F-301 Retractable Ballpoint Pen, Stainless Steel Barrel, Bold Point, 1.6mm, Black Ink, 1-Pack

excelente

it doesn't write nicely, the ink is stringy and makes a mess

pen too thin, hard to write thin, poor ink

Bought 2 pens in seperate packaging because I didn't realize there was a 2 pack option. Between both pens, neither worked for more than a single faded dot of ink (as shown in image) Saw something about clogged ballpoint pens getting freed up after dipping the tip in rubbing alcohol, will update review if that changes things. Items were shipped during temps below 50deg F, that also might have something to do with it. Either way, you're playing the lottery when you buy these pens, and unfortunately I lost. A good alternative are Bic Cristal 1.6mm pens. You can get 24 for under $6, they write super smooth. As an update, the ink is clearly dried up. Leaving a lighter under the tip for a few seconds frees up the ink near the tip, but when writing begins to dry out. After about 30 min of use continuously holding a lighter to the tip nothing changed. Fast forward a few weeks, picked up the pen again and it seemed to have fixed itself with time. After writing half a page of notes, the pen died again.

These pens are wonderful. I love writing pens I prefer a broad line pen. And a good one is hard to find but these ones were very nice smooth flowing ink. Nice to hold in the hand. Wonderful.