The Perfect Pen for Marking Your Bible
Well, really, there is no such thing as the perfect pen for marking key word symbols in your Bible. I have found that all tend to bleed through to at least some extent. I have tried many brands over the years, but Sarasa Gel Pens have endured as my favorites. A close second are Pilot G-2 Pens. Between these two brands, I seem to be able to have a pretty complete color palette. Of course, I also use colored pencils to fill in many symbols. I know some people who use Crayola Twistables. However, you can never get a truly sharp point on them so this is a disadvantage to me. I’d save these for the coloring books.
Alas, all good things must come to an end and so ends the truly awesome Millipen. It is indeed missed in the world of fine writing and marking instruments. With the finest of fine tips, the loveliest of colors, and the least bleed-through ever, it was a true gem of a pen in every sense of the word. Oh well, life must go on.
So choose your instrument, open your Bible, begin reading, and start marking those key words!
Love the pic!
Yes, Misti, it is amazing what you can do at 3 AM with a good camera, two pieces of poster board, and a talented son!
Found this looking for a Pilot bible pen I read about on a fountain pen site… anyway, if you are looking for some good, colorful fine-tip pens, you should check out Jetpens.com. They have a lot of ones smaller than .4 – even a .18. My fav is the Slicci .25, though I haven’t used that for my bible (I use pencils – but they even have .3 pencils!) so I don’t know about bleed through, but I would imagine some of them would be okay at the very least just because of their small points.
Gels pens huh? What is the bleed through ratio on these? I take it you are more making a symbol in the margin then doing heavy underlining and note taking. Interesting blurb I liked it.