shaneroberts
Shane Roberts
shaneroberts
Editor Emeritus, The Inventory

My favorite pen is the free pen you get from Hyatt. I love it so much. I’ve got like 30 of them now. I do not know where to find these pens except for stealing them from every conference I attend at a Hyatt. Apparently I’m not the only one who is super into these pens. You can purchase them on eBay: http://www.ebay.com

My favorite pen is the free pen you get from Hyatt. I love it so much. I’ve got like 30 of them now. I do not know

Pilot v5 Tecpoint extra fine rollerball, or Pilot G-Tec Gel pens, 0.4mm. Read more

Pilot v5 Tecpoint extra fine rollerball, or Pilot G-Tec Gel pens, 0.4mm.

Staples Xeno Retractable Ballpoint Pen

Staples Xeno Retractable Ballpoint Pen

Penn Station is a great penn! Leave it at a quarter to four, read a magazine, you’re in Baltimore.
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Penn Station is a great penn! Leave it at a quarter to four, read a magazine, you’re in Baltimore.

Tricky question. My favorite to use is the Pilot G2 but the fucking things always wind up leaking into my pocket. Don't know why but I've ruined a lot of pants that way. So my runner up and daily writer is the Uniball Vision, which is capped and which I've never had leak. It writes well, though not as elegantly as the Read more

Tricky question. My favorite to use is the Pilot G2 but the fucking things always wind up leaking into my pocket.

Sharpie Pens

Sharpie Pens

Fisher X-Mark Bullet Space Pen... If you carry a wallet in your back pocket, this clips in the crease perfectly (might need to break in a leather wallet). Writes flawlessly, even upside down. Read more

Fisher X-Mark Bullet Space Pen... If you carry a wallet in your back pocket, this clips in the crease perfectly

It’s either the classic Bic Round Stic @ about $0.08/ea, because it’s a pen and allows me to write things, or the Meiserstuck Solitaire Blue Hour Skeleton 149 Fountain Pen @ about $8,700/ea, because it’s also a pen and allows me to write things. Read more

It’s either the classic Bic Round Stic @ about $0.08/ea, because it’s a pen and allows me to write things, or the

Currently in love with the Uni-ball Vision Elite for drawing. Read more

Currently in love with the Uni-ball Vision Elite for drawing.

For detail work, I swear by the Pilot Hi-Tec-C series.I prefer the 0.25 or the 0.3 depending on the task. These tips are too fragile and fine for some people, but my baby hands and minuscule writing adore them.

For detail work, I swear by the Pilot Hi-Tec-C series.I prefer the 0.25 or the 0.3 depending on the task. These tips

I am all about the Pilot B2P Retractable Gel Roller Pen.

I am all about the Pilot B2P Retractable Gel Roller Pen.

This is my favorite pen, writes so smoothly, no smears and lasts forever:
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This is my favorite pen, writes so smoothly, no smears and lasts forever:

To my surprise, hands down...the multi-colored Pilot Frixion Ball 4. Normally too thick for my gripping tastes, so I’d otherwise overlook it, but I needed something like this for school and threw it on my (large) Jetpen order.

To my surprise, hands down...the multi-colored Pilot Frixion Ball 4. Normally too thick for my gripping tastes, so

This might be a bit regional, I don’t know how common these are outside of Sweden, but my favorite pen by far is:


This might be a bit regional, I don’t know how common these are outside of Sweden, but my favorite pen by far is:


I’m a lefty and there’s a bit of a pen conspiracy. If the ink dries quickly enough to not get all over the side of my hand, it doesn’t write well. If it writes well, there’s ink everywhere. Read more

I’m a lefty and there’s a bit of a pen conspiracy. If the ink dries quickly enough to not get all over the side of

Caran D’Ache Varius Alligator Rollerball Read more

Caran D’Ache Varius Alligator Rollerball

Pentel EnerGel Euro Needle-Point Gel Pen - 0.35 mm - Black

Pentel EnerGel Euro Needle-Point Gel Pen - 0.35 mm - Black