We need pens everywhere we go. To the bank, the grocery store, the gas station. If you use your credit card, you need a pen to sign for your purchase. Going to the doctor’s office? You will probably need it there just to sign in. Pens are an integral part of everyday living. Because of that, you can buy just about any kind of pen, with any color, in any style that you want. A pen is an item used to apply ink to a surface, usually paper, but it can usually write on many other things. There are a variety of pens available from a ballpoint pen to a felt-tip pen. Historically, dip pens, quill pens and reed pens were used.
A ballpoint pen dispenses viscous oil based in by rolling a small hard sphere, and is made of brass, steel or tungsten carbide. It automatically sends ink out from a little ball and the ink dries almost instantly on contact with paper. Ballpoints are inexpensive and reliable. Often used by companies and organizations, ballpoint promotional pens can be found almost anywhere. The most popular ballpoint in the U.S. is the Bic pen. A good pen and relatively inexpensive, there aren’t many offices that you can go to that won’t have Bic pens lying around somewhere.
Gel pens have become popular recently. One reviewer notes that even the cheap gel pens have the feel of a fountain pen. It writes with a fine line and the ink flows out densely and evenly. Gel pens vary in price, up to $10 U.S. Dollars. They also come in a variety of colors.
The fountain pen, another type that uses water based liquid ink delivered through a nib. The ink flows from a reservoir through “feed” to the nib, then through the nib due to capillary action and gravity. To some it is considered the most individual pens you can write with. It allows you to create line that are uniquely your own. One of the very best fountain pens you can buy is from Cross Pens. They come in standard silver or black, or you can purchase sterling silver or 10 karat gold. Their pens range in price from $30 to $300 U.S. Dollars.
There is nothing comparable to Mont Blac pens. Not just considered an ink pen, but a writing instrument, Mont Blac is serious about the writing business. Their pens are not only incredible to write with, but are works of art as well. The best crafted pen in the industry, Mont Blanc is made with gold metals, white metals and even diamonds. Sold in the finest boutiques, Mont Blanc is a magnificent writing instrument.
An ink pen is essential to our everyday living. Hopefully, you have the kind of pen that is good for you!
