Pen Enthusiasts?

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Just wondering if there is anyone around who loves pens? I especially like clicker and bolt-action pens, machined out of various metals like zirconium, titanium, or copper. They are my fidget objects of choice, both for the clicking and the tactile feeling of the metals. I also really like Tactile Turn's pens for their texture. (Warning: If you're bothered by the texture of lenticular lenses, then stay away from those pens!)

If I'm writing, its hard to beat a fountain pen with a well tuned gold nib. My handwriting is atrocious, but I love how smooth they glide on the paper. A nice roller-ball cartridge, however, makes a decent second place - plus it's way more convenient.

I collect them all the time. I love to write. If money wasn't problem, my dream job would be travel writer.

I collect older fountain pens when I can find them at estate sales. There is probably 150 or so of them in my collection. One does have an iridium nib, which is fairly rare. My favorite fountain pen to use in signing documents is an Montblanc Meisterstuck.

I also love pens. I have tons of gel pens.

I was an early enthusiast of crow-quill pens, because they were fine and affordable. I had one fountain pen. I once got in trouble for calling artwork "pen and ink" because I'd used a ballpoint. Eventually, I acquired an almost-complete set of drafting pens, which are now completely crusted and dusty.
I like a BIC 4-colour pen for mechanical sketching, as it is easy to separate parts by colour, and there's nostalgia in the Letraset tool on top. My other current faves are a wonderful calligraphy pen with some sort of hard-wearing but felt-like tips, with a different size on each end, and caps that fit each other, and a gold-paint pen for highlighting the calligraphy for a full 3-D effect.

I enjoy pens and they've always been a great comfort stim for me.

That being said, as far as passion goes, I've never really been more than a moderate affectionado. A good pen feels nice but they don't really have that big of an effect on my life...

...except when being forced to use horrid or dried out pens that can barely do the one simple job they're supposed to do. I'm always amazed that so many people just can't wrap their brains around the idea of throwing away unusable pens and buying any of the innumerable inexpensive but not-shit pens.

Oooh, I've been wanting to get into pens for a while now. Personally, I'm more of a Sharpie fan because of how satisfying it is to write with a new one, but I have plenty of sparkly pens from the dollar store that impress people. I also have a few super smooth colored ones, that I absolutely LOVE. I have wanted a fountain pen for a while now, but I did try one out and it was super frustrating to write with, but I can see how cool it would be if you got good at it.
I love office supplies in general. I am amazed every year when I go to pick out school supplies, and my mom doesn't seem to care at all and rushes me to pick out pens. I feel like I could stay in that aisle all day. It's so amazing. I don't know why my mom doesn't share the joy of pens. Not relatable.

Try heavy, thin and short pens. Those are kind of interest. Heavier, thinner pens with a variety of textures and feelings are like super-stims for me. They don't tend to be very visually stimulating, though. Thankfully I'm not to visually focused on such things.

Mechanical pencils with thicker, softer lead are also pretty good. Feels a lot smoother to write with. Less pressure needed and the writing looks a lot better.

I like pens but i wouldn't say i'ma fanatic.

I like pens and pencils.
It also extends to other mediums.

Stayed myself a bit away from various categories of markers or anything that will moderately ghosts anything less thick than a typical 85gsm bond paper.

Mostly because I don't usually have the appropriate mediums to use it often.
It'll be a waste for me to get some, let alone collect.

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Not at all a pen enthusiast. Whenever I write with a pen, I often get ink on my pinkie finger
and getting the ink off is so annoying!