No judgment if you love yours. I am just noting how expensive ignoring existential dread can get.

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    Damn, I did not know about the recessed thing, itā€™s very sexy! As for ā€œbroad in the hand,ā€ that doesnā€™t much bother me, as mine are pretty square and large, what matters most is for it to have some weight to it. If itā€™s too floaty, I start skidding around, which is why I bought all-metal ones so far - recently bought a Parker IM Royal Roller, and it feels like I could kill someone with it and still be able to leave a note afterwards, so I love it!:)))

    The 2000 is made of fibreglass, so that put me off buying it even before I saw the price tag, which sheesh!

    Aww, the Platinum Preppy reminds me of high school, itā€™s a cute system! The Kawekos, too in a way! Hmm, and it would not hurt my wallet as much as an experiment:-? Thank you!

    Well, writing has traditionally been the de facto environment for expressing the inner screaming (other than Screamo), so Iā€™d say weā€™re right on theme!

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      That Parker looks nice. Is the grip as comfy as it looks?

      You want hefty in hand then can recommend this baby:

      Itā€™s the stainless steel version of the 2000. Not cheap though. The Kawecos are a gateway drug. Iā€™m some years in to my addictions.

      Itā€™s a piston filler so bloody loads of ink to journal the demise of civilisation.

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        Iā€™d say itā€™s a yes from the perspective of two different styles!

        For the looser grip, farther away from the tip, the materials are super-soft and grippy, the plastic in the tip is some sort of either nylon or acrylic (from what I can tell), so it picks up body heat fast, itā€™s comfy.

        If you claw it closer to the tip, that ridge really helps with positioning and grip stability, the metal tip feels solid, itā€™s slippery enough to allow for a lot of micro-adjustments without it feeling like itā€™s fighting against your finger movements, and the pen itself is pretty well balanced as a whole.

        1000012350

        This one is still my all-time favourite in terms of grip comfort, though. Iā€™ve had it for over a decade now, the weatheringā€™s legit, but I sanded off its pocket clip as it was clashing with the shape to my eyes.

        Well, another one to the wishlist! I started digging yesterday, did a deep dive into Pilotā€™s offerings and that all-metal Capless is a sexy bit of kit! And Lamyā€™s stuff does, indeed, look way more serious than I thought, may have been biased by seeing their consumer grade stuff all over the place so far.

        Oh, that sounds perfect! I tend to write in chunks consisting of several hours of hyperfixation, and I usually have to pop the refillā€™s emergency ration by the end of the second - and theyā€™re those double-long refills, too!