Continuing my ongoing love of Pilot Juice Up gel pens, here’s an overview of the metallic set – four colors plus gold and silver that are pretty much the best metallic pens I’ve used. (Not that I’m totally biased or anything…)
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As ever, the Pilot Juice Up gel pens are super smooth and nice and shiny, just like you’d want from a metallic pen. I love the size: the 04 (roughly the same as 0.38 mm) are slim enough that they match my smaller handwriting preferences in my bullet journal, but thick enough to show a lot of the metallic cover.
The gold and silver are certainly the superior colors, but the tones of the pastel colors are lovely and still have a great sheen to them even if they’re a bit more subtle than the gold/silver shades. You can see in the photo above that my ring light caught the colors and shimmers so well that it’s actually hard to read in direct light!
I also love the attention to detail of the design of the pens. The silver body color with the color accents that perfectly match the color of the ink is such a great touch. While not heavy at all, they feel really good in your hand as you use them – the grip is just soft enough but doesn’t seem like it will get gummy.
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I’ve used all six colors so far as accents in my bullet journal and they actually inspired me to use color in a way that this minimalist really hadn’t (beyond a bit of washi tape that I stuck with for like, 4 months!). Some photos of details of spreads are below so you can see each color in action.
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Overall, I love these pens and highly recommend them if you’re in the market for a high-quality metallic pen set! I got mine from Jet Pens individually (I tried the gold and silver first), but you can pick them up in a set here.
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