Ballpoint pens savings

[mklotz]

Did you know that you can often get a ballpoint pen to work again by scribbling on rubber? Only 1 out of 11 salvaged was discarded.

Gently heating the tip often works as well.

Of course, once you get it working, you still have a writing tool only marginally better than an engraving chisel. The ultimate writing tool is still the fountain pen although the Pilot G2 gel pen is more practical and a good contender in performance.

Can you tell that I grew up in an era when people still wrote letters by hand?