When I met cartoonist Tom Gauld a few years ago, he gave me the pen he uses to draw his amazing cartoons – the Pilot Precise V5. It's probably my favorite sketching pen, or at least tied with Flair pens. It has a fine line, is very black, and doesn't bleed. Tom also told me it doesn't fade as the years go by.
The Pilot Precise V5 is a great doodling pen

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