Xeno Baby Mikey 0.38 Mm Slim Ball Point Pen Box of 12 (Black)

I purchased these Xeno Baby Mikey 0.38 pens to draw with since I needed to produce tiny, fine lines that wouldn't bleed and would be needing to shade hair and draw small portraits in ballpoint ink. These lovely, slim pens arrived very quickly and safely. The adorable box with the Baby Mikey cat and text delighted us all!These pens have absolutely excelled in their job (and made mine much easier!) and not a single pen out of 12 (we tested them all) has been inconsistent in ink output and line weights. They are very easy even for my shaky hands to control. I have been giving them to artistic friends and family since I loved their performance so much and find the Baby Mikey cat imagery and text quite endearing. :)The click of the pen is satisfying and crisp, and the ink flows easily and dries quickly on different kinds and coats of paper. I will definitely be buying these again in the future, and will use these for all kinds of drawings!

This is the only ball point pen that I'm completely happy with for art. The tip is much finer than most ballpoints. The barrel is super thin, which I prefer to the fat pens that are in style these days. The best thing about doing art with these pens is that in addition to the typical blacks you can get with any ink pen, it is relatively easy to get half tones (without hatching or stippling). That is very hard to do with normal art pens or gel ball points. These pens are about as close as you'll get to being able to vary of value (by lightening your stroke) as you can with a pencil, but unlike with a pencil, you can get total black with these pens.I use these pens, the Pentel gel ballpoint art pens, and Copic Multiliner SP pens. All are great. I can get finer lines with the tiniest Copic tips, but not much, and the ball points are less of a hassle to use. I find myself using these Xeno Lisa Larsen ballpoints more and more often. It's just easier to get the detail and values that I want in my art. Absolutely the BEST ballpoints for art. They won't completely replace the other art pens, but as I said, I've been using these more and more often for most of my ink art.

Amazing pens. I’m in healthcare and gel pens are frowned upon as they smear and are then illegible. These pens are amazing. Ultra fine point writes clearly and easily. I never have an issue writing small enough and having it be hard to read. These pens are super efficient with ink and seem to write forever. I absolutely recommend them to anyone who needs to write neatly, clearly, and small. Work great for sketching and design work as well. WARNING: buggers are SHARP! And they will stab you through clothes and draw blood. (Had it it my scrubs pocket, must’ve clicked it, and managed to stab myself.) Photo of 3x3 sticky note.

These pens work great for writing small when there is not a lot of space to write. The fine tip makes it easy to write small and legibly.

These are my absolute favorite pen and the only pen I use at work. The last case I ordered had a few pens that seemed to have issues with ink flowing properly but overall these are still my favorite fine tip pen.

I love a thin writing ✍️ pen and it has to be a ballpoint pen. I’m left handed and I just can not write with anything but a ballpoint pen. These are the best! Great quality, great price, they do have color options as well. And most importantly for a lefty they dry quickly so no smearing.I have ordered them twice in black and once in colors.

They are super duper fine point and write excellently. It's great for drawing delicately or writing very small. You get a lot here! They are great pens. And the cat is very cute.

With how much I love the way these pens write - when they do - I didn't feel right giving them a 2 star, however 3 is still too generous. They write wonderfully, very small, and allow for soft frilly writing. However, every so often it will decide there's a part on my paper it just absolutely HATES and will absolutely not write over it. I grab another pen from another brand and it writes perfectly over that same spot. This isn't limited to one notebook, it happens in all of my notebooks no matter the brand or type of paper.If you have patience, but are also impatient on finding true ballpoints of this size, then these might work for you.