Rifle Paper Co Rollerball Pen

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Pebble Stationery Co Rifle Paper Rollerball 

I saw this Rifle Paper Co rollerball pen on sale and I could not help but pick it up. I’ve been loving the cheerful floral designs and I had to have it. I recently picked up the Recipe Box in this same pattern (Juliet Rose) and wanted to have this to match (is that a thing? Matching a pen to a recipe tin?).

 

When I received the pen, I was surprised at how thin and narrow it is. I had expected it would hold standard Euro format refills (like the Schmidt 5888/888) but it actually takes a Parker G2 style refill. This was a bit of a disappointment, I can thought that I could use the standard Gel refill available from Pentel, Pilot or Uniball as a cost effective alternative.

Pebble Stationery Co Rifle Paper Rollerball

The pen itself is on the thin side and a tiny bit too thin for comfortable writing, for longer sessions. For quick notes or as an EDC pen, it works well, but for longer sessions, I would prefer something that had a tiny bit more girth. I was over gripping it a bit to write with.

 

The refill that came with the pen is a Kaco 0.5mm G2 gel refill and I’d been keen to try out this refill for a while. Although most people like having the Parker G2 refill as the refill of choice for whatever pen they have purchased, I typically don’t as I prefer a gel or a rollerball refill and Parker G2 gels are either expensive or they run out quickly, or both. I have found a wider pen refill in the Pierre Cardin Gel refill (Reviewed here) but I wanted a cost effective 0.5mm option as well.

Pebble Stationery Co Rifle Paper Rollerball 

The Kaco gel refill is on the finer side at 0.5mm and I am pleased to say that it writes smoothly and consistently. I think the ink is a tad light for a black pen, compared to a Uniball Signo dx or a Pilot Juice, but its perfectly acceptable. You can find Kaco gel refills on ebay for quite cheap, although you will generally need to have these shipped from overseas.

 

Pleasingly, a Uni Style Signo refill also fits into the pen – so long as you put a bit of tape near the tip so it doesn’t fall out of the pen, providing potentially a more readily available and cost effective option. Better still, it provides a wider range of colours and tip sizes to choose from.

Pebble Stationery Co Rifle Paper Rollerball 

All in all, the Rifle Paper Co rollerball is unlikely to rock your pen world. It’s a cheerful pen that comes in different print patterns, but in terms of performance, its fine without being brilliant.  

Pebble Stationery Co Rifle Paper Rollerball


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