I love writing utensils. I’m the type of nerd that can stand in the pen aisle of a store for half an hour before walking away with nothing in my hand. Unless of course you are an attractive young woman who thinks that sounds too nerdy, in which case that is a complete lie and I don’t like pens at all.
A few years ago I decided that I really like the Pilot G-2 series, and was happy to discover they came in a 0.5 as well as a 0.7 thickness. I bought a number of black pens and also found a mechanical pencil in the same model. I actually bought 2 packs, one to use, and one to sit in my drawer for three years until, just last week, I realized that I needed a pencil and I couldn’t find one.
It’s been awhile since I’ve been shopping for writing utensils, my latest purchase had been a year or so earlier where I found a ‘limited edition’ G-2 that was metal and cost $9 with a $3 mail in rebate. (Yes, I mailed in that rebate. Unless you are an attractive young woman who is looking for a rich man and thinks that sounds cheap, in which case I didn’t. Or maybe I actually did because you are an attractive young woman looking for a frugal man who is wise with his money.)
Anyway, back to pens. Finding myself short on pens at work and pencils at home, partly due to the fact that all three of my Scottevest jackets sports a pocket for each, I decided I should check amazon.com for pens and pencils.
Turns out they have them. I quickly found a pack of the G-2 pencils with 0.5 led and added them to my cart. But when I started searching for pens I found something interesting. Pilot has a 0.38 width pen that they call ‘ultra thin’. It was only a few dollars more to get a 12 pack rather than a 5 pack, so I threw them in my cart and checked out.
A couple days later I had the pens in my possession, and I am really impressed. Most the other pens I have are 0.7. So this is about half the width, yet it still writes smoothly and clearly. You can write a lot smaller, and while I haven’t been able to test it, the ink should dry a lot faster than the 0.7 model.
Overall, I would definitely recommend giving this pen a try, if you are at all interested in the devices you use when you write things down… Which I assume people are still doing these days, even though it is the future.