Scripto Erasable Pen Review
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- Here's a pen that I haven't seen in a number of years. This was included in a bundle of pencils that I picked up at a sale recently. This Scripto Erasable pen has black ink, a medium point, and was made in Mexico. I wasn't sure if it would still write, or if the ink would still erase, but I gave it a try. #asmr #ballpoint #ballpoint #penreview #analog
I find Scripto pencils all the time, and I love them. I see from this review why I've never seen one of these pens in the wild. What a disappointment!
Hi MAMO - I honestly don't come across many Scripto pencils, and I think this is the first pen that I've found. I know I didn't use them years ago when they were available - these would have only driven me deeper into the arms of the Bic Cristal! Thanks!
Hi, Kevin! I remember these pens! Really I remember using the PaperMate Erasermate pen. As I recall, it wasn't a great erasable pen. Nowadays I use the Pilot Frixion pen, especially when writing in my planner. The technology has greatly improved over the years. I was fascinated to learn that the first successful erasable pen was made in the 1930's by Pelikan, a German company. Thanks for the video, Kevin. You sparked a fun learning experience, for sure!
Hi Nancy - thanks for letting me know about the early erasable pen! I had no idea it went back that far. The Frixion pens are pretty amazing, although they use a different type of technology and someone told me that if you put the paper in the freezer the ink will reappear. Not sure if that's true, but the ink seems to magically disappear from the page. Thanks!
Oh god, this pen is awful. Clear case of trying to do two diametrically opposite jobs and failing at both.
Pencil graphite erases because the pigment is deposited on top of the paper. It doesn't combine on the molecular level with the cellulose like pen ink, which infiltrates the fibers and attaches to them on such a scale that you can't detach them through mechanical means. It HAS to be a chemical solution.
Even then, what's the point? Pens are used for permanence already, going against that principle invalidates their very nature.
Don't try to re-invent the wheel, stationery brands. That money and effort is much better spent elsewhere.
Hi DFT - you are completely right. This pen fails at every level. An erasable pen is an oxymoron to me - the pen should be permanent, otherwise use a pencil. Thanks!
I remember those old Scripto transluscent stick pens with the metal clip. If I remember correctly, the hexagonal barrel and ink tube was one piece with a hole at the top. They were horrible writers.
Thanks, lincmerc. I don't recall using Scripto pens years ago so I don't have a reference point, but this pen was terrible.
Those erasable pens did a number on lefties. The smudging was awful.
Hi Joe - I'll bet it was. It wrote poorly for right handed writers so I can imagine how bad it was for lefties. Thanks!
I don't know that much about calligraphy... but I wanted to ask, what type of calligraphy were you taught? Palmer or zaner bloser?
Hi Rafeal - My handwriting is very much from the teaching of my second and third grade teachers. We didn't use a book to learn writing, but we practiced over and over again until we could write to the teacher's satisfaction. Thanks!
@@AlwaysAnalog curious 😯 that it was such a modern teaching, because your calligraphy is really very rhythmic!
If I wrote like that I would be filling notebooks all day with even single, meaningless words.
Soul, pony, meatball, rocket, plant… 😬
I never heard of this brand but when I used erasermate pens in school many years ago they wrote and erased just fine. Apparently erasable ballpoint pens have gone down in quality since then like most other things made today. Too bad.
To answer your question, in my day certain teachers wouldn't allow pencils but for people like me, I hated not being able to erase - white out was too messy and cumbersome to carry - so I used erasermate pens.
Hi ilurvemv - I was in school before these erasable pens were available and had they been available, I can see many of my teachers not allowing them. The Pilot Frixxion ones seem to work the best from those I've tried. Thanks!
@@AlwaysAnalog my teachers allowed pens, just not pencils (went to school in Kansas and after elementary schools all work except math had to be done in pen). But I was a messy writer without being able to erase which is why I bought these pens (back then they were the only ones I knew of that could be erased). Never tried the Frixion but they are very lauded on the pens Reddit I frequent.
Great video. Gosh, I remember having to use the Papermate erasable pens in middle school because my teachers included them in our mandated school supply lists. I abhorred them. I'm not sure what the Papermate erasable pens kick-started first: my love for pencils or my preference for Bic over Papermate.
Hi Anthropod - those Erasermate pens are also terrible writers - I can see whey they encouraged your love for pencils! Thanks!
This is so interesting. I live in the Philippines and the erasable pen that’s famous here is the Pilot Frixion pens. I thought Pilot Frixion was the first erasable pen until this video. The ink in the Frixions are smoother as they are more akin to Gel Pens than oil based ball points. The way it works is that heat makes the ink translucent. So when you rub it enough, the heat wall “erase” the ink. It doesn’t really erase the ink because when you cool it back like put your writing in the refrigerator, the ink comes back. As a kid, my mind was blown by this technology, and this was used in essay-type exams when teachers prohibited pencils and erasures.
Hi Ronciego - I have tried a Frixion pen (I think I reviewed it here) and it is a fascinating technology. These other erasable pens use a formulation of ink that is supposed to be erasable but isn't really, and in turn do a bad job writing. Thanks!