I have an addiction to these Uni-Ball One gel pens. I bought a few in these delicious pastel colors a few months ago. Some of the colors were a bit light for the 0.38mm sized tips so I ordered the colors in 0.5mm as well as a couple others… because!
Here’s what I got:
- Uni-ball One Gel Pen Hannari Limited Edition 3-Color Set (0.5 mm, $6 for set)
- Uni-ball One Gel Pen Miyabi Limited Edition 3-Color Set (0.5 mm, $6 for set)
- Uni-ball One Gel Pen in Ganache (0.38 mm, $1.90)
- Uni-ball One Gel Pen Limited Edition Picnic Color in Film Camera (0.5 mm, $1.90)
All the pens feature the wide, simple white barrel with just a hint of the color on the ring around the knock mechanism. If I peel the stickers off, I’ll never remember the color names so the ugly stickers will remain and the sets will stay in their boxes.
There’s a little silicone in matching white on the grip section to make them comfortable to hold but a total cat hair magnet — always the BLACK cat hairs. So be warned.
The two 3-color sets come in cute little wrap boxes with classic textile patterns on the packaging like the wraps details of a kimono.
So I got two sizes of Film Camer and Mamedaifuku because I love a grey marker or pen. The Film Camera color, which is a cool grey works well at both point sizes but the Mamedaifuku color is a little light, even in the 0.5mm size.
Of the colors, a few were too light, even with 0.5mm tip sizes. But I like the Bellflower Iro, Loquat Fruit Iro, Sakura Monaka Iro and Film Camera. I wanted to love the Sweet Chestnut Iro but its a little light for most uses. Maybe the lighter colors can be used for details and underlining but writing is challenging.
Overall, I love that Uni-Ball tries non-standard colors even if sometimes they are not very useful. I’ll probably continue to collect whatever whack-a-doodle colors they release because I like the variety.
Are you addicted to a particular gel pen? Which ones?
Tools:
- Paper: Odyssey Notebooks A5 Grid 68gsm Tomoe River and Ink Swatching Guidesheets
- Pens: Uni-Ball One Gel Pens (starting at $1.90)
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