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Alan Bickley

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Has anyone tried these? I’ve just started using them and I’m well impressed! Why am I?… for a start, the points are very hard, perfect for Lew if my memory serves me right! The nib part is particularly hard, I’ve turned out 10 largish sketchbook drawings this week, A4 size in my Stillman & Birn Beta sketchbook. They seem almost indestructible, and my single 0.2mm pen is still going strong, although in fairness, I’m not particularly heavy handed when I’m drawing… at least I don’t think so… If you’re after a new drawing pen, I’m recommending this latest Rotring pen, I’ve bought just the 0.2mm point, which is perfect for my style of loose drawing! Some may call it scribbling… I do, but it’s fun all the same!

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Lewis Cooper

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That sounds very interesting.  I am heavy handed in the use of pens, so these should help.  I've ordered one to see how I get on.  Thanks for the info, Alan.

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I do use fineliner on occasions, I quite like them. I don't think I have this brand. Good to know about when I next renew. Lovely drawing Alan, super colours.

Alan Bickley

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You’ll love it Lew, I can guarantee it… I do remember you saying you were heavy handed, which is why your name came to mind… I’ve previously been using the Edding 1800 range, great pens also, but this one seems to have the edge! Thanks Denise, do give them a try sometime… I’ve been busy working on a feature for TA on the importance and benefits of keeping a sketchbook. This sketchbook scribble is in one of my numerous Stillman & Birn sketchbooks, this is the Beta series and contains a relatively smooth, matte and almost card thickness paper. Highly recommended. I’ve used the Rotring Ticky and a Tombow pen plus a few watercolours in this loose drawing..

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Andrew Roles

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Good recommendations always welcome. I used the Rotring pens back in the 70's to do my University course work, but they were always either blocked or leaking, so a non refillable version would be most welcome. I will order one to try. Thanks 👍 Arrived yesterday. £4.59 on Amazon. Good smooth ink flow even on watercolour paper. 

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Lewis Cooper

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I bought two of these...0.3 and 0.5.  Generally I work with an 0.5 in fineliner pens, but also prefer a smaller size for some parts of the drawing...usually 0.3 or 0.2.  I'm fine with sizes 0.5 and upwards, the smaller sizes don't have a long life because, as I've said earlier, I'm a bit heavy-handed with pens.  (Too old to change now).  I like these Tikky pens after a quick scribble with them.  The odd thing was I couldn't tell the difference between the sizes.  The sketches below were done with both sizes, and I now can't say which is which.  So for me, with these pens, 0.3 is the new 0.5 size.  Not that it matters.  I don't normally show these very hurried scribbles, I'm showing this to highlight that the pens seem the same to me...perhaps it's just my handling of them. I see that Rotring do an 0.1 in the Tikky range.  I'll try one of those.  With the fineliner's I've used I've given up on the 0.1 size.  If these pens were sentient, every time I picked up an 0.1 fineliner, the pen would think 'I'm doomed!'  So we'll see what happens with the Rotring 0.1.  I'll let you know what happens.

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Hmm… how strange is that Lew! I’ve only used the 0.2 size which is perfect for my style of drawing, so I can’t comment! But… hopefully they’ll serve you well without the tips breaking…
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Lewis , I can destroy a Unipin 0.1 fineliner in a couple of weeks. I use them over the top of watercolour paint and it seems to grind the 0.1 down quite quickly. I'll see how I get on with the Tikky. 
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Lewis Cooper

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Glad I'm not alone Andrew.  I should have paid more attention to Alan's intro, where he said he used an 0.2.  I'll get a tikky 0.1, the 0.3 and 0.5 I have are still an excellent buy,  so no problems.