Hi Ana, great review. grip and that is pure torture. If you’re filming an IKEA commercial, feel free to use this pen. They feature a simple translucent barrel, a snap cap, and a screw-off barrel plug that makes refilling the pen very simple. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. Since I tend to doodle and draw on anything and everything, I thought I’d also test how waterproof these gel inks were, on the off-hand chance I decided to add marker or watercolor. Learn how your comment data is processed. The pack of 10 was … ( Log Out /  All this is not great by any means, but I just wouldn’t have bothered to write a review about a boring, mediocre pen. They also have the added bonus of a personality. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. First of all, the knurling on the grip is a real ink magnate, but it’s the deep groove that the cap goes into that’s the winner here. ( Log Out /  $2.50 each) that I picked up in New York oh-so-long-ago with Myke and Brad on our 2018 world tour (details here). If you’re a pen fidgeter, this will teach you not to fidget. Is that a plus? I love these pens. Otherwise, do yourself a favour and buy a Pilot Metropolitan. It fit perfectly, but I didn’t fill the converter first and then attach it to the pen, I made the mistake of dipping the pen in a bottle of ink and filling the converter through the nib. They create simple, utilitarian products that do not have any outward branding on the items. This is the only permanent information on the pens. Overall though, next to the the Uni-ball Sign RT and Needlepoint, these are probably my favorite gel pens. They are water resistant, but not waterproof. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! If you dare try to absentmindedly cap the pen then there’s a good chance that you’ll catch your finger in between the cap edge and the knurled (why?) Not rubbery per se but a very matte feeling. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. For the love of pens, paper, ink and a beautiful place to work. What works in mechanical pencils falls flat in a fountain pen, in my opinion. Muji, as a brand, is known for being “brandless”. This is a textbook example of form over function, and the form isn’t even interesting or innovative enough for you to forgive the loss of function. Both the Lamy Safari and the Pilot Metropolitan have nicer nibs at around the same price range. For the love of pens, paper, office supplies and a beautiful place to work. It’s made of brushed aluminum, it has a knurled grip (why? My only conclusion is that either they hadn’t used the pen for long, or they have steel clad hands. The mess was a sight to see. The bar code info stickers on the pens can be removed making these pens the brandless bits of Muji perfection they are meant to be (see top photo for the stickerless pens). Change ). The cap has a razor sharp and thin edge that slots into a deep and narrow cutout around the nib. I went ahead and wet this sample too, just to see if the results were better or worse on a thicker stock. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. Even if you like thin pens, as I do, there are many better options out of there, both modern and vintage, such as the Faber Castell Ambition and the Lamy CP1 and Logo models. Ink not only seeps into it and is then extremely difficult to clean out without taking the pen apart and soaking it in water, if you don’t do that then the cap lip gets soaked in ink every time you cap the pen, and so you’ll get ink stains everywhere. Receive new posts from The Well-Appointed Desk directly into your inbox by subscribing to our email feed. ), has two grey-brown discs on the ends of the pen, and the same sort of clip that their mechanical pencils have. I’m guessing the nib is a Schmidt nib, but that’s just a guess; what’s not a guess is that it’s an absolute nail. They skate along smoothly on the Col-o-ring paper though any paper with tooth may cause a rollerball to pick up stray paper fibers over time so you might need a scrap of smooth paper to restart them if they get choked. The stationery products that Muji creates are no different, including the Muji 0.25mm gel pens (approx. They create simple, utilitarian products that do not have any outward branding on the items. Also guess what, Muji let’s you have the same finger cutting experience on the other end of the pen too! Since these gel pens are the micro 0.25mm tips, they have a needlepoint tip. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. October 22, 2020 writingatlarge fountain pen, Fountain Pens, muji, review. It’s a bland and boring look, but if you’re looking for a minimalist pen then this fits the bill. The result is that you can and will cut you fingers on that cap edge, you will have to learn to grip the pen really far away from the nib or you will cut your fingers on the edge of the cutout at the end of the knurled (why?) When the Muji fountain pen came out a few years ago it got pretty rave reviews from quite a number of reviewers. Muji, as a brand, is known for being “brandless”. The Muji fountain pen, however, pushes past the boring and mediocre and heads straight into terrible territory with its cap design. I was just trolling Muji’s site looking for these. They make my favorite refill (Pentel Slicci) even better since these barrels are a bit bigger than the standard Slicci barrel. Muji products are great. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. I also replaced the terrible cartridge that Muji supplies with this pen with a converter (a Pelikan converter). The pen posts using the same terrible mechanism as the cap, which means that there’s a second deep groove that you can cut your fingers on, on the other end. It’s not scratchy but the lack of give may put you off if you’re looking for a more “fountain pen” experience (and this is a fountain pen, why wouldn’t you?). The pens worked great on the cards. The stationery products that Muji creates are no different, including the Muji 0.25mm gel pens (approx. The entire pen barrel matched the ink color contained within and the cap is clear with a colored dot on top printed with the  point size. The grip really is pointless. I completely agree with your views, having been the owner of this pen in the past. grip, or it will dig uncomfortably into your fingers. A fountain pen craves more flair, more personality – yes, even the “plain” black ones. My only conclusion is that either they hadn’t used the pen for long, or they have steel clad hands. One last test was to see how the Muji Gel Pens performed on Col-o-ring cards which are a bit more toothy than the Rhodia paper I normally use for pen reviews. Sadly, this particular model is not available on the Muji website but if you are in a city that has a Muji store, I highly recommend making the effort to go and pick some of these or any of their pens up.

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