Friday, September 08, 2006
Staedtler Liquid point 7
I picked up a package of these last weekend, and wasn't very impressed. This has a nice fine line, but the grip is hard plastic, with no rubber cushion on it. I found it uncomfortable to write with because of this. The ink also takes a relatively long time to dry on the paper, I was able to draw a line a couple on inches long, rub my finger along the ink, and smear the whole line. I'd have to give this a thumbs down for these two reasons.
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To each his own. As a public school teacher, I've tried literally hundreds of hundreds of pens and have founnd myself using this pen almost exclusively. It is a VERY smooooth writing pen. Grated, the barrel is hard and a midge too thin, but when writing on dozen of different surfaces all day long, it turns out to be the most consistently reliable pen available —day after day. It would be good if they designed it a little more comfortably, yes, particularly as I have a very big hand. And interesting, as a lefty, I've found no problems with smudging on porous paper. Glossy paper begs a while to dry it. Thanks for the opportunity to comment on this.
I have to disagree with the reviewer. I find these pens to be superb writing sticks. They've never skipped on me, never left a blob of ink somewhere, and always write with a consistent 0.35 mm line (I've measured the width). I don't miss a rubber grip. The body is 9 mm in diameter; my favorite pen is 10 mm in diameter, so it's not bad.
As to the smearing ink, all I can say is what the doctor said to the man complaining that it hurt when he hit himself in the head with a frying pan: "Don't do that!". Seriously, most inks will smear if you rub across them too soon, even permanent waterproof ones. The type of paper you write on has a lot to do with it too. Every pen I have will smear if you rub across it too soon, even ones with excellent inks.
this pen is friggin awesome
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