OK, I'll admit it: I like pens. I do so much work on the computer than when I have a chance to write something down I guess I just appreciate it. This is not anything new, I used to like more expensive writing tools, but lately my interests have drifted to cheap stuff (the average price is under $3.00), especially Japanese pens. My interest in Japanese pens is what keeps bringing me back to JetPens.com. They seem to be the best resource, but I am going to be exploring Ebay some more as well as a few stores in NYC. So far I have made three orders from JetPens, but since I made the last one yesterday and it did not arrive yet, we won't concern ourselves with that one. Out of the about 15 pens I have purchases, two clear favorite have emerged.

 

1) Pilot Hi-Tec-C Coleto- This was a major surprise for me because I generally don't like multi pens. The Coleto is actually a empty body and that you add two ink cartridges to. There are a number of different color cartrdiges available in either 0.3mm or 0.4mm so you can customize the color combinations to your heart's content. Personally I went with a blue and a red in 0.4mm.

2) Uni-Ball Laknock- Another big surprise. I generally like to write with roller balls, but this pen is a broad (1.4mm) ball point. Sometimes the ink smudges (I'm left handed) but it really writes well and it is nice to have a solid ball point when you need to write on something slick, like a business card. At $2.25, it's a great pen.

Those two are my favorites, but I had a number of other nice pickups, like a bunch of the classic Pilot Hi-TEC-C pens (I like 0.5mm), a Uni-Ball Alpha Gel, and a Pilot drawing pen.