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I have a TWSBI and several Lamys, which are great, but the pen I buy and use in bulk is the Uniball UM-153S rollerball. All the fun of a fountain pen without the hassle of dealing with ink. It's the pen for notes and shopping lists. From my Amazon orders, I seem to buy a 12 box of them at least once a year.

To Mitsubishi Pencil Co (makers of the Uniball): please make a green ink version!



I just saw them in green yesterday (and a host of metallic inks) in a Coop supermarket, also available online: https://www.amazon.de/Uni-Ball-UB-157-Tintenroller-Spitze-St...


Yes I have this set too :-) However it's slightly different from the UM-153S, in particular the nibs are narrower and not quite so nice to write with. (I will admit I'm now being very picky indeed - all of these pens are far superior to biros).




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