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Parker medium rollerball refill: does it have to be scratchy?
Hello,
I tried two Parker medium rollerball refills and was very surprised to find that both of them had an awful scratchy feeling. It's not that they tore through the paper, of course, but it felt that it was not the ball only that touched the paper but the metal part around it as well. As a result, both refills were basically unusable. I hold the pen at about 45 degree angle. Is it possible that they are intended to be held more vertically? Or was it just bad luck? Are there any refillable rollerballs that you could recommend for having the feel similar to fountain pens? Thanks a lot, Evgeny |
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Parker medium rollerball refill: does it have to be scratchy?
On Apr 28, 2:57*pm, Evgeny Makarov wrote:
Hello, I tried two Parker medium rollerball refills and was very surprised to find that both of them had an awful scratchy feeling. It's not that they tore through the paper, of course, but it felt that it was not the ball only that touched the paper but the metal part around it as well. As a result, both refills were basically unusable. I hold the pen at about 45 degree angle. Is it possible that they are intended to be held more vertically? Or was it just bad luck? Are there any refillable rollerballs that you could recommend for having the feel similar to fountain pens? Thanks a lot, Evgeny That has been my experience, also. Perhaps if you tried a medium or broad tip, instead of fine. |
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Parker medium rollerball refill: does it have to be scratchy?
"Evgeny Makarov" wrote in message ... Hello, I tried two Parker medium rollerball refills and was very surprised to find that both of them had an awful scratchy feeling. It's not that they tore through the paper, of course, but it felt that it was not the ball only that touched the paper but the metal part around it as well. As a result, both refills were basically unusable. I hold the pen at about 45 degree angle. Is it possible that they are intended to be held more vertically? Or was it just bad luck? Are there any refillable rollerballs that you could recommend for having the feel similar to fountain pens? Thanks a lot, Evgeny My medium's good although I prefer the fine. My Parker medium's smoother than the ink rollers I've tried, but fps beat them all. Have you tried the Parker fine? Do your refills work better when you hold the pen more vertically? Do you like the pen enough to retrain yourself to write that way? I didn't like the other rollerballs I tried such as Cross and Waterman, but Retro 51 is nice so I got one of those for my desk set. Schmidt refills are nice, so maybe you could find a pen that accepts those. How do you feel about the Pilot G2 gel pens? If you like them, the Waterman bp/rb also accepts the G2 refill. I like to give women friends the Ici Et La pen because it gives them the options of the Waterman bp and rb and Pilot G2 gel refills. Since pens are so subjective, I suggest that you find a refill you like, first, then look for the pen that it will fit into. HTH. -- ~~Bluesea~~ Spam is great in musubi, but not in email. Please take out the trash before sending a direct reply. |
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Parker medium rollerball refill: does it have to be scratchy?
"Evgeny Makarov" wrote in message ... Hello, I tried two Parker medium rollerball refills... Parker medium rb refills have had a checkered past and were supposed to be redesigned, but I've been too busy to keep up with that schedule. Is there a way for you to tell if you got an old one or a new one? Did you keep the blister card in which the refill was sold? If so, look for the date and place of manufacture because that's changed over time, too. OTOH, the fine refills have consistently been among the best. Go figger. -- ~~Bluesea~~ Spam is great in musubi, but not in email. Please take out the trash before sending a direct reply. |
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Parker medium rollerball refill: does it have to be scratchy?
"JimL" wrote in message ... On Apr 28, 2:57 pm, Evgeny Makarov wrote: Hello, I tried two Parker medium rollerball refills That has been my experience, also. Perhaps if you tried a medium or broad tip, instead of fine. Um, Evgeny DID try the medium. When did Parker start offering broad refills? -- ~~Bluesea~~ Spam is great in musubi, but not in email. Please take out the trash before sending a direct reply. |
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Parker medium rollerball refill: does it have to be scratchy?
Bluesea wrote:
I've never liked the Parker roller ball, in any width. Scratchy. How do you feel about the Pilot G2 gel pens? If you like them, the Waterman bp/rb also accepts the G2 refill. I've used those refills in Waterman pens. Good color but they blob too much. More recently I used a Pentel Energel Needle Tip refill in both a Waterman and a Rotring pen. I like this RB refill better than any of the others I've used in recent years. I haven't found the refills by themselves; I bought the cheapest pens I could at Office Max and scavenged the refills for my good pens. |
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Parker medium rollerball refill: does it have to be scratchy?
"1100GS_rider" wrote in message .. . I've used those refills in Waterman pens. Good color but they blob too much. More recently I used a Pentel Energel Needle Tip refill in both a Waterman and a Rotring pen. I like this RB refill better than any of the others I've used in recent years. I haven't found the refills by themselves; I bought the cheapest pens I could at Office Max and scavenged the refills for my good pens. Thanks. It's good to know what other refills fit pens. -- ~~Bluesea~~ Spam is great in musubi, but not in email. Please take out the trash before sending a direct reply. |
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Parker medium rollerball refill: does it have to be scratchy?
Thanks to everybody for your help.
Do your refills work better when you hold the pen more vertically? They do, but this is a very different style of writing for me. I learned to write in Russia, and sometimes I think that my way of holding a pen is different from how most people do it in other countries. Have you tried the Parker fine? Not yet, but I'll keep this in mind. Since pens are so subjective, I suggest that you find a refill you like, first, then look for the pen that it will fit into. Good idea. Is there a way for you to tell if you got an old one or a new one? Did you keep the blister card in which the refill was sold? No, I don't have the blister. The first refill came with the pen, and I wrote a complaint about it directly to Sanford. They were nice enough to send me another refill free of charge (also without the blister), but it was not much better. Evgeny |
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Parker medium rollerball refill: does it have to be scratchy?
On Apr 29, 6:21*am, "Bluesea" wrote:
"Evgeny Makarov" wrote in message ... Hello, I tried two Parker medium rollerball refills and was very surprised to find that both of them had an awful scratchy feeling. It's not that they tore through the paper, of course, but it felt that it was not the ball only that touched the paper but the metal part around it as well. As a result, both refills were basically unusable. I hold the pen at about 45 degree angle. Is it possible that they are intended to be held more vertically? Or was it just bad luck? Are there any refillable rollerballs that you could recommend for having the feel similar to fountain pens? Thanks a lot, Evgeny My medium's good although I prefer the fine. My Parker medium's smoother than the ink rollers I've tried, but fps beat them all. Have you tried the Parker fine? Do your refills work better when you hold the pen more vertically? Do you like the pen enough to retrain yourself to write that way? I didn't like the other rollerballs I tried such as Cross and Waterman, but Retro 51 is nice so I got one of those for my desk set. Schmidt refills are nice, so maybe you could find a pen that accepts those. How do you feel about the Pilot G2 gel pens? If you like them, the Waterman bp/rb also accepts the G2 refill. I like to give women friends the Ici Et La pen because it gives them the options of the Waterman bp and rb and Pilot G2 gel refills. Since pens are so subjective, I suggest that you find a refill you like, first, then look for the pen that it will fit into. HTH. -- ~~Bluesea~~ Spam is great in musubi, but not in email. Please take out the trash before sending a direct reply. Uniball Signo 207 refils fit many other pens (don't know about Parkers though), and it is much better than the G2 IMHO. Juan |
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Parker medium rollerball refill: does it have to be scratchy?
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, Evgeny Makarov wrote: Hello, I tried two Parker medium rollerball refills and was very surprised to find that both of them had an awful scratchy feeling. It's not that they tore through the paper, of course, but it felt that it was not the ball only that touched the paper but the metal part around it as well. As a result, both refills were basically unusable. I hold the pen at about 45 degree angle. Is it possible that they are intended to be held more vertically? Or was it just bad luck? Are there any refillable rollerballs that you could recommend for having the feel similar to fountain pens? For what it's worth at this late date, I have had the same experience. I think it is just a bad design. Charles |
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