148742 Graf von Faber-Castell Common Refill for Ballpoint Pens, Black B (Bold)

It's Faber-Castell so of course it's going to be great! I've used Faber-Castell for years and they've never failed produce a quality writing instrument of any kind. Writes the first time every time, nice pigment, and it glides across the paper beautifully. They also last a very long time, and I do a lot of writing. I'm never without my Faber-Castell pen and refill. You can't go wrong.

I have a pearwood ballpoint by Faber-Castell. I call it the rocket because it looks like a little rocket. It ran outta ink and was easy to find this replacement by asking Amazon for this product. Putting in the barrel was super easy and now I can write again.

I like how smoothly the ink cartridge writes. My only issue, "like most cartridges," is that when you first start writing with it and then stop and, after a few hours, start writing again, there is a small pause in the ink flow. After that pause, the ink flows smoothly. This is typical of these types of pens. These pens are designed to seal the roller ball to prevent the ink in the cartridge from drying out. Some pens have a sold cap the writer puts over the end of the pens to avoid this. Pens with clickers don't use the cap method. Some have complained about dry roller balls. This issue is not a defect, it was designed to work this way. Some pens have caps and these caps have vent holes that perform the same duties as clicker pens.

Excellent!

I highly recommend this refill. It writes smoothly and the color is perfect. I’m going to order more.

Cute cut and style BUT materials is stiff and needed two heavy duty washes to remove access color. Even then - it irritates the skin on my legs because of all the chemicals. Returning it because of the fabric.

Faber-Castell refill will not disappoint. The quality of the ink and smoothness of the writing experience makes it a must-have for anyone who does a large volume of writing.

The ink in several of the blue-medium ballpoint refills I bought in February 2018 (less than nine months ago) stopped flowing way too soon. The third to last one in the box quit just a few hours after I used it to replace one that stopped writing surprisingly quickly. I have not done a scientific test, but it seems that the refills in this particular batch have had progressively shorter lives. Perhaps they were already old when Amazon shipped them to me? The previous batch of Faber-Castell blue-medium ballpoint refills I bought, roughly a year before, proved to be about 50% defective, and several of them leaked into my shirt pocket. I thought at the time that I would try just one more package of refills before abandoning my favorite pen. The batch I bought in February has been a disappointment . No cartridges have leaked this time, but too many of them have quit prematurely.