The Ultimate Pen Showdown - Ballpoint Hybrids

I was at my local pen shop this evening checking the latest stock, and came across this piece I had never heard of: the Ohto CR01. Ohto gets mixed reviews, and I too have mixed feelings about the other Ohto pens I've seen. I applaud their drive to innovate though, with their interesting needle tip gel pens and ceramic rollerballs. I like the feeling of the mechanisms on their click pens, which are very unique, solid, and different even between Ohto models, and different from other brands in general. However, they never really had a pen that speaks to me in terms of design, until now. I couldn't wait to get home before taking photos. The pen came in two different camo colours, as well as solid black. The material feels very ceramic (I'm guessing it's a thick coat of paint on metal). The snap cap is very secure, and the clip is nice and springy. I'm not a fan of the rubber grip section, because out here in the tropics those can degrade and become sticky (it's remo

The Lamy 2000 recently arrived on my radar after ignoring it for so long, after some persuasive reviews about the way it's engineered. I recently picked one up from my local Lamy shop but never used it or filled it with ink, because I'm just not a huge fan of its appearance (which I find a bit bland). Lamy made some limited editions in blue and brown, but the prices are way out of my budget. I decided that before using it, I'd investigate some other similar pens and try to compare them side by side. I picked up a Montblanc 220, which I think is a more interesting design in the same makrolon material, The 220 is a lovely writer and feels like it's built to tight tolerances, though the relatively broad nib in mine is a bit much for me and it doesn't have the solid heft of the Lamy. After digging for some more candidates, I discovered the Taobao Lamy 2000 clone which is made from someone in China with a 3D printer. I asked the seller if he could make one for me in dark