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Ohto GS02 Ceramic Gel Pen (and more)

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 Today I picked up the new Ohto GS02 (GS02-G5-KK). This seems like quite a year for new pens and refills. Lots of new stuff from Uni, Tombow, and Ohto. The other week I went to my local stationery shop and they had this GS02, which made me curious. I was not a huge fan of the GS01 in terms of design, but it had a really unique click (very mechanical, and you can hear all the metal pieces moving into place) and a decent refill, so I was intrigued about the GS02 because it was much better looking. I didn't buy it right away, because there was no demo model at the shop to try it out - I went home and did a bit of research, and found that Ohto had introduced a new gel refill for it! It was also in the Parker G2 size (as with their former gel refills), which is very convenient. I decided I want to try it, and I looked online to see if I could get a better price, but it was sold out everywhere. So I called the shop and told them to put it on hold for me, and I came by to pick it up today

Exotic refills, the new Tombow Zoom, Acro Evo, mother of pearl Faber Castell, Majohn A2, and Asvine v126

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It's been a few months since I wrote any reviews, and I'm overdue. Sadly I'm short on time these days, so I'll be keeping this quick, but if anyone wants me to expand on any particular pen, please do let me know! Let me start by listing the pens and refills I've received over these months: Aurora Wagon Ballpoint refill Schmidt EasyFlow 9000 Schmidt P900 B - black Schmidt P900 M - turquoise Pelikan 337B Faber Castell Refill Tombow 0.5mm/BR-ZKE33, 0.7mm/BR-ZK33 ballpoint (new models) Tombow 0.5mm/BN-ZKE gel refill (new model) Pilot Acro Evo Faber Castell Basic mother of pearl with GvFC Tamitio nib Tombow Zoom C1 (new model) Majohn A2 Asvine V126 Aurora Wagon Ballpoint Over a year ago I received a delivery of 1960s Aurora Primula ballpoint pens and a couple modern Aurora pens (which I've reviewed before). I wasn't too impressed with the modern Auroras because they felt cheap and plasticky, but the refill that came with it was very good. On the other hand, the P