Reviews Written by ksaardi

  A few notes about my..., June 6, 2012

A few notes about my writing style:
I write quickly with a light touch and my normal print fits nicely on college ruled paper. I’m a righty and my handwriting is mediocre at best, so I tend to choose finer point gel/ball point pens to help with legibility. I don’t use liquid pens because they tend to spew ink when I twirl them while I’m thinking.

This is my go-to pen when I'm studying. 0.38mm is really the perfect balance between fineness and smoothness, especially with Pilot pens. I've gone through over a dozen refills with this platform and haven't had any complaints. The grip starts nice and low which is important to me because I hold my pens relatively close to the tip. The click is satisfying and the pen itself is of the highest quality. I hate losing pens but at less than $2 each, I didn't get upset when one walked away. In my opinion, this is the best ultra-fine gel pen available but I've recently started experimenting with newcomers and old time favorites, so this might soon change!

  A few notes about my..., June 6, 2012

A few notes about my writing style:
I write quickly with a light touch and my normal print fits nicely on college ruled paper. I’m a righty and my handwriting is mediocre at best, so I tend to choose finer point gel/ball point pens to help with legibility. I don’t use liquid pens because they tend to spew ink when I twirl them while I’m thinking.

I liked the Signo 0.28 very much for its fine point and comfortable form factor. It is a bit scratchy at first but as you break it in, that feeling goes away and it writes a quite smoothly for an ultra-fine. The quality of the pen itself is superb but the grip starts a bit higher up than I would like, hence the 4 star rating. The cap fits snugly on both ends and the pocket clip doesn’t break even with moderate abuse. I got about 40 pages of dense writing out of one pen which is pretty much average for an ultra-fine gel.