The Rotring Giant is a traditional ballpoint pen refill in a standard Parker-style G2 size.
Rotring Giant Ballpoint Pen Refill
Caran d’Ache 849 Ballpoint Pen
The Caran d’Ache 849 is an iconic ballpoint pen that has been made continuously since the 1960s.
Caran d’Ache Goliath Ballpoint Pen Refill
The Caran d’Ache Goliath is an extra large ballpoint pen refill that roughly adheres to the Parker-style G2 standard.
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Twsbi Precision Ballpoint Pen
The Twsbi Precision is an all-metal ballpoint pen that is a competitor to the Rotring 600 and Caran D’Ache 849.
Baron Fig Squire Click Ballpoint Pen
The Baron Fig Squire Click is the cheaper (but not cheap) version of the Squire pen. It’s a small, all-metal ballpoint, where the Squire is a twist rollerball.
Rotring 600 Ballpoint
First released in 1989, the Rotring 600 is an iconic family of writing instruments. The most popular of the set was the ballpoint pen, which was available in a number of variations. The pen was re-released in 2018 as the Rotring 600 ballpoint (a top-button click retractable) and the Rotring 800 ballpoint (twist retractable), though they were both known as the “Rotring 600” when originally sold.
Schneider Gelion 39
The Schneider Gelion 39 is a Parker-style G2 refill that adheres to ISO 27668-2 standards. It uses a gel ink which is not very long lasting but has great color quality and seems to pop right off the page.
BIGiDESIGN Ti Click EDC Pen
The Ti Click from BIGiDESIGN (aka BigiDesign) is a retractable pen machined from grade 5 titanium. Titanium has become a very popular choice for EDC pen bodies because of its high strength and low weight. The Ti Click’s major claim to fame is that it’s compatible with over 100 different refill types. No modifications required.
Parker Urban Ballpoint
The Parker Urban Ballpoint is an executive-style ballpoint in Parker’s Urban collection. The Urban line is a lower mid-level offering aimed at young professionals. The Urban collection also features ballpoints, fountain pens, and rollerballs in several finishes.
Parker Jotter XL Ballpoint Pen
The Parker Jotter XL is an recently released, larger version of the iconic Parker Jotter ballpoint pen. It released in 2018 to address criticisms of the original jotters size.
The Jotter XL is functionally identical to original Parker Jotter… but it’s larger. Both the length and diameter have been increased. Many people criticized the Jotter for being too small and this was Parker’s answer.
Everyman Grafton Mini Pen
The Grafton Mini pen (sometimes called the Grafton Mini Click) is a member of the Grafton line of writing instruments from Everyman. It is simply a shorter, more pocketable version of the flagship Grafton EDC pen.
Everyman Grafton
Everyman’s flagship model is the Grafton Pen. It’s an anodized, 6061 aluminum pen with a deep grooved grip, machine screw attached clip, and an anodized aluminum knock.
Inventery No. 2 Mechanical Pen
Inventery, a boutique maker of pens and pencils, seems to have a definite hit with its Mechanical Pen. Despite the odd name — a misspelling and the use of “mechanical” with a pen instead of a pencil — this pen seems to have earned a number of fans since its release.
Schmidt DSM 2007 Mechanical Pencil Converter
The Schmidt DSM 2007 is a mechanical pencil converter For Parker-style G2 pens. It’s basically the full internals of a mechanical pencil made modular and fit into the space of a Parker-style G2 refill. This self-contained unit sells for under $5 and while it won’t fit every Parker-style pen, it will fit many of them.
The DSM 2007 is a mechanism for professional pen manufacturers, pen resellers, pen turns, and other pros, but it’s affordable enough and easy enough to find that it’s a fun pick-up for hobbyists as well.
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Rotring 900 Ballpoint
The Rotring 900 is family of pens and pencils that was sold in the late 1980s and early 1990s. It was one of Rotring’s flagship pens at the time but it has not received the level of attention or the beloved status of the Rotring 600. The Rotring Altro was a cheaper, plastic version of the 900 but it wasn’t sold in all the same models.
Now, almost 30 years later, this is a cult pen with a small but dedicated following and relatively high prices on the used market.