Favourite pen?!

[DrunkTinkerbell40s]

I know this might seem a silly thread but I'm really struggling to find a nice pen to write with. I used to have lovely handwriting but the pens I've currently got are just not doing it for me... so what's your fave pen to write with?! I write a lot!

Cheap basic ones I tried the posh ones over the years and not a fan

If I'm writing just for me, I use a propelling pencil. I'm very fussy about it. They're all over the house, but I always want my favourite one!

I miss fountain pens. My writing was so much better with them than a biro

I have used a fountain pen for over 35 years.

Mine is a Parker Duofold which I have had for about 25 years. It was fairly expensive new, but is a lovely pen and writes beautifully

@Devilsmommy Fountain [pens are still around, I have several but I must admit my cheapest ones are the easiest to write with.

I have a couple of Cross, a couple of lammy and a few preppy (different coloured inks in case you wondered why so many).

I use Pilot Frixion pens. They feel smooth to write with and the fact I can rub my writing out is a bonus.

I've a range of Lamy fountain pens, each with a different ink colour. They're lovely and pretty cheap to buy. Lots of choice as to nibs. I prefer the left hand nib even though I'm not left handed as I find it smoother and finer. I still have nightmares about italic ink nibs after having an insane head master at primary school who insisted we wrote with an italic ink fountain pen!

Alternatively, I also have a few propelling pencils with different lead hardnesses - the Staedtler leads are excellent, nice and smooth and don't constantly break.

I hate ballpoints, fibre tips etc., and never use them unless there's no choice. My handwriting is so much neater with a fountain pen or pencil and it's more enjoyable to write with them.

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My son introduced me to these and I love them.

I also use a Waterman fountain pen that I've had for 30 years.

I've got a waterman pen I've had for almost 30 years. No one else is allowed to write with it.
I also quite like the thicker nibbed biros but I don't like gel pens. They never write well for me.

Bic fine line biros.

Harder and harder to find in actual shops but I adore them.

I like fineliners or sometimes pilot ones.

I quite like berol handwriting pens.

These exact ones in black. There are similar ones by the same company but they don't write as smoothly for me as these ones.

Nice and scratchy.

I was just looking at these! They're very pretty!

I was taught to write with an Osmiroid italic fountain pen at secondary school and loved it. Now I use good old Parker Vector italic nib pen ,one with black ink one with red ink and frequently get +tve comments on my hand writing(but not my spelling!!!!!)

The yellow Bic ones. They are harder to find, but I love them. I have a few posh pens, but none of them are as comfortable to use.

Bic Crystal Extra Broad

My two favourites are

Pilot V Sign Pen

Uniball Gel Impact 1.0

My current favourites are Toms studio mini and the duo pens as I have one of each. They are pricey but amazing quality. For fountain pens which I still use as a teacher, I have recently discovered Ellington pens and they are really good quality and smooth to write with.

When journaling I like Emott fibre tips.

Yes I am a bit of a pen hoarder.

oh Bastion pens are quite good too but a bit heavy to write a lot with.

cult pens website is a good place for a browse of brands.

Another fountain pen.nerd. But they don't improve my awful.writing. I quite like sharpie gel pens. Really black, dead smooth.

I have a gorgeous engine-turned enamel The Cross fountain pen. I use it all the time. Got it a third of the retail price when a local stationery shop closed.

I love my kaweco sport with broad nib. Writes very smoothly, and I use a convertor so I can use fancy ink.