Please Spec Me a Pen (gift for dad)

Soldato
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I like the idea, but he'd have trouble seeing the print I think.

always been a bit partial to those 'wood' pens. never bought one mind you as i lose pens faster than i'm losing my hair! always thought they looked like an ideal gift.

google has loads but a taster below.
https://www.thewoodhut.co.uk/wooden-pen

+1 for this, or a nice ballpoint.
Might find rollerball and gel don’t do well on thin newspaper.
These are nice, from well respected brands:
https://www.cultpens.com/c/q/explore/product-type/pens/ballpoint-pens#:g_brand=conklin
https://www.cultpens.com/c/q/explore/product-type/pens/ballpoint-pens#:g_brand=lamy

I'd personally recommend Cross at that price point.

My wife bought me a nice ballpoint pen by Cross a few years ago. It is a very nice pen, writes lovely and has a lifetime guarantee for the pen (obviously the ink won't last a lifetime lol).

I believe it cost under £100 and is called a Cross century ii.

Edit for link:
https://www.cross.com/cr_en_gb/412w...onQz8r3jjNobmQp9Pk3190taDjyeTF_hoCyOkQAvD_BwE

I second Cross pens - only problem I have found is you really do need to buy Cross refills which are quite expensive.- I have tried the Chinese ones and for some reason they don't put much ink in them.
The wife's best pen is a Cross.
I use Zebra Expandz pens - closed up they just drop into your coat pocket.

Thanks guys. I'll check those out, and any others I forgot to quote!

Re: spending that money on a pen, as already said, it's a gift for my father. It's his 80th birthday.
 
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I had a gold cross pen/pencil set that work bought me, pen been missing for years though, probably down to a cat we had that stole/hid pens so it will probably turn up today

Got a new one this week, montblanc meisterstück classique, probably the least original choice ever but it's very nice
 
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