Top row: rOtring 700, LAMY Spirit
Middle row: rOtring Core Tanacor, Delta Maasai BP, Spoke Design Roady, Spoke Design Roady XL, PILOT Quatro Green/White, PILOT Hi-Tecpoint steel black stripe, OHTO FLAT-C, LAMY 2006 Ceramicon, Zebra FX-2000, PILOT HMR-250S dotted grid, PILOT Elite
Bottom row: USUS.Pi Brazil, PILOT Fumi Raku BFU-75R NA, Senator [Unknown], Staedtler Initium Lignum
I love pens. I don’t use them much, though. Electronic typing is just way too convenient! Still, I periodically buy pens that grab my attention for one or more reasons. This isn’t my entire collection. I actually left off a few… because I’m periodically scatter-brained. 
Five that should’ve been included are the MechaSEA B1-000, the Sakura Craft Lab 001 & 007, the TOMBOW 727, and the rOtring 800 BP. PHOTO
Just some notes about recent acquisitions:
LAMY Spirit. I’d been wanting the mechanical pencil, because it’s reputedly very tough and beautifully constructed. However, prices command serious money, usually 40~80% more than the ballpoint. So, I got the ballpoint instead (found a fair deal). And it’s solid! Very smooth click action, with subtle click.
PILOT Fumi Raku Iron Briarwood (Nanbutetsu). I wrote about the Fumi Raku series, HERE. The Nanbutetsu is beautiful. I love this briarwood. Wonderfully deep ruddy color. It’s a smooth matte finish and has nice grip, as well as warmth. The back part is black and feels like a Raku glaze–porous-rough texture. I’m mixed about the clip… But it’s sturdy. Anyway, one might think it’s diminutive at first glance, but really it’s about 1cm shorter than your average pen. My XL sized hand can hold it just fine. The twist mechanism is super smooth with a nice spring tension detent. On top of all this, it’s just rare and practically impossible to find outside of Japan.
Zebra FX-2000 crosshatch [?]. Zebra’s clicky all metal ballpoints from the FX series are really sturdy and nice feeling. There’s an FX-1000 that’s smooth brushed steel. Following that is the FX-2000 etched black stripe, and then the crosshatch you see here. It may also be FX-2000, as both etched models were priced the same (2000¥). The straight black striped model is very common, while the crosshatch is harder to find.
