Anyway, the Pilot Precise pens are available at most drugstores, cheap; I usually buy them by the dozen. They are very smooth, even on bad paper — I don’t have to press on them to write.

PILOT’s pens have been used in South Africa for over 50 years. A subsidiary, Pilot Pen South Africa (PPSA) was established by Pilot Pen U.K. in the country in 1997. In 2006, ...