Ink Links

– Fjader Capped Black Chrome Ballpoint Pen (Multi Pen Dimensions)

– Tuff-Writer Frontline Series Tactical Pen (Office Supply Geek)

– Scripto Duo-Point Magazine Pencils (My Supply Room)

– Surprise…Morning Glory Mach 3 (Good Pens)

– Post-it Notes - Original 3”x3” (Stationery Review)

– Woodgrain Post-it Stack (Core77)

– Inside the Lettering Pouch (Keep on Truckin’)

– Norcom Notebook #77073 (Bleistift)

– Palominio Blackwing 602 Pencil (David Seah)

– Stabilo Worker Rollerball Pen Review (Tiger Pens Blog)

– Stephanie's Huge Anniversary Giveaway! (Rhodia Drive)

– Parisian Post-it wars (Quo Vadis Blog)

– KUM Ghost Sharpener and blue 2M Long point sharpener with leadpointers spotlight (Lung Sketching Scrolls)

– A little balance goes a long way (Leigh Reyes)

– Spirit of Wonder Wednesday Review of the Pentel EnerGel-X (Pentel Blog)

– Featured Pen - Danitrio Densho (Pen Paper Inks…Whatever!)

– Pentel Vicuna Multi Pen and Mechanical Pencil (Office Supply Geek)

– Stabilo ‘s Move Easy Left Handed Pen (No Pen Intended)

– Ball Point Pen Paintings by Shane McAdams (The Fox is Black)

– Miscellaneous Pen Porn (Gourmet Pens)

– Post a Stub: Graf von Faber Castell (Palimpseset)

– The Classroom Friendly Pencil Sharpener (Woodclinched)

– The Fashionary Notebook (Valet)

– Platinum Plaisir Fountain Pen (Pocket Blonde)

– Moleskine Monday: The Problem (Notebook Stories)

– Lamy Al-Star (Penfan.ru)

#OnePenOneDay Pilot Precise V7 and Zebra F-701

It has been a few of weeks since my last #OnePenOneDay post, so I wanted to catch up real quick with two pens that recently made it through the challenge.

The Pilot Precise V7 is a Hall of Fame caliber pen. It has made it through decades relatively unchanged, and with good reason - it’s hard to mess with perfection. Known for is smoothness, the V7, along with the fine point V5, is a wonderful writer. They can be found in stores everywhere, and if you like writing with a needle tip liquid ink pen there is no better.

The Zebra F-701 on the other hand, is more of a niche pen, but is starting to gain quite a following. Between just these two pens, I reach for the Zebra 9 out of 10 times. I like the build quality, and the ballpoint ink cartridge is super smooth. This pen just oozes quality and functionality. In fact, the guy who repaired my dishwasher this week was even sporting one (I did toss him a Power Tank to try out).

One pen is established, and the other is an up and comer, but every true pen addict should own one of each.

Pilot B2P Guest Review

This is a guest post by Lou Rinaldi, who can also be found at cfug.org and on Twitter @LouRinaldi.

I wanted to hate this pen. After all, it's just a G2 refill in an eco-friendly body, right? I'm supposed to look down my nose and scoff at it, aren'€™t I? Well, I don't hate it. I don't know if I love it either, but it has enough redeeming qualities that I can't dismiss it outright. It feels better in my hand than the standard G2 barrel, though not as good as a G2 Pro. For this ink, the 0.7 seems to flow more smoothly than the 0.5.

I definitely prefer the aesthetics of the B2P to those of the standard G2, but that may be simply because the G2 hasn't had an update in eons, and I'm just sick of looking at it. (Enough with that gross, rusty-looking area near the top of the refill!) The biggest design differences in my opinion are that the B2P barrel is a little wider, and the 'grip' is simply some indentations cut in the plastic. The eco aspect (89% recycled content) is a nice touch, and the price differential is actually insignificant enough that it'€™s easy to justify choosing the B2P over the G2. That was an important business decision by Pilot, because as the premium prices of hybrid vehicles have shown us, sometimes the upfront cost of going green can be hard to swallow.

At the end of the day, it'€™s still a G2 at heart. That can be a good or a bad thing, depending on your writing habits and personal preferences. While I may be a tad biased, I will share a story that I hope proves the degree of objectivity with which I approached this review. I put the B2P up against the three other pens that JetPens recently sent me for review, and let a small group of my work colleagues evaluate them with no pretext whatsoever. This is a group of people with diverse tastes in writing implements, and every single one of them independently chose the B2P as the winner. Take that as you will, but it certainly speaks to the broad mass-market appeal of this pen.

Be sure to check out Brad’s original Pilot B2P review for another opinion.