Of Pens and Ink
My current favourite ball-point pen is Faber-Castell Ball Pen 1423 0.5mm S-Fine!
I see Gabumon! xD
I once used G-Soft ball pens but the ink finishes very very quickly. It's a very good pen initially but I have to buy a new one every two to three weeks and that costs a bundle. It's practically RM1.30 each! Scary! Looking at the terrifying price, I decided to try some other cheaper pens. The cheapest good pen I could find was this particular brand I'm currently using which costs only 70 cents! And I bought this pair since end of April! That's more than a month for one pen if I add both the inks together.
Talk about cheap and long-lasting. 8D Poh Poh doesn't understand why I like this brand so much. She said it's too thin. o.o
I started using Faber-Castell ball pens since last year but I thought of trying G-Soft again early this year. And hell crap! The ink's so bad that it's making my writing messy and crowded. I like how thin and "organised" Faber-Castell's ink flows. :3
Try comparing my writing when I used G-Soft and Faber-Castell.
Look at how thick and dark this is! And the ink goes through the paper!
Look at how thin and neat this is!
My notes are always messy but which looks worse? The left's G-Soft and the right's Faber-Castell.
=D
Oh! If you have a pen which still has plenty of ink but it seems to have dried up or the ink doesn't flow smoothly, I have some "revival" tips that might help!
1. Take a used paper (You won't wanna waste brand new paper, right? Save the trees!) and start drawing lines with that pen. Rotate the pen each time you draw a line until you've found a particular angle where the ink comes out the most. This does not apply to pens that are VERY dried.
2. When you've found the angle, draw more straight lines without rotating your pen anymore. Try to use as little space as possible (Save the trees!). You can even go over previous lines. Now, you'll start to see the ink magically reappearing after sketches. Don't draw the lines too long. Let it be short (roughly 2 to 3 cm). Draw swiftly and don't press the pen hard onto the paper. It'll make it worse.
This is actually a way to remove dirt (if there are any) stuck in between the ball and the tip that unables the ink to flow smoothly.
3. You can stop to test your pen when you see that the lines look rather smooth and no longer light. If you aren't satisfied and thinks that your pen can do better, carry on drawing the lines until you're satisfied or just plain having your arm exhausted from it! XD
That's how I revived many of my pens. I accidentally found this method when I felt frustrated over my pen's sucky ink. Happy reviving~!
I see Gabumon! xD
I once used G-Soft ball pens but the ink finishes very very quickly. It's a very good pen initially but I have to buy a new one every two to three weeks and that costs a bundle. It's practically RM1.30 each! Scary! Looking at the terrifying price, I decided to try some other cheaper pens. The cheapest good pen I could find was this particular brand I'm currently using which costs only 70 cents! And I bought this pair since end of April! That's more than a month for one pen if I add both the inks together.
Talk about cheap and long-lasting. 8D Poh Poh doesn't understand why I like this brand so much. She said it's too thin. o.o
I started using Faber-Castell ball pens since last year but I thought of trying G-Soft again early this year. And hell crap! The ink's so bad that it's making my writing messy and crowded. I like how thin and "organised" Faber-Castell's ink flows. :3
Try comparing my writing when I used G-Soft and Faber-Castell.
Look at how thick and dark this is! And the ink goes through the paper!
Look at how thin and neat this is!
My notes are always messy but which looks worse? The left's G-Soft and the right's Faber-Castell.
=D
Oh! If you have a pen which still has plenty of ink but it seems to have dried up or the ink doesn't flow smoothly, I have some "revival" tips that might help!
1. Take a used paper (You won't wanna waste brand new paper, right? Save the trees!) and start drawing lines with that pen. Rotate the pen each time you draw a line until you've found a particular angle where the ink comes out the most. This does not apply to pens that are VERY dried.
2. When you've found the angle, draw more straight lines without rotating your pen anymore. Try to use as little space as possible (Save the trees!). You can even go over previous lines. Now, you'll start to see the ink magically reappearing after sketches. Don't draw the lines too long. Let it be short (roughly 2 to 3 cm). Draw swiftly and don't press the pen hard onto the paper. It'll make it worse.
This is actually a way to remove dirt (if there are any) stuck in between the ball and the tip that unables the ink to flow smoothly.
3. You can stop to test your pen when you see that the lines look rather smooth and no longer light. If you aren't satisfied and thinks that your pen can do better, carry on drawing the lines until you're satisfied or just plain having your arm exhausted from it! XD
That's how I revived many of my pens. I accidentally found this method when I felt frustrated over my pen's sucky ink. Happy reviving~!