True Pen-Fessions!

[Sailor Kenshin]

Come on now...fess up!

What quirks do you have regarding pens, even inks?

I cannot tolerate a metal section.


In fact, I'm beginning to steer clear of metal pens altogether. (Wanna buy some, lol? Got lots.)


One case where fat is good: I NEED a fatter section. No matter how purdy a pen might otherwise be or how well it writes. If it's not fat it stays behind.


I cannot, repeat, NOT, use any sort of fill system where I can't SEE the ink and color and amount left. Which means no rubberized converters. This means you, Sheaffer. Yes, and you, Pilot! Good thing carts are refillable.


But I don't do eyedroppers. No way, nohow. Except, of course, for my Recife Crystal. Which does not blurp.


I do not like piston-fillers. There. I've said it. Even though I own four of them and one's a Montblanc. They take forever to clean and it hurts my fingers twisting that little knob over and over and over and over.


If a pen has a cap, I want it to fit posted, without having to perform The Wiggle Dance to keep it from falling off. This means YOU, half my Chinese metal-bodied pens.


And then even if the cap posts, I do not want it scratching or marring the pen's finish. Hello, Carene? Are you taking notes yet?


I never flush a pen before testing. That's just how I roll.


When a pen is running low on ink and I'm too lazy to clean or refill, I leave it upside-down.



I appear to be genetically incapable of writing on both sides of the page.


I also appear to be genetically incapable of being, well, TOTALLY comfortable using more expensive pens.


The barrel color and ink color must at least harmonize. (Though, lately, I have been wondering just how a gun-gray ink might look, coming from the nib of my pink Safari.)


Come on. You know you have some too. 'Fess up.