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

Best pens for fine tip writing.

I love love love this pen and the pretty purple color! This is my third box (because Im a teacher), and I will continue to purchase these pens as long as they are available. I only wish they came in a box of pink-- my life would then be complete! Ha! As a teacher, I do not like grading in red-- too harsh. But blue and black are BORING! So, purple it is!

Just exactly as I remember them being from years ago! I love them. They write smoothly and well, and the tip doesnt bend like one of hte other styles from the same company.

I like these pens, but they dont write quite as fine as the Precise V5. However, they are significantly cheaper, so they are probably the better deal.

These are terrific and work as a real fountain pen.

All of the purple pens that I have purchased in the past either goop up and plug so they dont write or get dry out while I am using it so they dont write. These pens write smoothly and dont dry out, even when I accidentally left the cap of overnight. I love them!

Im very picky about my pens. I like them to be extra fine and write smooth. When these dont leak, they are perfect; however, I had two leak all over my hands and one in my pants. For that reason I had to trash them.

Grateful they can still be ordered, despite not generally being available in stores.

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 work at a school and do A LOT of writing. Love the extra fine, no smearing, good color and how smooth the pen writes. They are comfortable to write with. I think they are pricey. I only splurge on them once a school year.