Coolyo

I think pens and pencils tie for second place.

Calligraphy brushes is where it's at.

SabrinaFair

I'm mostly a pen-user, but have lately been rediscovering the pencil. There's something I will always love about a freshly-sharpened #2 pencil. (has to be the old-fashioned kind, I HATE "mechanical" pencils)

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Daniel_

She obviously realised you were hard up.

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m0rpheus

Pen. I can't stand pencils.

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Ayashe

We would get so many pens on a daily basis at the clinic it was absolutely ridiculous. We stopped accepting those pens at the first of the year, I took all of my favorites home with me which amounts to a rather large pencil box and several coffee mugs full of pens. Friends take them home, I have sent many to the school as well. Needless to say, I think the fact that there were always so many to choose from led to my fairly picky nature about pens. When we finally started actually *gasp* buying our own pens for the company we found that the majority of them were probably in a range of being $5-6 a piece. Needless to say, I buy my own now.. the company provided ones suck.

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Lindy

Oh no!! Please say it ain't so! I just love the .5mm Pentel Quicker-Clicker with the clicker on the side, but I like the feel of any pencil as it moves over the paper.
I like a fountain pen or quill for the same reason, even though they're pens.

Ballpoints just suck, especially the twist-retract kinds that all seem to slowly retract themselves as I write, and the skinny, slippery Cross brand that slide up through my fingers as I write.

Lindy

Adonis1782

i like the pen better. It is darker, doesn't need to be sharpened, and I do not have to put more lead in it.

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ItWasMe

I prefer fat pens with comfy grips. Black or blue ink. Pencils tend to fade or smudge over time.

My favorite pen comes in several colors but I only have the one with black ink:

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ketch90

I like pencils (4H), as well as pens.

I like the ability to press harder with the 4H lead, as I have a habit of pressing too hard when I write.
The pens I like (preferably black ink) are the slightly more expensive ones, the ones that glide smoothly over the paper.

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anti fishstick

pens seem more 'grown-up' than pencils.. cos you always had to have #2 pencils in grade school. I prefer gel pens with fine tips.

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clavus

Depends on the job.

My favorites are:

.5 version of the Alvin Draftmatic


Pigma Micron (in various sizes)


And, of course, my trusty Cross pen, custom engraved with "HEYWOOD JABLOME"

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streak_56

I like pen but in school its all about the pencil. And typing is so much easier.

spindles

I voted other - I really don't have a preference.

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Merlocke

Pencil,

There's just something about the texture of a pencil that makes it feel more "real". As a sea cadet, I was taught to use pencil for ship's logs because ink washes away when it gets wet. Pencil however, remains.

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Moses1987

Prefer pens, a paper written with pencil smears everything it touches, especially another paper.