Field Guy Geeks about Pens

[hafoc]

The Fisher Space Pen will work at temperatures up to 150 degrees f. It will write upside down, in zero gravity, and in the vacuum of space.

I couldn't care less.

What I do care about is that it will write in the temperature range from around zero to 45 degrees f, within which standard ballpoint ink goes so stiff that you could write just about as well with an icepick. The Fisher will write in the cold, and it will write in the wet too; it doesn't tear damp paper as often as a 0.5 pencil does, either.

We are getting to the cold and wet part of the year, so the Fisher gets a new refill today.

Comments

[hafoc.livejournal.com]

I agree that a FP is what you want to use for any serious amount of writing. And since I still occasionally (for whatever reason) still write a story, or a novel, longhand, and also keep reams of journals full of commentary too inane to inflict on my friends here (which, considering how inane the stuff I DO post is, says a lot), I know whereof I speak.

But I'll still go with a ballpoint when I go into an inspection. While I have learned to pop the cap on a pen and post it one-handed while clinging to a ladder with the other hand (Stupid Human Tricks!) there's nothing better for quick notes under adverse conditions than a pushbutton clicky clicky pen. I have a clicky clicky fountain pen, the unique Pilot Vanishing Point. Highly recommended, not only for its design but because it's just a GOSHDARNED nice writer. It would do, but even so its gold nib can't take the abuse a cheap ballpoint would. And if I damaged that nib, I would cry.

Another fave rave of mine is the Hero 100. I've heard they aren't so good in current production as they were. Well, they also make some similar, cheaper pens with steel nibs. I have one of those too, and it's surprisingly good, assuming you don't mind a teeny tiny bitsy ultra ultra super fine point- or you want such a thing. For tiny writing, where necessary, it's unsurpassed. Use BLACK ink, though.

[kelvandor.livejournal.com]

Well, however you do it, just don't stop writing! :)


Your's are still the worlds I go to when I feel like ignoring this one for awhile.