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What’s the best pen to use on moleskines?

by nyles
Posted 07.15.2009 | ( No Comments )

Moleskiners have for some time engaged themselves in passionate discussions about the most ideal pen to use on the notebook. While choices vary from one user to another, experts have narrowed the best of them down to three.

From HubPages:
The Pen

There is much online debate over the perfect pen to use on the smooth, buttery pages of a Moleskine. Experts tend to narrow the best options down to the Pilot G2, the Fischer Space Pen and the Zebra F-301. Pens are judged on: the way they feel when gripped, ease of attachment to Moleskine for optimal compact travel, range of available tips, smoothness of ink, “gloopiness” or blotting of ink, drying speed of ink, tendency to smudge, bleed thru of ink through Moleskine’s unique paper, price. But really, in the end, it’s to each his own.
The Pilot G2

The Fischer Space Pen

The [...]

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