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Helpful companion if you want to learn more about the Pilot pen featured in the article: https://unsharpen.com/pilot-precise-and-hi-tecpoint-pen-guid...

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"Pens are often considered a fetish item of neurotics with disposable income"

I don't have tremendous disposable income but pens are a pretty minor indulgence, which might excuse making them into a fetish item, writing pointlessly elaborate reviews of them (https://jakeseliger.com/2009/04/05/product-review-pens/), and so forth. Overall, I've come to like the Pigma Micron PN ("plastic nib") pens, which writes smoothly and from any angle—including above my head, which is handy for someone who likes to lie down and read.

I've carried around fountain pens, but they are too expensive if (when) lost, and too finicky.

I don't do a lot of writing, that said I use fountain pens when sketching out ideas / designs - paper is preferred to sketching / whiteboard programs. I've found the pen that works for me is a $30 Lamy fountain pen - it works better for me than ballpoints, etc.

Zebra V-301 fountain pens go for about USD$5 and I think they make disposable ones for less.

Yeah, I think I can dispose of the ~$16 for a pack of 12 these are currently going for. Which, when you consider how many things go into the manufacture of one of these, all the little parts, assembly, is practically a miracle.

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