We actually had ScyllaStew test them while recording realtime videos of her working through the lesson work, which you can check out here, along with a variety of reviews of other brands. We've found that if we're reasonably gentle with them, we can get through all of Lesson 1, and halfway through the box challenge. If I'm being honest, I think these might even perform a little better, at least for our use case in this course.

We also checked out a handful of different options before settling on this supplier - mainly looking for pens that were as close to the Staedtler Pigment Liner. These pens are each hand-tested (on a little card we include in the package) to avoid sending out any duds (another problem with pens sold in stores). Now, we're not a big company ourselves or anything, but we have been in a position to periodically import large batches of pens that we've sourced ourselves - using the wholesale route to keep costs down, and then to split the savings between getting pens to you for cheaper, and setting some aside to one day produce our own. I remember finding them being sold individually at a Michael's for $4-$5 each. It varies from brand to brand, store to store, and country to country, but good fineliners like the Staedtler Pigment Liner (my personal brand favourite) can cost an arm and a leg. Let's be real here for a second: fineliners can get pricey. Drawabox-Tested Fineliners (Pack of 10, $17.50 USD)

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