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Re:Best Pens for 2022: Gel, Ballpoint, Rollerball, and Fount... by jimmySixDOF on Thursday January 06, 2022 @04:11AM (#29821144)
There is no substitute for the Space Pen (I personally use the bullet style pocket size). It uses a pressurized gasket to push the ink in any position so will writ upside down all day long. It has a great backstory as being an unsolicited proposal to NASA to write in zero gravity [1]. The very best pen gift for any Engineer.

[1] https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fact-or-fiction-n...

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Re:Best Pens for 2022: Gel, Ballpoint, Rollerball, and Fount... by rakwoelq on Friday January 07, 2022 @01:39AM (#29835803)
I hated the Space Pen because the ink always felt sticky and it wrote poorly.

Schmidt 4889 is a substitute pressurized refill that is compatible with the Space Pen, although I have not tried it yet.

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