Pentel Arts Hybrid Technica 0.3 mm Pen, Ultra Fine Point, Black Ink, 1 Pack (KN103BPA)

These are my favorite pens. I've been buying these in the 12-packs for several years because I've never found any pens that I enjoy using as much.I initially bought the multipack of different pen tip sizes. The expectation was that I would use them for drawing. It turned out they were good for drawing, but I liked them for use in writing. The ink is very black and goes on smoothly. Most ball point pens show the shape of the ball in the ink left on the paper; these do not.There is a rubber grip for comfort and to have a non-slip surface. The pen is fairly light-weight, as might be expected from a plastic pen, but the tip is solid metal and that gives a little stability to the pen.I like the 0.4mm pen for everyday use. It was a toss-up between the 0.4mm and 0.5mm. Both are a good size. The final decision came down to the amount of time it takes the ink to dry. The ink in these pens is a little slow to dry and the 0.4mm dries a little faster.The 0.3mm size leaves a very fine line that isn't quiet as black looking. These are also available in 0.6mm and 0.8mm. All have worked well for me. They don't dry out and they don't glob up on the paper or bleed through.They work well for drawing or writing.

I love this pen ever since I first bought one from jetpens.com. It's so precise and smooth. Someone at work borrowed mine for a moment cuz hers ran out of ink, and as she was writing, she had to stop after the first few letters, take a look at the pen, and then finished. Then she handed it back saying, "That, is a very interesting pen." I love that it's small enough to allow me to write in little places so legibly. I recommend it to perfectionists and those who have to take a lot of notes in a small amount of space.One caveat: because the tip is so fine, you have to be careful not to drop it, or accidentally scratch a surface with it, cuz then you're screwed and the pen won't work anymore. That happened to me once, and I bought another one. But it's cheaper to buy by the dozen, so here I am.When it arrived, I was surprised it came in a plain white box with a big Pentel logo in red, but not like the one that's pictured. Also, I wanted to make sure each of the pens worked, which thank goodness they did, but for some reason, the nib, or cap, or the part of the pen that tapers down to the ballpoint, were all loose. It's as if someone just hurried and packaged them together then sent it off to me. I'm a little worried about the condition as time goes by, whether it's legit or not, but that remains to be seen.

If you love a good pen, this is my favorite. Great value for a whole box.

Always been my favorite. Writes smooth and fine point. Does not last very long for me since i used it a lot.

I got these pens because I was planning to write in really small print. But many of the pens in the box did not work properly. The ink would not flow nicely and sometimes didn’t flow at all. Very frustrating. They do dry fast and you can write very small which I liked but decided to return them because it wasn’t worth it.

Thanks to the reviewers who recommended these, and those who recommended getting the variety pack. These are... FUN! I use them for writing and for art though I haven't done a lot of art yet... okay, well so I haven't done ANY yet... lol... They are very smooth and so far there's been no skipping (talking about the pens here of course). Something I learned as a drafter and graphics artist was, the finer the point, the more careful you had to be. So I'm not going to blow it with these fine tips. Now if I could just resist the urge to chew on the ends. I think I need therapy. And a lot of dental work if I don't relax... I'm actually serious about this. Maybe it's time to do some art-therapy with these.

Needed a super fine small point pen for a 3x5 index card. My professor allowed us to fill it front and back with as many notes that it could fit. And let me tell you this pen did the trick. Wrote super small and smooth across the index card. See for yourself 🙂

Pentel's 5 pack is for experimentation when you are finding what works best for your work flow in concept design drawing.These are specifically for drawing, not writing. Keep the lightest touch on them as possible, they are delicate. They are art-pens, and labeled that way. As so they are rivals to the most popular concept design pens: the Pilot Hi (G)-Tec-C drawing pens. I use both brands. But not all line widths. The best for me are the Pentel 0.3 and 0.6, and the Pilot 0.25 and 0.4 mm. The Pentel 0.8 mm is the most fun because it's dark, thick and great thus for fore-grounds. But because the ink reservoir is no larger than the other four Pentel tip sizes in this "sampler pack", the 0.8 mm does not last long enough for me (than, say, the 0.3 mm lasts "forever"). The 0.8 mm fun should last longer, but it doesn't.So, I use other pens with larger ink capacities for dark, thick lines (TWSBI Eco-T in B and 1.1 mm and Pentel's full-sized waterproof brush pen FP5M.)But be aware they all need to fully dry.All of these pens have some waterproofness on some papers and always are Copic-proof inks, when dry.The main reason I use these two Hybrid ink pen brands, Pentel and Pilot, is that after 24 hours on my thin (for over-under-lays) alcohol marker paper (polymer backed), . . . they are all Copic alcohol marker proof and waterproof, -- no smudging. The inks are ready for gradual value overlays (say, cold grays C-0 sequentially up to C-8) without smudging from Copic or watercolors. My India ink pens, for instance, smudge no matter how "dry" they are with Copic overlay. The the drawing then scanned into a photo or 3-D computer graphic program for color rendering.Also, I recommend never letting any of these hybrid ink pens go into a tip up orientation. Store them either flat for long term or, better, tip down when in daily use. Even in a pocket, I carry them tip down.