I’ve had this pen for almost a year and dropped it the other day. The crown broke off the back and now the knock won’t depress at all. I’d never thought to take it apart before, but I can’t find a spring now. Tried replacing that, but nothing doing. It seems like the knock is just dead or bent.
I know it’s not a particularly high end pen, but I’ve managed to put some wear on it and would like to know if anyone out there understands the problem and knows how to fix it.

As the title says, here in my country I found something called "Infinite pencil" but what caught my attention is that the body is practically the same as the Lamy Safari fountain pen, speaking of it I have one given to me as a gift but I dislike it's yellow colour, never used it because getting a converter plus ink got pretty much expensive here.

I heard about Parker jotter knockoffs before but it's the first time I saw it about Lamy.

Hello! My wife LOVES the Uni Pin Fineliners but burns through them extremely fast. She uses them in a Leuchtturm1917 Journal and since they are essentially markers they die after a month, maximum (sometimes only 2-3 weeks).

I would love to find her a gel pen alternative that "feels" the same to write (or ballpoint hybrid, idk) but lasts a lot longer and doesn't constantly have the worry of when it will die/run out. I stumbled across the Jetstream Edge 0.28mm ballpoint hybrid (and then refills would be cheap after buying the nice metal body) - but wondering if there's any other alternatives? A nice metal body but then cheaper refills that last longer than the uni pin fineliners?

Thanks!

I bought these because they seem to be a very popular 'upgrade' from the Pilot G2. I love that it has absolutely skipped zero times on me so far. And it is in general very smooth. But sometimes it suddenly starts to become a bit too scratchy...

Does anyone have the same experience or know why that is? Faulty pen? Or is this a sign to move over to 1.0mm or the EnerGel X? What about the Uni Ball Signo 207?

I saw this pen on pinterest and I really liked it, but I can't find its specific model to buy.

The color is not important. Does anyone know the specific model?

I have a decent collection of mechanical pencils, but most pens seem to have an aesthetic that I never really enjoyed.

The pens that I've got, in order of most used:

Zebra G-750
Rotring 600
Kaweco Moleskine
Zebra SARASA
Caran d'Ache

The ink refills that I've got will work with the SARASA, but that feels kind of silly.
They will also work with the Kaweco but I'd have to modify the refill by plugging the end.

And then began my search, but it seems far easier to find comparable refills than it is to find pens that accept a specific refill.

I'd love to find some nice recommendations, price cap of probably $50 or so, and no bolt action pens. Technical, not tactical, unless it's a technical tactical pen 😉

I'm not a big fan of a rubber grip, metal or plastic body is fine.

I'm looking forward to this adventure!

I'm incredibly excited to try out the Zebra Sarasa R pens that I just got. I wanted to get some new fineliners and the only ones I knew of were the sakura pigma micron pens. I looked up best rated japanese stationery and up popped zebra, any lefties here to tell me about the lack of smudging?

Coz of said pens, writing this medication sched was fun!

P.S. Meds are not mine. :))

found it at work but it has no cap or visible logo/brand on it. it writes super smoothly and i’d like to figure it out and buy more :)

Parker urban vs Parker IM premium vs Parker Sonnet

My school has these promotional pens that I love, but I can't seem to find them in stores. I did some digging and it seems they are the BIC® Z4®+ Pen and the only online options are to buy in bulk for customized advertising. I'm obsessed with this pen so any leads would be appreciated!

The Sarasa Clip has been my go to pen for years now. Fun to compare the six year old Pen of Theseus to a brand new one.

My companions today: Japanese wristwatch and German fountain pen.

Anyone know what kind of pen this is? Looks like a promo pen from hotel du cap eden roc. Writes really smooth and has a good weight to it.

The green one is a Tanooci Terra that takes alot of design cues from the Uni One P shown. Uni refills fit but need about 1mm removed. Zebra and Energel do not fit.

The white one is a Tanocci TAM100 with a magnetic cap. This one flips the fit script. Uni doesn't fit but the other two will.

Good thing as many Aliexpress pens are dedicated to a weird size refill.

• Pic 1: Pilot Custom ENJU/ Custom Maple/ S20/ Legno, Ballograf Epoca, Muji, Ohto WN04
• Pic 2: Uni Pure Malt

So I'm here to ask: How many of you have had cap threads fail? how many were metal-on-metal, metal-on-non-metal, or non-metal-on-non-metal?

This ranks right up there with one well known reviewer that charges for their YT tripe saying in a review of a Kaweco Titan Sport "this took some scratches in the few weeks that I've had it so I don't think it will last too long." Experts. Yah, sure.

Or, maybe this could just be about things reviewers commonly do that bother you. Like "compare" two pens with different nib sizes using different inks, potentially even on different paper, and then declare that one of the pens dries faster than the other.

I originally posted this in r/fountainpens. Reddit suggests it might do well here, too. The initial statement applies more to fountain pens since they are, by default, almost universally fine or luxury writing instruments. There's plenty of that in the pen world, too.

Pilot BPS-GP 0.5

my mom has this old pen (50/60s we think) that belonged to her father and tried to change the ink cartridge by herself, bad idea.

the pen just has this clicky spring system so the ink flew away and the pen came apart, we thought we could just assemble it easily but the two parts don’t seem to “stick” together anymore, it just slides apart.

i’d really love if anyone could help, mostly for the sentimental value this pen has to my mother.

heavily appreciate you guys in advance!!

picture 1: how it should look
picture 2: how it looks now/the parts
picture 3: inside of the tip part has this tiny metal piece inside. does not come out. doesn’t cooperate to try and hold the pen together

Hey everyone, just wanted to share a quick DIY hack for anyone looking to reuse their "non-refillable" Uni-ball Onyx rollerball pens.

Instead of throwing the pen away when it ran out, I managed to pull the back cap completely off the body. I filled the barrel directly with Noodler's Polar Black fountain pen ink (essentially turning it into an eyedropper pen) and popped the cap back on.

How it writes: It is working great and flows incredibly smoothly!

A couple of quick tips if you try this:

• Lubrication helps: Noodler's Polar Black is a heavily lubricated ink, which seems to keep the rollerball mechanism spinning perfectly without seizing.

• Mind the seal: Make sure your back cap snaps or presses back on tightly so air doesn't leak in and cause the tip to flood. (You can use a tiny bit of silicone grease or plumber's tape if it feels loose).

• Line width: Because Polar Black is an anti-freezing ink, it can spread a bit on cheap paper, making the line slightly wider than the factory ink, but it's completely waterproof and bulletproof now!

Highly recommend trying this before tossing your empty Onyx pens into the trash!

Found it in my room and it’s seriously one of the best gel pens I’ve ever written with. I cannot find it any where!

I replaced the grip of the middle one (my main) with silicone tubing, which feels like it has the right squish and tack to it. I use Zebra Sarasa Clip inktubes because I can control the flow of ink better, and there's no bleed-through.

I've had this pen for 10 years and I was looking to repair it (ink wont flow) but can't for the life of me find it online.

I know its from Stabilo, I bought it at an official store for around $40 in South America, and It came with a red metal cylinder container. It doesnt show up in any of Stabilo's websites, and when I try to look up the "Par" or "Opar" label I just get Parker pen images.

I dont even care about making it work now, I just want to find what it is.