Sakura Gelly Roll Gel Pens, Medium Point, 0.4 mm Line, Assorted - 10 Pack

Sakura's Gelly Roll gel pens are my favorite, hands down! (or thumbs up!) I bought my first two sets at a craft store when the black paper craze was still going strong. I had lots of paper, no pens! I shelled out a bit more than I really wanted to for two sets of 10 pens. Turns out they were 'repackaged' mix and match, though all of them worked. However, I fell in love! THIS set is perfect! This CLASSIC collection of 10 medium point pens, including basic colors and some fun extras, writes to perfection! I frequently use other Gelly Roll pens (such as Moonlight and Metallic), but I don't like to buy when they're much over $1 a pen (might have to raise that a little...) so when these went on sale from one of my favorite sellers, TCP Global corp, I jumped! This set isn't specialized like the metallic or glittery pens, or flourescent/glow in the dark like the Moonlight pens (I don't use them for that feature, they are simply great opaque gelly pens with good coverage and look like paint when you're done!). Classic is exactly what they are. They're not made to write on dark paper, they don't puff up or glaze or swirl, they're just great pens. I also use Sakura's Pigma Micron pens, though I haven't been working with them for long. I wanted some ink that came close to that standard without costing quite as much per pen. I'm coloring in tiny areas in patterns from a coloring book called "Zendoodles" (amazon purchase), and was upset when all the ink in my red #01 pigma micron ran out! So I decided that perhaps the gelly roll pens, except for tiniest places, would work just as well, or better, for filling in color. They do, and dry almost as quickly as the Pigma Micron pens, though they don't come in different widths of line or tip. (Classic gelly roll tip is 0.8mm, the line is 0.4mm, classified as 'medium' by Sakura). In any case, I can now save my extra special pens for lines and tiny areas, and use these for other filling-in needs. They also make great diary pens-they'll write on almost any type or quality of paper, and once dry, are colorfast, acid free, etc. Archival quality, in other words! So if you want some basic-but never plain-gel pens for multi-purpose use, these are the ones to get! No color repeats, and the black, blue and green pens are advertised as being good for writing checks (fraud prevention) though I've never used them for that purpose. Sakura's pens are made in Japan, though the company is called 'Sakura of America' here in the States. The Japanese and Germans have a tie on technically precise, quality pens, in my opinion. If I find true American made pens, I'll compare and see how they stand up, but right now they're all (as far as I've seen) "made in China" and that won't do for my art work! Five stars and lots of brilliant color!

This pen is a nice deep black that I use in art painting projects.

Love how the ink flows!

Love these!!!!!!!! The classic pack is best when journaling or coloring in your Bible. Just don’t press too hard or it may bleed through.

I have tried other gel pens and these are the best quality.

These Sakura Gelly Roll pens are good. Very smooth writing, fun to use, and the colors are accurate. Sometimes they can be a bit "clumpy" and itsn't the quickest drying. All in all not a bad pen.

Smooth writing/drawing pens for doodling, drawing, etc.

BUY AGAIN

Colores muy bonitos

These are great pens the first gel pens of the world still work great the pack was awesome all the colours worked properly but there was NO PINK...I hate it instead the gave me a white one so all is good but I wanted the pink you can surely use them in you school work if you want but let me tell you that these are not WATERPROOF THESE WILL SMUDGE if you are a lefty this might trouble you but the flow will be consistent and they do bleed a little bit through paper but they won't bleed through classmate notebooks..

Arrived promptly, thank you

Great quality pens and writes smoothly!

Me encantaron, son muy útiles y bonitos. Son útiles para dibujos a mano alzada y trabajar con papel de color oscuro. Tienen mucha tinta y son versátiles. Llegaron a tiempo y en perfecto estado.