The first patent for a ballpoint pen came out in 1888, but it was impractical for paper; it was meant to write on leather. Unlike fountain pens, the ballpoint uses a tiny rotating ball to press ...

The Overall Best Pens For Note-Taking: PILOT Precise V5 RT Ball Pens. 2. The Most Budget-Conscious Pick: Zebra Z-Grip Retractable Ballpoint Pens. 3. The Best Gel Pens: Sharpie S-Gel Pens. 4.

A fountain pen cartridge will give you around 7 to 15 pages of writing, whereas a ballpoint pen contains enough ink to write a continuous line four to five kilometres long. So this category is ...

Uni-ball Signo RT1 Retractable Gel Ink Pen, Micro Point 0.38mm. Now 17% Off. $24 $20 at Amazon. Pros. Color Coordination; High-Quality; Cons.

Pens don’t just need to function well; they need to look good, too. From Montblanc to Pilot, these are our 13 favorites. Officially, the 13 Best Pens of All Time ...

Uni-Ball Jetstream Retractable Ball Point Pens,0.7mm, Black Ink Uniball A brilliant hybrid writing instrument, the Uni-Ball Jetstream glides across the page with a gel pen-like smoothness yet has ...

Fountain pens dominated school desks until the late 1980s, when low-cost ball-points such as the Reynolds 045 swept the student market. The shift forced many of Abids’ once-famous pen ...