Frosty ballpen by Caran D’ache
Saturday, October 29, 2011 1:21:45 AM
Why would anyone use a ballpen given a better than average selection of excellent fountain pens? To start, sometimes a fountain pen will run out of ink. Secondly a fountain pen does not so well sign those slippery debit card bills that I get from my favorite coffee shop. Another reason involves someone at school who may require a pen to borrow, in which case a ballpen is in order. A ballpen does not get easily wrecked, and the price of a good one like my Caran Dache frosty ballpen, after postage together with a silky, smooth, softroll refill will challenge that of a Noodler’s resin fountain pen at about sixteen dollars U.S.
Caran Dache is known at the maison d’haute Ecriture. In other words, they offer a selection of hand crafted fountain pens. The Swiss manufacturer shows its attention to design with the frosty that exudes from those with comparatively sky high prices. For me the clincher that indicates the Caran Dache ballpen is that the handy, frosty ballpen will use a standard Parker styled refill for ink.
There are downsides of the frosty. The trim proclaims the brand of Caran Dache and its loose clip feels substandard compared the metal ones of Noodlers or Pelikan pens. Finally, for a subdued color in the frosty line, a guy will look mainly at the dark gray, plastic frosty which one friend described as “homely.” though the frosty pen from Caran Dache comes in ladies’ consumer colors such as yellow, red, purple and gray.
The frosty’s mechanism is a push button affair that operates with a smoothness and efficiency bringing to my mind the switch gear of a German automobile. The diameter, weight and balance of the frosty, which are nearly equivalent to a now discontinued Pelikan epoch ballpen at a fraction of that German pen’s price, make it an excellent & low cost, dedicated writer.
Detail of decoration and logo with clip

