymous No.10610016]

>>10609155
Once you start writing a lot you'll pay attention to your writing utensil

[Anonymous No.10610040]

Chalk. Go old school

[Anonymous No.10610058]

>>10607394
That's a feels bad man.

[Anonymous No.10610060]

>>10606995
JUST USE YOUR SMARTPHONE AND A PRINTER LUDDITE

[Anonymous No.10610066]

>>10607394
Come on it can't be that hard remembering where you bought it. There must be only a handful of supermarket and stationary shops you buy at regularly.

[Anonymous No.10610081]

>>10610066
Not him, but the stores here change products so often that something from last year will never be sold again. They will have a, "newest model," or different brand completely. This is due to both planned obsolescence and the fact that chink factories are usually very fly-by-night in their operation; making a huge production run for a few months then switching to a completely different product they got a better contract for. Gel Pen Anon, may never see another one of those exact pens for the rest of his life.

[Anonymous No.10610135]

>>10607394
Try Pentel EnerGel.

[Anonymous No.10610157]

>>10610060
>printer
Luddite detected.

[Anonymous No.10610227]

>>10606995
4H or 2-3B depending on your personality

[Anonymous No.10610250]

>>10606995
A keyboard and a screen, preferably one that comes with a printer. This is 2019 ffs we have technology.

[Anonymous No.10610265]

pilot frixion multi pen

[Anonymous No.10610293]

Doesn't get any more hipster than this.

[Anonymous No.10610470]

>>10606995
I love bic. Usually write in blue ink.

[Anonymous No.10610803]

>>10610157
Professor won't accept anything but paper these days. "Show your work," is his mantra. Giving him your notes and shit on paper is part of your grade.

[Anonymous No.10611318]

>>10606995
I just bought a fountain pen and this is LITERALLY GOD TIER

[Anonymous No.10611325]

>>10610293
It feels a lot better to write with a fountain pen if you write a lot desu.
If you only scribble things, anything is fine

[Anonymous No.10611329]

Quill and ink bell. Fuck the rest of the plebs in here.

[Anonymous No.10611338]

>>10611318
i know, fountain pens are the best but they are used for slow writing.

[Anonymous No.10611349]

>>10611338
Why? I'm writing fast as fuck and it glides across the paper

[Anonymous No.10611352]

You're slow, the pen isn't

[Anonymous No.10611366]

>>10608729
kek

[Anonymous No.10611391]

>>10607034
but a bad engineer.

[Anonymous No.10611603]

BIC
>Ergonomic
>Perfect weight
>Perfect stroke
>Perfect width
>Smooth on 90 GSM paper
>Easy to spin on finger

[Anonymous No.10611606]

Every person I know who uses a fountain pen has ugly notation and handwriting. It's so horrible to watch them write

[Anonymous No.10611670]

>>10611606
Yet it feels like cumming writing with one

Enjoy straining your fingers with your ballpoint pen

[Anonymous No.10611701]

>>10606995
Pilot Frixion: Can be erased, and always, ALWAYS writes. No need to draw a kilometer of lines before ink flows. Also its cheap and ink is easy to find.

For pencils: Pentel GraphGear because its made out of metal, has a knurled grib plus rubber pads for no-slip. And the clip is great.

Fountainpens could be an alternative if you do not mind crossing out your errors instead of erasing them, and if you find a good one that has a tip that fits your writing style. Expect to spend 100-300 on that one.

[Anonymous No.10611731]

>>10611670
>Staining with bp
Lol this has never happened to me

[Anonymous No.10612123]

>>10611329
Clay tablet and a stylus. Fuck the rest of the plebs in here.

[Anonymous No.10612140]

The ones from Pen Island are the best imo search them up

[Anonymous No.10612160]

papermate profile or hagoromo chalk

[Anonymous No.10612165]

>>10612123
>Real culture

[Anonymous No.10612171]

>>10612160
They're rare as the original company closed down. A Korean company is trying to manufacture them with the same formula but Japanese Craftsmanship > Korean Sweatshop work for me

[Anonymous No.10612180]

The pen with the least amount of flex you can find. You'll want it nice and rigid when you attempt to kill yourself with it.

[Anonymous No.10612183]

>>10612171
There is a professor at my university that has the old Japanese chalk, honestly the difference is negligible. It sucks the original Japanese company is gone but the Korean stuff is still leagues better than anything else on the market.

[Anonymous No.10612191]

>>10606995
https://www.pentel.com/collections/pencils/products/quicker-clicker-mechanical-pencil-with-grip
my fav

[Anonymous No.10612193]

https://aliexpress.com/item/32828012159.html

[Anonymous No.10612208]

>>10612183
BuT iT lOsEs itS MaGiC

[Anonymous No.10613796]

Mechanical pencils like:
Pentel P205 or P207 (respectively 0.5 and 0.7mm both strong but light weight pencils)
Caran D'Ache 844 (0.7mm)
or Pentel Orenz (0.5mm with a retractable tip so no issue when you drop it on the floor)

For writing I prefer the 0.5mm ones I have.
The Pentel ones are built like a rock and don't cost much. The leads also make a lot of difference. I use Pentel and Faber Castel HB leads.
Did all my university notes and exams with a Caran d'Ache (unknown model with retractable tip) which I once found but recently I unfortunately lost it.

[Anonymous No.10613806]

I forgot to mention that the Pentel Orenz has a poor design of the metal clip. The plastic just above it easily snaps. The P20x series has much highe built quality but no retractable tip.

[Anonymous No.10613808]

>>10613796
>Mechanical pencils
>>>/x/

[Anonymous No.10613841]

>>10613796
>I use Pentel and Faber Castel HB leads
Man of culture.

[Anonymous No.10613869]

DESU it's just a matter of personal experience. I have 4 brands of leads here in the drawer (including Staedler and unbranded) but the Faber Castels ones slide so smoothly my over the paper, almost as smooth as a moist pussy.
The local paper and pens shop here closed its business a few years ago so I stock piled leads for the comming decades.

[Anonymous No.10614604]

HAGOROMO CHALK

[Anonymous No.10614630]

>>10606995
>pen is
Lol op is a fag

[Anonymous No.10614667]

>>10611352
Congratulations, you broke my neck. I'll check in when I get back from the chiropractor's

[Anonymous No.10614999]

>>10606995
why do people use 1mm?
I like 0.3 or 0.5 mm

[Anonymous No.10615010]

>>10607108
>>10607313
>>10607354

Fountain pens are the new fedoras

[Anonymous No.10615091]

>tfw no wooden 0.3mm triangular autorotating automatic feed mechanical pencil

[Anonymous No.10615206]

>>10615010
Write with one and you'll be converted too

[Anonymous No.10615233]

>fountain pens

any lefties had any luck with them? feel like my paper would just be a smear

[Anonymous No.10615237]

>>10610040
Based

[Anonymous No.10615316]

>>10615233
As long as your ink isn't trash tier you'll be fine

[Anonymous No.10615431]

>>10613869
>the Faber Castels ones slide so smoothly my over the paper, almost as smooth as a moist pussy.
I got aroused :) Trying so hard not to fap right now.

[Anonymous No.10615468]

rotring 600

[Anonymous No.10615851]

>>10607108
I use a Lamy Safari with extra fine nib. The only problem is getting resistant paper or ink that works on cheap paper.
However, I only use it for notetaking and refill every four days on average. For proofs/homework I use Pilot V5 and Rotring mechanical pencil.

[Anonymous No.10615862]

THE KIND YOU CAN SHOVE UP YOUR ASS

[Anonymous No.10616150]

>>10615468
based bro, i have it too

[Anonymous No.10616153]

>>10614999
I use all three, 1mm is generally when you work with smaller operations while 0.3 and 0.5 is for more accurate/bigger operations. It honestly doesn't matter though, at least to me.

[Anonymous No.10616219]

>>10615468
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