A large swath of the pen-buying population doesn't care about fountain pens. Even some of our editors prefer a gel or ballpoint pen. Pilot’s classic G2 gel pens are the best pens of all time .

Ballpoint: These pens are common, reliable and often affordable thanks to bulk purchasing. If you look closely, you’ll see a tiny ball at the tip of the pen that rotates as you write. Ballpoint pens ...

The elevated model of the classic Bic ballpoint pen, the Bic Cristal delivers a thick, ultra-smooth and bold 0.6mm line which can be easily adapted based on the amount of pressure you apply to the ...

Classic bulk-bought ball-point pens cause painful writer’s bumps, while traditional fountain pens can often be too messy and high-maintenance for some. That one, ...

The elevated model of the classic Bic ballpoint pen, the Bic Cristal delivers a thick, ultra-smooth and bold 0.6mm line which can be easily adapted based on the amount of pressure you apply to the ...

The classic Caran d’Ache 849 ballpoint pen receives the stripey Paul Smith treatment, with vibrant colour combinations that evoke the designer’s approach to fashion. Sign up to our newsletter ...

I’ve been thinking of trying Gel pens in my old Tandy CGP-115 that’s still sitting in my dad’s basement. I had a lot of success with 3D printing Gel pen holders for my HP DraftMaster RS.

The ballpoint pen as we know it was patented on June 10, 1943, by brothers László and György Bíró, who sought a cleaner, more reliable alternative to fountain pens.

Look around you. Chances are, there’s a BiC Cristal ballpoint pen among your odds and ends. Since 1950, it has far outsold the Rubik’s Cube and even the iPhone, and yet, it’s one … ...

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 ...

The elevated model of the classic Bic ballpoint pen, the Bic Cristal delivers a thick, ultra-smooth and bold 0.6mm line which can be easily adapted based on the amount of pressure you apply to the ...