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<blockquote data-quote="TJ Cornish" data-source="post: 13803" data-attributes="member: 162"><p>After first being exposed to them on a recent trip to D.C., I've fallen in love with Fisher pens. Fisher makes the "space pen" - the ballpoint pen NASA uses in the space program. Their claim to fame is the pen will write on anything - even underwater, from -30° to 250°. </p><p></p><p>I'm happy to report that the Fisher pens live up to their name and will write on the most inhospitable surface on the face of the earth - board tape. I don't like Sharpies on board tape, as the ink takes long enough to dry that I end up getting smeared on my hands, and most rollerballs never dry at all. In contrast, regular ballpoint pens usually write for a fraction of an inch and then get fouled by the tape surface. The Fisher pen writes just like you would expect a ball-point pen to write on the board tape - no drying time, no smears, and no intermittent writing.</p><p></p><p>I like both their bullet-style ones like this: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Fisher-Space-Bullet-Blueberry-400BB/dp/B0002ZQB3S/ref=sr_1_16?ie=UTF8&qid=1455122545&sr=8-16&keywords=space+pen" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/Fisher-Space-Bullet-Blueberry-400BB/dp/B0002ZQB3S/ref=sr_1_16?ie=UTF8&qid=1455122545&sr=8-16&keywords=space+pen</a></p><p></p><p>and the clicky-style like this: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Fisher-Non-Reflective-Military-Cap-O-Matic-M4B/dp/B001E103CY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1455122545&sr=8-1&keywords=space+pen" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/Fisher-Non-Reflective-Military-Cap-O-Matic-M4B/dp/B001E103CY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1455122545&sr=8-1&keywords=space+pen</a></p><p></p><p>They make a slide-on clip for the bullet pens which is nice to keep them from rolling away, but the clip fits low enough on the body of the pen to make it stick out of your pocket too far if you clip it to your pocket, which is pretty much my only complaint.</p><p></p><p>I use less board tape these days with scribble strips, but I still end up using it on my lighting console and a few other places.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TJ Cornish, post: 13803, member: 162"] After first being exposed to them on a recent trip to D.C., I've fallen in love with Fisher pens. Fisher makes the "space pen" - the ballpoint pen NASA uses in the space program. Their claim to fame is the pen will write on anything - even underwater, from -30° to 250°. I'm happy to report that the Fisher pens live up to their name and will write on the most inhospitable surface on the face of the earth - board tape. I don't like Sharpies on board tape, as the ink takes long enough to dry that I end up getting smeared on my hands, and most rollerballs never dry at all. In contrast, regular ballpoint pens usually write for a fraction of an inch and then get fouled by the tape surface. The Fisher pen writes just like you would expect a ball-point pen to write on the board tape - no drying time, no smears, and no intermittent writing. I like both their bullet-style ones like this: [url]http://www.amazon.com/Fisher-Space-Bullet-Blueberry-400BB/dp/B0002ZQB3S/ref=sr_1_16?ie=UTF8&qid=1455122545&sr=8-16&keywords=space+pen[/url] and the clicky-style like this: [url]http://www.amazon.com/Fisher-Non-Reflective-Military-Cap-O-Matic-M4B/dp/B001E103CY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1455122545&sr=8-1&keywords=space+pen[/url] They make a slide-on clip for the bullet pens which is nice to keep them from rolling away, but the clip fits low enough on the body of the pen to make it stick out of your pocket too far if you clip it to your pocket, which is pretty much my only complaint. I use less board tape these days with scribble strips, but I still end up using it on my lighting console and a few other places. [/QUOTE]
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