I geek out over writing instruments. It’s true. I am very possessive about my writing instruments. When I used to share an office with my staff it seemed that seconds after I set a pen on the desk it would disappear, never to be seen again. That drove me freakin’ nuts!
I’ve tried to train my kids…mainly my oldest, that after they use one of my various writing instruments, it is imperative for the sake of their dad’s mental health, that they return it back to the desk they got it from. I have to say he’s pretty good at it.
I hate cheap pens. They never work when you need them too, they have a tendency to explode at the worst possible times and they are not comfortable to write with. I find my handwriting to be atrocious when I’m writing with a cheap stick pen. (Maybe there is something subconscious going on there.) On the other hand, I’m on a tight budget so buying expensive “Executive” style pens is out of the question right now. I have found my favorite writing utensils and they’re easy on the pocketbook.
My favorite ball point pen – the Pentel Client.
I love these for general purpose writing and note taking. They’re weighted with a nice grip, refillable. heavily constructed, extremely comfortable to write with and they glide across paper. I have yet to have one break, blow up, or fail me.
Seriously, add this to your favorite geek’s pocket protector. My university bookstore sells them for about $8.00 each.
My new favorite pen is an ultra fine gel pen that works great in my moleskine notebooks by “TÜL”. They don’t bleed through like the pilot G2′s (the “preferred” Moleskine nerd pen.)
They’re kind of sleek, simple and sexy. If Apple were to make an iPen, this would be it.
There’s my rant on pens….I have much more analog gadgets to geek-out about on this thread. Index cards will be the next one.
