pen 85: inc clipclick

yet another gem from the dollar store, these pens, the inc clipclick comes in a package of eight pens making them a whopping twelve-and-a-half cents a pen. i wasn't able to find an official web page for this pen so i decided to post the retailer instead.

the pen that this reminds me of the most is the pentel-bk420 - pen #30 - in that it suffers the same basic design flaw with the retraction device. anyone with large hands run into the problem that the clip is triggered while writing and drawing and this makes for an extremely  annoying constant pain in the neck. at first i thought that this would be a universal problem but after having several friends try this pen out, it seems that the women especially do not seem to have this problem. ultimately i solved this flaw in the same way i did for the bk420, i simply snapped the clip off of the pen.

aside from the clip the clipclick is a solid pen, it flows well, but has a good bite, it doesn't skip or stutter, i does not have the problem of ink buildup on the tip of the pen and the ink dries fairly quickly and has a good range of value between of gray to black depending on pressure, and building up with techniques like hatching, crosshatching, or just building up layers of in over multiple passes. - it is a very clean pen. the clipclick does sport a rubberized comfort grip that makes drawing with this pen slightly more comfortable.
all said and done this pen is inexpensive, solid construction, and qualities involving things like overall performance aspects of the click clip, i would say there are better pens out there, no doubt, but these pens are dirt cheap and perform as well as many of their analogues made by other companies. and is these happen to walk away from your desk, you're really only out a few pennies.

i would say that, if you have the chance to try them out go for it, it's a dollar.

(edit: since the whole point of this project was to illustrate what these pens can do with out doing photoshop magic. that said, if you would like to see what this became you can see it here)

website:
dollar tree

what they say:
Rubberized textured comfort grip design keeps the pen from slipping from or tiring your hand. Smooth, bold ink flow allows the pen to move with ease and consistency. Great item for offices, schools, and resale. Case includes 36 – 8-ct. packs of Inc.® Clipclick™ black ball-point (1.0mm) pens.

the pen that this reminds me of the most is the pentel-bk420 - pen #30 - in that it suffers the same basic design flaw with the retraction device. anyone with large hands run into the problem that the clip is triggered while writing and drawing and this makes for an extremely  annoying constant pain in the neck. at first i thought that this would be a universal problem but after having several friends try this pen out, it seems that the women especially do not seem to have this problem. ultimately i solved this flaw in the same way i did for the bk420, i simply snapped the clip off of the pen.

aside from the clip the clipclick is a solid pen, it flows well, but has a good bite, it doesn't skip or stutter, i does not have the problem of ink buildup on the tip of the pen and the ink dries fairly quickly and has a good range of value between of gray to black depending on pressure, and building up with techniques like hatching, crosshatching, or just building up layers of in over multiple passes. - it is a very clean pen. the clipclick does sport a rubberized comfort grip that makes drawing with this pen slightly more comfortable.
all said and done this pen is inexpensive, solid construction, and qualities involving things like overall performance aspects of the click clip, i would say there are better pens out there, no doubt, but these pens are dirt cheap and perform as well as many of their analogues made by other companies. and is these happen to walk away from your desk, you're really only out a few pennies.

i would say that, if you have the chance to try them out go for it, it's a dollar.


website:
dollar tree

what they say:
Rubberized textured comfort grip design keeps the pen from slipping from or tiring your hand. Smooth, bold ink flow allows the pen to move with ease and consistency. Great item for offices, schools, and resale. Case includes 36 – 8-ct. packs of Inc.® Clipclick™ black ball-point (1.0mm) pens.