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The Ultimate Pen Showdown - Part 2

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In my last round of testing, I narrowed my refill candidates for the final round to Uni Jetstream SX-10 and Pentel Vicuna BXS7J , with the intention of testing the Pentel GlideWrite as well. Since then, I managed to test various other low viscosity and lubricated inks as well, including the Zebra Blen NC-07, Faber Castell CX7, Stabilo Performer, Pilot Multi Ball, Parker Quinkflow, Uni Signo (and the RT version), Engerel Permanent, Sailor IC Liquid Hybrid, Sarasa 1.0, and the 0.7mm refills for the Pentel Vicuna and Uni Jetstream SXR-600 among many others. Before getting to the final winners, I’ll mention a few words about the others. Zebra Blen - Very well designed pen, but the NC-07 emulsion refill has the same issues mentioned in the last review with the EQ emulsion refill. Faber Castell CX7 - I went through dozens of Faber Castell ballpoint models before finding one that was worth mentioning. Most of them were not very good. The CX7 definitely felt like it had a much better and s