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Gear$$$Cheap: Roughly under $50, or under $15/month.Pentel

Pentel Pocket Brush Pen

Refillable brush pen with real bristles, made for drawing and lettering

Bristles rather than a felt nib, so the line runs from hairline to thick depending on how hard you press. Cartoonists and letterers ink with it; some people write with it because the varying line looks handmade. Cartridges refill, and it will take bottled fountain pen ink instead. Fits a shirt pocket and needs no water jar.

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  • Austin KleonDoes it

    Writer and artist · Steal Like an Artist

    Draws and writes in his diary with these every day, and calls them easy, elegant and long-lasting. He fills them with Lamy fountain pen ink instead of the standard cartridges, on the grounds that it is fluid and does not clog them.

    Source: AustinKleon.com: Studio gear

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