shaneroberts
Shane Roberts
shaneroberts
Editor Emeritus, The Inventory

No offense, but a 1.0 gauge pen is like a crayon. Read more

No offense, but a 1.0 gauge pen is like a crayon.

I’m a lefty and use G2s exclusively. After a three hour meeting this morning and four pages of notes my hand is clean and my notes are completely legible.
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I’m a lefty and use G2s exclusively. After a three hour meeting this morning and four pages of notes my hand is

I have the Lamy Safari and it really is excellent. Read more

I have the Lamy Safari and it really is excellent.

Fine points are the worst! :( Read more

Fine points are the worst! :(

It’s one of the reasons I love my fountain pen. $15 Pilot Metropolitan (a fantastic pen, I recommend heartily and prefer it over my twice as expensive Lamy Safari. It’s also not too expensive to try out as a first fountain pen), and a bottle (or many) of green ink, and I’m good to go. I like to order samples from Read more

It’s one of the reasons I love my fountain pen. $15 Pilot Metropolitan (a fantastic pen, I recommend heartily and

I’m using one right now....or should I say ‘write’ now? 😂 Read more

I’m using one right now....or should I say ‘write’ now? 😂

Writing and typing simultaneously is quite the trick! Read more

Writing and typing simultaneously is quite the trick!

It’s incredible you managed to type this with a Pilot. Read more

It’s incredible you managed to type this with a Pilot.

The Pilot G2 07 is the pen of choice. Never trust anyone who uses a 05. Read more

The Pilot G2 07 is the pen of choice. Never trust anyone who uses a 05.

Would it kill the pen manufacturers to sell green pens without forcing me to buy 3 blue or black ones with it? A good green pen is hard enough to find, once I do, I should be allowed to buy just that pen. Read more

Would it kill the pen manufacturers to sell green pens without forcing me to buy 3 blue or black ones with it? A

Fountain pens for life!

Fountain pens for life!

Insanity. Our company has boxes of G2s, and I can’t stand them. I bring my own pens to work. Read more

Insanity. Our company has boxes of G2s, and I can’t stand them. I bring my own pens to work.

As a doctor (and doctors take their go-to pen choice seriously), these are 100% my favorite. And you gots to go with dat 0.38, son. Anything higher than that is a veritable magic marker. Read more

As a doctor (and doctors take their go-to pen choice seriously), these are 100% my favorite. And you gots to go with

That pen sucks. Point is too sharp and will rip the paper Read more

That pen sucks. Point is too sharp and will rip the paper

Is this pen suitable to modify so as to include a small cartridge of cyanide? I am also interested to know if this pen is available in aubergine. Read more

Is this pen suitable to modify so as to include a small cartridge of cyanide? I am also interested to know if this

It is 100% all about the .38 Read more

It is 100% all about the .38

As a lefty, I’m STILL trolling for the Pilot Precise V5 RT. Read more

As a lefty, I’m STILL trolling for the Pilot Precise V5 RT.

Nope. Bic Atlantic, hands down.
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Nope. Bic Atlantic, hands down.