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Pens: favourite type, colour etc (1 Viewer)

blue or black pen?

  • blue

    Votes: 242 60.5%

  • black

    Votes: 149 37.3%

  • other

    Votes: 9 2.3%
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kasakiki

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Re: Felt Tip Pins etc?

I love my felt tip pens! Artline all the way!
I used to use blue ballpoints but they smudged everywhere and i ended up with ink in little blobs all over me somehow. And with my writing it looks somehow messier with ballpoints.... go figure
Anyhoo, yes, i use black felt tips exclusivley . The only bad thing is that i press hard and seem to have the nib level with the metal bit by the end of exams,lol
 
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Re: Felt Tip Pins etc?

scaredytiger said:
its a conspiracy, shortykatt.
read every second word in the OP.
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Tell me I wasn't the only one to go back and check the OP.

>_>
 
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Re: Felt Tip Pins etc?

i use felt tips in my exams and i rkn its the best thing ever helps me to write so much faster so i can get more down. cant imagine trying to do a test now without one. though this is only for the subjects taht require alot of writing, otherwise i use like a normal ball pen
 
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Re: Felt Tip Pins etc?

i do enjoy them, but as someone said above, they have the tendency to smudge.
 
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Re: Felt Tip Pins etc?

Sorry to bring you guys back on topic, but the pen I used religiously throughout year 12 is the almight Pilot BPS-GP-F/M. Man, I fucking love this pen. Bought about 15 and used up heaps of them. (See pics: http://www.pilotpen.com.sg/products/ballpointpens_gp.html)

And yes, I'm one of those people who would take everything into an exam (Including 2 calculators and 2 clocks)

The review on amazon of this pen http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R3QR3AC2WXWHIT/ is also quite compelling.

Thoughts?
 
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Re: Felt Tip Pins etc?

umm this might sound stupid and weird but this is my reasoning for using ball pens over any other pen...when u do your hsc, your papers travel a fair distance and could be exposed to various conditions one of which may be water/ sweat of the marker (i know ewww!!!). if your paper is written with a felt tip, it could get wet and smudge. on the other hand, ball pen ink/gel doesnt smudge. i may be paranoid but you dont want to lose marks just coz the marker couldnt read what you actually wrote.

ball pens are usually cheaper too....kilometrico all the way!!!!

 
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Re: Felt Tip Pins etc?

slowjam10 said:
Although the papermate kilometrico pens are good value for money...but sometimes they do leak, anyone else find that?
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They only leak when you use them in conjunction with those metal rulers, since the metal rulers cut the tip of the pen, and that sometimes makes the pen really blotchy.
 
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Re: Felt Tip Pins etc?

I've noticed they leak sometimes too. I don't use them anymore but it doesn't really matter, they're so cheap and come in such big packets you can just throw away a pen as soon as it's a problem.
 
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black_kat_meow said:
well actually i am not one of those people ..lol i don't even do maths ..hence, no need for a calculator
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You don't have to be doing math to need a calculator. Other subjects like business or economics or sciences require calculators occasionally.

Anyway.
Felt tip pens, when under pressure (assuming you're going to put a lot of sweaty strain onto the pen during an exam) just sort of... "slip back in". They become blunt if you push too hard. I can't find the right word, but you know what I mean. Felt tips also run out of ink faster. Too much hassle/risk involved.
 
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Re: Felt Tip Pins etc?

I find if I use a ball point for a paper which requires a number of long responses such as Legal Studies or English then, I tend to use one side of the pen during the entire exam, so a large blob of ink amounts on the other side, which is a problem if you suddenly turn the pen around.
 
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Re: Felt Tip Pins etc?

Conspiración said:
You don't have to be doing math to need a calculator. Other subjects like business or economics or sciences require calculators occasionally.

Anyway.
Felt tip pens, when under pressure (assuming you're going to put a lot of sweaty strain onto the pen during an exam) just sort of... "slip back in". They become blunt if you push too hard. I can't find the right word, but you know what I mean. Felt tips also run out of ink faster. Too much hassle/risk involved.
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still i don't do any of those subjects either

lol
 
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Re: Felt Tip Pins etc?

is there anything really nice and light but like really nice and smooth...smooth is good:)
 
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