/ppg/ - Pen & Pencil General

4chan has for years had a Pen and Pencil General. This entry is a compilation of the insight and experiences from this general. Past discussions can be found on Desuarchive. This general goes back to 2013.

Pens

Ballpoint

• Uni-ball jetstream
• Fisher space pen

Gel

• Uni-ball 207
• Pilot g2
• Zebra sarasa
• Sakura gelly roll

Rollerball

• Pilot Precise V5
• uni-ball Vision Elite

Fineliner

• Sakura pigma micron
• Pilot Razor Point I/II
• Sharpie Pen (original)

Pencils

Wooden Pencils

With Erasers

Cheap

• Palomino Golden Bear

Mid priced

• Mitsubishi 9850

Expensive

• Palomino blackwing 602 or natural

Without Eraser

Mid priced

• Mitsubishi 9800

Expensive

• Mitsubishi hi-uni
• Tombow mono 100

Wooden Art Pencils

Cheap

• General Pencil Kimberly Graphite Drawing Kit

Expensive

• Mitsubishi hi uni art set
• Caran d'Ache Grafwood set

Mechanical Pencils

There are self rotating mechanical pencils, AKA auto lead rotating mechanical pencils, that rotates the lead in such a way that the point is always sharp.

Drafting pencils

Cheap

• Pentel p205

Mid priced

• Rotring 500
• Pentel graphgear 500

Writing mechanical pencils

• ???

Leads for drafting or writing

• Pilot Neox

Lead holder

• Staedtler Mars Techo 780c

Leads for leadholder

• Mitsubishi uni

Fountain Pens

Cheap

• JinHao 777
• Jinhao 992
• Jinhao 100

Mid priced

• Lamy safari
• Twsbi eco
• Jinhao 100
• Penbbs 480

Fountain pen ink

• Pilot
• Sailor
• Diamine
• Waterman

One anon strongly recommends Serenity Blue as it will work in any pen, 50 ml is cheap and you can buy it anywhere (paraphrased). Waterman also has a FAQ.