5
Always
With a .07 ball. I don’t tolerate .05 or .1 heretics in my G2 superiority worldview.
Number 7 100%
I used to live quite near to one of the bic factories in France. Ahhhh I’m obsessed with Bic pens.
not pictured, but uniball eye micro was my goat for high school and college. I had to do british standardized exams in high school which required black pen (not pencil). these guys write super smoothly and create really nice lines, but they take a sec or two to dry so you gotta be careful not to smudge.
I think #1 in the pic is a thicker version of these
I assumed 1 was this one! Still the goat, still have 3 on my person at any given time.
Pilot G-2, Obviously. #5.
G2 forever.
If 5 is the G2, then 5.
This kind. I like the metal tip.
I used to use these a lot before I discovered micro tipped pens, these are great ball point though.
I like that they mark on metal. And the tip is great for tracing rough edges and rulers.
And respective mechanical pencil!
The apex pen.
🧐
5, man I loved those pens when taking notes in college.
The day I first gripped a #5, had there been clickbait thumbnails back then, mine would have read:
This Changes EVERYTHING!At school all the cool kids had these lol
or these
[I come from a very specific generation in French speaking switzerland, so this may not be relatable]
When I taught tertiary anatomy to sports science students. The school’s stationary cabinet was a box of lost pens that the cleaners added to. The school wasn’t great. Rather than buy new pens, we were to take from the box. I knew I wasn’t being renewed next year so I came in on the holidays and took every four pen in that box. About fifteen of them. It’s seen me good for for pens for about 13 years now. I still have a bunch kicking around. Mostly green/red left, but I use those to mark my ToDo lists with completed and delayed entries.
I wish they sold cheap refills for the 4-pens but when I looked I could only find ones around the same cost as a new pen.
I can only write with friction now, I have ADHD and I often skip letters when writing words so I always have to erase the letter I just wrote. If I’m not using friction it looks horrible
Ooh, Pilot Frixion, I like those. I did not expect myself to ever be able to get excited about pens, yet here I am.
I love lending out Frixion Clickers out to my DnD friends and seeing them struggle with the click before they realise that the pocket clip is the thing that goes click.
7 BIC or bust
5 for me
- The Bic Pilot G2 in 1mm writes like butter. Glorious. $4.95 for a 4 pack.
The price and quality are so hard to beat.
2, please.
Definitely 5, gimme that gel pen every time
