Your favorite Pilot pen

Poll

  • Custom 845
  • Custom 823
  • Custom 743
  • Justus 95
  • Falcon
  • Custom 742
  • Custom Heritage 912
  • Custom Heritage SE
  • Custom NS
  • Vanishing Point
  • Custom Heritage 92
  • Custom 74
  • Metropolitan
  • Elite 95S
  • Prera

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Pen 15.

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Also I apparently accidentally voted.

Which of those is a G-2? :smiley:

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When my kid was little, he was fascinated by the rotating display of fountain pens at Office Depot. But they got rid of it and, I think, all the pens.

I also came here to vote for the G2

G2 crew here as well.

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I havenā€™t tried the Metropolitan but Iā€™m intrigued because itā€™s so inexpensive. Even 10 years ago it was difficult to find anything at that price point but with online shopping these days theyā€™re everywhere.

Iā€™m using a signo uniball 207. I used one once in a doctorā€™s office and thought, ā€œMy, thatā€™s a nice pen,ā€ so I took a picture of it and ordered it the very same day.

Am I missing out on life by not using the Pilot G2?

I first misread this as the fountain pen was rotating, not its display. I was trying to figure out how they got the fountain in the pen to rotate. That would be cool.

Iā€™m not a pen snob, these are what my previous employer had on hand and I still have a couple. Iā€™d rate them about 8/10, I guess.

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Me neither, but why write with a Bic when you can write with the comfort of a signo uni-ballā€¦or Pilot G2? Iā€™m making actuary money - some luxuries are worth it.

Thanks for the input. Time to go shoppingā€¦Costco website indicates that they have them in-warehouse.

Oh yes, I may not consider myself a snob, but if you try to give me a Bic for free itā€™s going in the trash. I guess my ā€˜levelā€™ is Iā€™m not going to spend $20 on a pen, but Iā€™m not spending $0.20.

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The good thing is that there is a level of good pens between the crap and the $20 (or a lot more). Itā€™s harder to find the cheap Bic now because there are so many better choices.

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I just need to know that I can find refills for an expensive pen, before I buy it
I think my father gave me a pen set when I got my first job. That was a few decades ago, and the blue one still works. I use it ONLY when a state required a colored (racist!) pen and does not allow a stamp or an electronic signature. Not for doodling or note-taking.

Costco run madeā€¦

G2

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The annual one in New Haven.