Though Europe gets the awesome orange barrels, in the States we’re “stuck” with what to me is the "classic" Bic Cristal, featuring a clear plastic hexagonal barrel and a plastic cap that matches the ink color. I also have a fondness for the basic Bic Cristal, since for me it was also a pen that I grew up with.

Bic ballpoints don't get a lot of love from most stationery bloggers, so it was great to see this review! Our range of cleaning and hygiene supplies feature everything that is essential for catering and cleaning. million USD at 2009 exchange rate) to fake copies, forcing them to negotiate cheaper licensing from Bic.

The Cristal's design has become a target for counterfeiters, especially from the Far East and in particular from China. A week or so ago, I bought a pack of Bic Cristal pens in all different colors, and part of the reason these caught my eye was that they were 1. mm nib - it's the Bic cristal "soft" these come in the usual 4 colours and come in a transparent blue casing. In 2014 Bic released a new writing instrument based on the Cristal, a modified pen with a rubber tip opposite the ballpoint.

We've been using man pens all these years," and comedian Bridget Christie titling her 2013 Edinburgh festival show A Bic For Her. Its hexagonal shape resembles the typical wooden pencil and grants strength and three grip points giving high writing stability. The oil-based ink in really cheap ballpoints can also blob and smear all over the page (or in your pocket), making a serious mess. It has become the archetypal ballpoint pen and is considered ubiquitous, [1] to the extent that the Museum of Modern Art has made it a permanent part of its collection.

The product provoked outrage and ridicule, [15] with television show host Ellen DeGeneres saying "Can you believe this? These pens have a white barrel and, depending on what color the ink reservoir contains, a small area of the pen barrel and cap with the corresponding ink color.

The difference, however, is immediately apparent and satisfies very well the purpose for which I use these wide ballpoints which is to provide the boldness of a gel or rollerball while still retaining all the qualities and advantages of a ballpoint such as not running or disappearing when wet and fast drying.I have experienced some "globbing" of ink at the tip at times but it is usually when I am quickly writing or something like that and thats when I notice smudging. Here's my verdict after writing with them for several days: I don't know if it's the ink in the pens (just typical Bic ballpoint ink, as far as I can tell -- someone correct me if I'm wrong), or the 1. This was a little bit of a turn-off due to my past experience with this size nib, but I really liked some of the colors in the pack, so I thought they were worth taking a chance.

The BIC Cristal (stylised as BiC Cristal and also known as the Bic pen) is an inexpensive, disposable ballpoint pen mass-produced and sold by Société Bic of Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine, France. mm to be worse, if anything, in that respect simply because a greater volume of ink is being laid down. That is not something I associate with Bic pens -- and it's certainly something associated more with gel pens than with regular ballpoint ink -- but I suppose it's necessary for keeping the ink from drying out on such a broad point.medium point will probably give you the smoothest writing experience, and is generally my recommended starting point. There are minor blobs once in a while but they don't seem to mar the overall look to any great extent, maybe because the line itself is just so wide that the blob is not that much larger than the line it's a part of, as a percentage. Sure, you'll probably lose the pen, give it away, or the plastic barrel may crack long before you use up the ink, but like the most basic woodcase pencils, sometimes you just want to get some work done with a reliable tool that presents the least amount of distraction. Though ballpoint ink is never going to be as dark as gel, liquid rollerball, or most other types of ink, Bic's formulation is among the best.