PILOT VBall Liquid Ink Rolling Ball Stick Pens, Extra Fine Point, Black Ink, 12-Pack (35200)

Smooth writing, good color and depth.

I bought a box of these pens on Amazon about a month ago along with a couple other types of Pilot blue-ink pens. My initial impression after using a couple of each is that the new V-ball is excellent to start. The writing quality is smooth and skip-free. This is important to me. Ink flow is crisp and appropriate. Im a physician and my use is primarily in charting on patients. The ink allows you to write quickly and there has been no smudging thus far. However, on both of the V-balls Ive used, after about a week, the ink overflows into the cap. Not enough to get on clothing, but enough to get ink all over your hands during use. The pen still writes fine once you wipe off the excess ink from the pen tip, but its enough to make me want to pick up another pen instead. This may be because I tend to take my pens home with me (in my coat pocket) and its hot outside and in the car. Im not sure. But it is an annoyance. **update March 8, 2012** After using several more of these pens, each one has had the same outcome: they write GREAT to start, then start bleeding. I suspect that this is because I carry the pens in my pocket and write throughout the day. Im not sure if the body heat does it or if Im sometimes putting the pens in my pocket tip-down, or what, but half-way through the box theyve all done the same thing. It has gotten a little less problematic at the end of the pens life. But you will have to clean out the end of the cap to see this. Alcohol swabs work well for this purpose. I will go through a pen in roughly 2-3 weeks usually and I have yet to make it all the way through one of these without having to throw it away due to concern over my clothing. And blue fingers become normal during use.

I don’t want to be dramatic, but I would die for these pens. That is all. Thank You.

Leaked all over my pocketbook Horrible

carbons well on NCR paper (second copy for checks written, etc.)

Delivery got here super fast. These pens will help with writing purple prose

I love extra fine point pens and these are great. They do not leak, which is a real benefit.

I had to throw away some of the pens because the caps are so tight I cant pull them open. The ones I was able to open are OK.

I love these pens, theyre my favorite disposable ink pens and I will keep ordering them until the day I die.

Ok, so Im not a pen connoisseur -- Im sure there are many other great, fancy (read: expensive) pens out there. This one, however, is the best normal pen youll ever use. Years ago I got some at work and I have kept those for years with no issues. They only ran out of ink after about 5 years of standard use. I could not find this type in stores and tried other similar models with little success. Eventually I just came online and finally found my pen holy grail once again! Again, Im not the type of person to seek out a specific pen model. But in this case it was well worth the effort. And low and behold -- they come in purple. Love it!