<![CDATA[BIFL Pen request]]>This post did not contain any content.]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/8ca0591b-782f-4ea9-8cfb-9d225baddee9/bifl-pen-requestRSS for NodeThu, 25 Jun 2026 22:37:02 GMTSun, 29 Mar 2026 20:28:21 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to BIFL Pen request on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 22:57:38 GMT]]>Yeah. They’re still just very easy to lose because they are in such frequent use/motion.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://lemmings.world/comment/21772384https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://lemmings.world/comment/21772384Thu, 02 Apr 2026 22:57:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to BIFL Pen request on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 17:42:45 GMT]]>If it’s a nice pen, sunglasses, umbrella, etc you tend to pay more attention to where it’s at and less likely to lose it or let someone walk off with it. Disposables from the utility closet who cares but that pen your grandpa gave you or lighter with a scrimshaw design you end up being a little more alert about.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/comment/25315887https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/comment/25315887Thu, 02 Apr 2026 17:42:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to BIFL Pen request on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 18:39:20 GMT]]>My grandparents bought me a Waterman ballpoint pen 24 years ago and it’s still going strong. Plus it’s a good looking pen.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://lemmy.nz/comment/20935574https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://lemmy.nz/comment/20935574Mon, 30 Mar 2026 18:39:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to BIFL Pen request on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 17:53:42 GMT]]>I can’t speak for random Reddit folks but I’ve never been disappointed in the ink and I’ve gone through lots of refills. It doesn’t write as smoothly as my Parker Jotter (which is my at-home pen of choice when I’m not feeling a fountain pen), but the Jotter is twice the price and the refills aren’t all metal (I’m sure you can probably get metal refills third party but I haven’t tried them myself).

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sh.itjust.works/comment/24576695https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sh.itjust.works/comment/24576695Mon, 30 Mar 2026 17:53:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to BIFL Pen request on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 15:12:43 GMT]]>saw on reddit that people dont like the ink? is this true?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://piefed.social/comment/10751109https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://piefed.social/comment/10751109Mon, 30 Mar 2026 15:12:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to BIFL Pen request on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 12:35:52 GMT]]>The Parker Jotter is a great pen, and Parker-style refills are very common, so finding new ink for it is quite easy.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://midwest.social/comment/23461339https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://midwest.social/comment/23461339Mon, 30 Mar 2026 12:35:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to BIFL Pen request on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 12:33:05 GMT]]>https://www.scamstuff.com/collections/rogue-wish-list/products/pen-of-greatness

I have one of these and its pretty great. Red, blue and black ballpoint also with a pacer.

Sturdy construction and lifetime guarantee

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/22946846https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/22946846Mon, 30 Mar 2026 12:33:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to BIFL Pen request on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 12:16:24 GMT]]>I have a Rotring ballpoint I’ve had for 25 years, has red black and pencil, and I still useit occasioanly.

i don’t write with it much anymore I love writing with a fountain pen (have two Lamy’s and a few nibs) but I’m too lazy for all the fiddle fucking about fountain pens need and have settled on gel as the best for me.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://slrpnk.net/comment/21521607https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://slrpnk.net/comment/21521607Mon, 30 Mar 2026 12:16:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to BIFL Pen request on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 10:24:32 GMT]]>In that case, I second the Zebra recommendation from the other posters (G models for gel, F models for ink-based ballpoints). They also make great mechanical pencils (DelGuard and M models). For fountain pens, I would go with Lamy, although I have not owned one in a while.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sh.itjust.works/comment/24569441https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sh.itjust.works/comment/24569441Mon, 30 Mar 2026 10:24:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to BIFL Pen request on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 07:54:59 GMT]]>Ballpoint probably

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://piefed.social/comment/10746633https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://piefed.social/comment/10746633Mon, 30 Mar 2026 07:54:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to BIFL Pen request on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 07:33:18 GMT]]>What kind of pen are you looking for? Ballpoint pen, fountain pen, …?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sh.itjust.works/comment/24568045https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sh.itjust.works/comment/24568045Mon, 30 Mar 2026 07:33:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to BIFL Pen request on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 04:38:15 GMT]]>Yeah, I’ve had a couple Parker pens since I was a kid. And I still use a beat-up metal Cross pen that was my grandfather’s.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sh.itjust.works/comment/24566504https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sh.itjust.works/comment/24566504Mon, 30 Mar 2026 04:38:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to BIFL Pen request on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 04:34:03 GMT]]>I’ve been using the Zebra F-701 for work for a few years now and it’s suffered getting beaten around a lot and taken it extremely well. It’s a fully metal pen, and you can get metal refills too (which I do). In my line of work, all the plastic pens I’ve used have broken, so in my search for an all-metal pen brought me to the 701 and I love it. I got my wife one too for her at work and she also loves it. Great value for money, too.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sh.itjust.works/comment/24566465https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sh.itjust.works/comment/24566465Mon, 30 Mar 2026 04:34:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to BIFL Pen request on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 02:37:30 GMT]]>I have had multiple rotring 600 pens and the clicker has a very weak failpoint where if you’re not super careful clicking it, the cap of the clicker is dislodged and detaches from the pen

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/comment/25245022https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/comment/25245022Mon, 30 Mar 2026 02:37:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to BIFL Pen request on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 02:00:27 GMT]]>Don’t pretty much all pens just end up getting lost long, long before they get worn out? I’ve managed to hold onto a few for a few months but eventually they just get stolen by a borrower or the pen gnomes.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://lemmings.world/comment/21699419https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://lemmings.world/comment/21699419Mon, 30 Mar 2026 02:00:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to BIFL Pen request on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 01:54:45 GMT]]>When I was still using pens frequently, My good pen was a medium point Pilot Metropolitan and my beater pen was a Zebra F-701. The Zebra was damn near indestructible. The Pilot was pleasant to write with. The Zebra F301s aren’t bad either, I just managed to break them frequently.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://lemmy.sdf.org/comment/26948138https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://lemmy.sdf.org/comment/26948138Mon, 30 Mar 2026 01:54:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to BIFL Pen request on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 01:41:10 GMT]]>I don’t think I’ve ever stopped using a pen because of a fault or end-of-life condition of the pen itself. I stop using them because “Where the actual fuck did I put my pen…?”

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://slrpnk.net/comment/21516167https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://slrpnk.net/comment/21516167Mon, 30 Mar 2026 01:41:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to BIFL Pen request on Sun, 29 Mar 2026 22:00:03 GMT]]>+1 for Rotring (or rOtring as they stylize it). I use a Rapid Pro ballpoint for my daily use, had it for almost a decade now. Solid steel body, the knurling on the grip is nice, it’s a good thickness and weight for most purposes. And it takes a number of cheaply available inserts.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/comment/25241607https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/comment/25241607Sun, 29 Mar 2026 22:00:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to BIFL Pen request on Sun, 29 Mar 2026 21:52:40 GMT]]>The Zebra G-450 is my daily driver. It feels sturdy, the click is satisfying, the ink basically can’t smudge, and it’s inexpensive. The refills are cheap too, and I’ve gone through maybe ten of them (writing lots of stuff in lab notebooks for work).

It doesn’t have that “buy one expensive thing that lasts forever” prestige because it’s not expensive. But I can’t wear this thing out.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://piefed.social/comment/10742075https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://piefed.social/comment/10742075Sun, 29 Mar 2026 21:52:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to BIFL Pen request on Sun, 29 Mar 2026 21:46:03 GMT]]>I’ve had one of these for years.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://communick.news/comment/9073186https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://communick.news/comment/9073186Sun, 29 Mar 2026 21:46:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to BIFL Pen request on Sun, 29 Mar 2026 21:06:55 GMT]]>I hear the new rotring 4 in 1 is pretty good, not as good as the original but it takes d1 refills so you can have a gel refill for smooth writing and a spacepen refill for writing on awkward things.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mander.xyz/comment/26199445https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mander.xyz/comment/26199445Sun, 29 Mar 2026 21:06:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to BIFL Pen request on Sun, 29 Mar 2026 21:06:06 GMT]]>I like Fisher Pens personally. They’re not fancy or the “best” but, they’re relatively cheap, readily available, and can write in basically any condition, including space lol

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/22937662https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/22937662Sun, 29 Mar 2026 21:06:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to BIFL Pen request on Sun, 29 Mar 2026 20:59:23 GMT]]>that’s great - I bet there are some decent options out there, I just think those options are more fragile / more likely to disappear in the future or become incompatible with older pens, etc. whereas fountain pens are going to be fairly immune to the coming and going of companies, etc.

that said, I’m very happy to hear Parker pens have had reliable refills for at least a generation and probably for OP’s purposes that’s a fine pen option (fountain pens do have their downsides)

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/comment/19846322https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/comment/19846322Sun, 29 Mar 2026 20:59:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to BIFL Pen request on Sun, 29 Mar 2026 20:53:49 GMT]]>Overall you are correct.

But standard Parker and Cross can refills have been the same for longer than I’ve been alive. Very easy to get.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sh.itjust.works/comment/24561527https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sh.itjust.works/comment/24561527Sun, 29 Mar 2026 20:53:49 GMT