The Ultimate Pen Showdown - Part 1
The purpose of this review is two fold. First off is to find the ultimate every day carrying pen that will last a lifetime. This means a refill that's incredibly smooth, dark, can write on a variety of papers, can dry quickly (I'm left-handed), doesn't skip with excellent reliability, and with writing that has a feeling & appearance of quality. It should also be available in a very high quality and attractive looking pen body. The other criteria would be for the pen and its refill to be made by a company that has a big presence in a major market. Further to that, for the purpose of this review, my preference is for the refill to match the pen body (pens that are sold pre-loaded with a particular refill, rather than matching say a Uni refill with a Pelikan pen). Of course many refills are interchangeable, especially in standard sizes like the Parker G2, but I want everything to fit like a glove. I tried to buy the highest-of-the-range pens available for each of these ref