This Uni-ball Gel Impact has a broad 1.0mm ball. My first impression was that the black, silver & smokey grey barrel looked stylish. It is complimented by the silver nib housing & the rubber grip is comfortable to hold.
As the ink in gel pens is opaque & thick it tends to write a bold clear line, I liked the fact that the black ink was very intense.
I have always made a point of keeping a pen & paper in my car. This morning, I was pleased to be able to reach into my glove compartment & pick up a Pilot Rexgrip. Whilst taking a steady drive to the shops, somebody decided to try to park in my boot.
Details taken & not too much damage done, I thought that as I haven’t reviewed the Rexgip before I would bring it home & put it to the test.
• A man who robbed a Walgreens pharmacy in South Carolina this summer apparently wasn’t fully prepared for job.
Greenwood Today reported that Robert Sexton, 33, walked into the drug store and went to the pharmacy counter, where he asked a clerk if he could borrow an ink pen. She handed one over – and he used it to write a robbery note to her.
Let me just start by saying that I have never really been into crosswords, all those cryptic clues have simply seemed like a challenge too far. That all changed recently whilst sitting in a hospital waiting room. Needing something to pass the time & relieve my boredom, I picked up an arrow word puzzle from a nearby table. The only pen I had in my bag was a Uni-ball Vision Elite, I sat back & set to work with a spot of puzzle solving.
Once in a while, you come across a pen geek – and we use that term with the utmost affection – who is more than just collector, reviewer or aficionado.
We’re talking about someone who is all of those and more…a pen explorer who revels in the hunt for obscure new pens, who acts on impulse and curiosity whenever an unusual or untried pen presents itself. Someone who gets us excited about what we’ll find the next time we spy a pen tucked away in a shop corner.
That’s why we love following Diane at the Pocket Blonde blog, because she is just such a pen geek.