I was scribbling a shopping list in my moleskine this morning with my favorite Pilot G-2 0.5. A bit later I went back to make an addition, and discovered that the pen wasn’t writing anymore. Closer examination revealed that the tiny ball had popped out of the tip, and a little spring-loaded wire was sticking out in its place. Strange! Alas, finding a ball that measures less than one millimeter in diameter in the carpet was utterly hopeless, not to mention the challenge of putting it back, so I gave up after about two seconds.
I grabbed another G-2, and was quite unsatisfied with how it wrote — scratchy with poor ink flow, which probably explains why that particular pen wound up in the drawer in the first place. (I have found that about one out of every four G-2s doesn’t write well.) So I was off to Staples to obtain another package of G-2s. I also grabbed a Dr. Grip while I was there.
Tags: failure, handwriting, moleskine, Pilot G-2
I have had that happen to me as well. It’s a pain, isn’t it? G-2, especially the mini’s, are great for Moleskines, but like you said they’re unpredictable.
That was odd, never seen that happen before. I find the G2s reliable if a bit boring. Stilllike using my Namiki every day.
Have you ever checked out the Sakura Gel pens? I love them.
Chris
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I’ve had that happen as well but I had it happen right before I was going to write something on my hand. That sharp spring pierced the back of my hand and I had a lovely little bit of ink stuck beneath my skin for a week or so as it healed.
-sv
I have a g2 mini, but it’s a 0.7mm, I can’t seem to find a g2 with a 0.5mm nib here in Portugal
Pencils! If the point falls out, you can always sharpen it:)
This happened to me too. One minute fine, the next, a small metal piece from the end, and death to this G2.
DRM
I’ve had the same problem numerous times. I mailed the evidence to Pilot and they sent an apology (and some refills) with a promise to work on it. I haven’t had the problem since so maybe they did actually solve the problem.
A G2 has never done that to me before. Sometimes I find new refills a bit scratchy for the first couple hundred words or so and then starts to write more smoothly. I think of it as comparable to breaking in a new fountain pen; it’s a little scratchy until the nib is ground to my writing style.