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One con: Pens dry out! If you're not regularly writing with them, the vast majority of pens (minus the Platinum ones) will dry out.

Yes, my 20 year old ballpoint pen has dried out. But the vast majority of my ballpoints, gels, etc pens can all be picked up and written with without any regularity. My fountain pens have to be used daily, otherwise they cannot be used.

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If you have to use a fountain pen daily, there might be something wrong with the sealing mechanism on the cap. I've had fountain pens that sat unused for a week but still wrote fine.

But if the fountain pen stops writing, it can be cleaned and refilled with ink, and they're as good as new.

The gel pens that I haven't used in several years and have dried out - they're mostly fit for the trash can.

I've had the same problem with other pens, and have found that the TWSBI Eco always seals perfectly -- I once uncapped my Eco after several months, and it instantly wrote, flawlessly!

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