PILOTMetallic Permanent Paint Markers, Silver, Extra Fine Point, Single Pen (41600)

Item arrived on time and in great condition.

I'm a photographer, and I use this pen for signing prints. Occasionally I also use it for putting an identifying dot of silver on items that I don't want to mix up with someone else's.The pen is the type that holds a cylinder of oil-based liquid silver paint with a metal mixer-bead inside. Shake it, then use it. Holding the barrel and pressing down on the writing surface depresses the tip into the pen, and causes the ink to flow fast. Way too fast, in fact.Once the pen has been started the first time after unpackaging it, it becomes a leaky fountain of smearing, hand staining, floor dripping liquid silver. The instructions say to return it to the original package and store it with the tip up. Don't ignore that advise. If you use it very slowly and deliberately, it will get the job done. Rush through a job at your peril.After storing it (in the package, tip up of course) for a few days, I find that sometimes it has a lot of clear oil at the tip, but not much silver. The best way to write perfectly right away, is to fetch a bit of paper towel, turn the pen right-side-up (tip down as if you were writing) and VERY GENTLY dab it on the towel. Don't depress the tip again - it probably doesn't need it. You'll see clear oil spots soak into the towel for the first few dabs, then it will start putting silver down. Now it's ready to write.I like how writing from this pen looks, and I continue to buy them because they do what I need. I really wish they weren't so finicky, but I haven't found a better solution.

I liked the item, sheerness and value for money.

I've used quite a few metallic markers over the years, as I'm an avid paper craft enthusiast. What I like about this pen is the rounded tip. I use them for edging card layers, ATC edges, and I find that by simply placing the pen on the edge of the paper on my table and pulling it down, I can get the perfect edge, as thick or thin as I want, without the fear of running the pen across the front of my papers. That, in and of itself, is an excellent reason to purchase this pen. But I was forced to set aside my craft projects for a few years, and my metallic markers sat, unused for almost 2 years. When I went back to them, I found that the Krylon pens had either dried out or changed colors (gold because ugly non-metallic green, copper became non-metallic brown, ect) while my Pilot pens were just as beautifully golden and silver, and just as juicy, as the day I opened them. I strongly recommend these pens to anyone that enjoys paper crafts and has need for a bright, metallic marker. They are my "go to" marker of choice.

I work with colored glass making fused glass pieces. I make a pattern for the glass piece I'm working on. I then trace this pattern onto the glass in order to cut out the pieces correctly. These Pilot gold pens are the only thing I've found that does not wash off the glass when cutting or grinding. I've been using these pens for over 30 years. I highly recommend these markers to crafters and others that need a great reliable thin line marker.

These are great markers but what I didn't notice til too late was that I was sent medium point instead of fine tip markers--not what I wanted. I really like these but wanted the fine tip ones.

We bought these to write on black canvas, and they are GREAT. When I opened the pen, I was concerned that they were too large for what we needed (signatures). Found out the tip is just fine, if the signatures are a decent size (not fine print). Though I bought six to make sure we didn't run out of ink, just one did the job for 24 wedding attendants to sign their names. No splotching, smooth writing. Every two or three signatures, I depress the ink feeder onto a scratch piece of paper to make sure the ink flows. It releases a LOT of ink/paint so not the best to do it on the project you're working on unless you want large golden dots! Would buy them over and over.

QUALITY! Performs as advertised. Always keep one of these around. Last a good long time. Will buy again!

Just what I wanted.

excellent...bought two!

Great

Great pen for craft, I used it to touch up some paint on my dashboard where there was a scratch, can hardly see it now! Also good for alloy wheels!

It works 'fine'.