The Rotring Altro tubular nib is an incredibly cool pen from the classic Rotring era (late 1980s and early 1990s). It’s basically a consumer version of a Rotring technical pen (aka drafting pen), like the Isograph. This Altro line is a plastic version of the high-end Rotring 900 series. It was sold as a ballpoint, mechanical pencil, fountain pen, and tubular nib pen.
The Rotring Jazz is a fantastic retractable rollerball pen from Rotring’s classic era, when the company was at (or at least near) the top of its game. It uses a full-sized rollerball refill, sometimes known as a long capless refill, which is less common today than shorter, less expensive refills. The most notable features of the Rotring Jazz are:
The Rotring 800 is the flagship mechanical pencil in Rotring’s 300/500/600/800 line. It’s the line’s only retractable pencil and the only one to use gold-colored components, which were originally found in the pencil’s predecessor, the highly sought after Rotring 600G.
The Rotring 600 is a legendary pen and mechanical pencil that has been around since the late 1980s. It’s changed over the years but it remains one of the best drafting pencils sold today, as well as one of the most iconic writing devices ever sold.
The Rotring 500 is a mechanical pencil that sits between the Rotring 300 and Rotring 600 in the company’s lineup.
The Rotring 300 is an entry-level mechanical pencil. It often sells for under $10 and closely resembles the design — but not the build quality — of the iconic Rotring 600. The
The Rotring Quattro Executive is one of the best looking, if not the best looking, multi-pen of all time. Rotring began making multi-pens in 1988 but released the Quattro Executive around 2000. It is sometimes called the Rotring Quattro Executive Stylus because the fourth component in the multi-pen selection is a stylus designed for use with resistive screens. More recent versions of the pen are sold with black and red Ballpoint pens, a 0.5 mechanical pencil, and and orange highlighter.
The Rotring 600 fountain pen is one of the original series of Rotring 600 pens released in 1989. The fountain pen was sold alongside a Rotring 600 rollerball, ballpoint, and mechanical pencil.
Continue reading “Rotring 600 Fountain Pen”The Newton Trio was the multi-pen design sold in the Rotring Newton family. It’s often confused with the Rotring 600 Trio, which is a similar but not exactly the same pen.
The Rotring 600 rollerball is one of the original Rotring 600 series released in 1989.
The pen is a capped rollerball. The body is made of coated brass with a distinctive hexagonal shape. It was sold in silver and black colors, both with matching trim.
The Rotring 600 rollerball was not sold with gold trim, though it is sometimes confused with the Rotring Newton rollerball, which was solid with gold or matching trim.