And you can refill those Pigma, Micron, and other little black markers. I made a video on how to do it. My twenty year old technical pen gave up the ghost and the new one I bought only worked well for about two years so I had to figure out how to refill the little black markers. It wasn't hard. But put tech pens on the list of art supplies they don't make well anymore.
+Art by Osborn I'm not a huge fan of the Koh-I-Noor, but it's still getting the job done. I rather prefer the completely dead line of a tech pen, versus the slightly flexible tip of a pigma. If you might be interested in new tech pens, Rotring introduced a new line called Isograph a few years ago. They're refillable. I haven't tried them, but my main drafting pencil is a Rotring, and I was impressed by it's construction and how comfortable it is. Here's a link: www.rotring.com/us/technical-pens/50-isograph-pen-4006856151008.html
I haven't seen those Rotring ones since the early 90s! I thought they stopped making them but since you say they're new they must have started again. I use to use them but they wore out and Rotring replaced the line with, not very good, disposable tech pens that used cartridges. That's when I switched back to Koh-I-Noor. I'll have to check them out.
And you can refill those Pigma, Micron, and other little black markers. I made a video on how to do it. My twenty year old technical pen gave up the ghost and the new one I bought only worked well for about two years so I had to figure out how to refill the little black markers. It wasn't hard. But put tech pens on the list of art supplies they don't make well anymore.
+Art by Osborn I'm not a huge fan of the Koh-I-Noor, but it's still getting the job done. I rather prefer the completely dead line of a tech pen, versus the slightly flexible tip of a pigma. If you might be interested in new tech pens, Rotring introduced a new line called Isograph a few years ago. They're refillable. I haven't tried them, but my main drafting pencil is a Rotring, and I was impressed by it's construction and how comfortable it is.
Here's a link:
www.rotring.com/us/technical-pens/50-isograph-pen-4006856151008.html
I haven't seen those Rotring ones since the early 90s! I thought they stopped making them but since you say they're new they must have started again. I use to use them but they wore out and Rotring replaced the line with, not very good, disposable tech pens that used cartridges. That's when I switched back to Koh-I-Noor. I'll have to check them out.