Designer Dave Seah - who first recommended these nifty flat pens - is giving them a test run with his Moleskine in his back pocket. Says Dave: The bottom of the pen tends to move around [inside ...

The pens are 1/8th inch thick, and Dave says: While the build quality is a little on the light side, it's a pretty stable writing instrument for short sessions.

They still give this pen five stars — claiming to be “flat-out addicted to these pens” — so it’s not a deal breaker, but it’s definitely important to keep in mind. $16 for 7 at Amazon ...

You might think this writing instrument, distributing ink through the slit in its nib, was outmoded around the 1950s, when ballpoint pen manufacturers finally fixed the glitches in their product ...