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EdinNJ
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Jun 19, 2017
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I've got a couple of these. I haven't had the problems of being too scratchy - although I don't use them with the supplied cartridges. Yes, they are more scratchy than a typical rollerball, which tend to use ink with a significant amount of lubricant in the ink. I use them with converters, and with fountain pen inks that in reviews get a lot of "smoother writing" comments - more slippery stuff in the ink. I like being able to have the wildly different ink colors with the roller ball writing feel.
They are, no doubt, short. You really can't write with them without pegging the cap - or at least it feels weird to do so. I've decided that's a feature, though, and not a flaw. Being small and light = easy to tuck them into my work backpack. Some of my fountain pens won't even fit into normal size pen holder slots - these do, and keep a lot of space below open.
I'm looking at these as a potential gift for my grand-niece. At age 8, with her smaller hands, she probably won't have to peg the cap, and can buy the wild color inks that 8 year old girls with a heavy slant towards art want to have.
Jun 19, 2017
DeadPrezidents
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Jun 19, 2017
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EdinNJCouldn't put it any other way. I have had the same experience. Definitely recommend using with nice wet ink as this will be a bit scratchier than other pens that you may be accustomed to.
Jun 19, 2017
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