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Get a $3 Pilot Varsity, and use it however you want. It works slightly better if you keep the flat metal part on the top, but I've used one in every orientation
by falcolas 3y ago
Get a $3 Pilot Varsity, and use it however you want. It works slightly better if you keep the flat metal part on the top, but I've used one in every orientation.
No special way to use it, disposable, and cheap if you don't like it. Addicting if you do.
- stevenwliao 3y agoThe Pilot Varsity is very good value. I bought a fancy TWSBI with different inks only to discover that my favorite ink was the Pilot Varsity blue. So now I just use the Varsity.
- UnlockedSecrets 3y agoWhere can you get a single pack for $3?
- falcolas 3y agohttps://www.jetpens.com/Pilot-Varsity-Disposable-Fountain-Pen-Black-Medium-Nib/pd/2196 https://www.jetpens.com/Pilot-Varsity-Disposable-Fountain-Pe... And they're $3.20, sorry... EDIT: Amazon also offers them, but at a markup ($5). I've also seen them in Staples' pen isle.
- klyrs 3y agoNah, I'm the black sheep in my family with regards to fountain pens. I've entertained their insistence that I'd love The One if I ever found it, and tried everything from the Varsity to the $500 sausage. I found them all lacking.
- falcolas 3y agoFair enough. Mind sharing your fountain pen wishlist?
- klyrs 3y agoI've loved Pilots; the G7 when I'm dashy, the V5 when I'm neat, and anybody's gel rollers when I want a pretty ink. Oh, and don't forget fineline markers! My brother tells me "oh you'll love the Varsity, it's the ballpoint of nib pens!" But, you see, it isn't. Ballpoint pens do an excellent job of being ballpoint pens, and the Varsity does not.