Sharpie Fine Point Permanent Marker
[{'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2016', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'This 12 Pack of Dharpie Fine Point Permanent Markers was purchased for my 8 year olds son. He read online about using Sharpie brand markets with 91% Isopropyl Rubbing Alcohol to get the look of Alcohol Inks for crafting. The order was placed on January 2nd and arrived January 5th. The markets were well packaged. The pack includes s nice variety in colors brown, violet, berry, red, orange, yellow, green, lime, Aqua, turquoise, blue and black. These worked great for his project though I suggest getting a spray bottle got the alcohol rather then some tutorials suggested using a dropper. He was making designs on guitar pics cut from medium weight celluloid. The result from use of these marked was amazing! He was so excited and it was less expensive then purchasing all these colors in alcohol inks even in a off brand. These are s great value and I will recommend them to family and friends.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on March 12, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': "Bought these to use in the garage to mark parts for replacing components on the garage door. I used a marker and after making 1 1inch mark, it did not work anymore. Ok, no biggie since I had 11 more. Pulled out another and the same thing!\nThese markers were too old and did not have anything left in them! Can't return them. Why would I want someone else have the same problem?"}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on August 8, 2016', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I\'ve always loved Sharpies, namely, the ultra-fine and fine point types. On some surfaces, the stuff you write/mark needs to be allowed to dry for a fairly short amount of time or else you can smear it and then not be able to undo the smeared/messed up part, but on some surfaces it\'s set right away. Either way, once it\'s set, it stays that way. I have stuff I wrote I\'ve written on with a Sharpie many years, even decades ago, that\'s still good as new or maybe only with a little wear. Of course, I\'m not talking about just writing on paper, in which case you\'d obviously expect that. But I\'m talking about surfaces such as rubber or certain types of plastic that you can\'t or can\'t easily or clearly write on with "normal" pens at all: those were easy to use a Sharpie on and what I wrote or drew on those surfaces stays there for as long as I\'d ever need (probably until after I die, after decades of being very useful and reliable!).\n\nI also haven\'t had any of these leak on me, as I\'ve had many normal ink pens do over the years, sometimes ruining something like a shirt I liked a lot. No Sharpie has ever done that to me, though, I\'m happy to say! I\'ve also packed these in suitcases during not only more local, but also during long international flights, when the flying altitude is quite high and at least sometimes, I assume the baggage compartments were not pressurized. Yet, they\'ve always survived well, never rupturing or even leaking. Maybe I\'ve just been lucky, but if that\'s the case, then I\'ve been lucky countless times and feel very safe with Sharpie products, as well as feeling like if any ink pen is going to write on a surface (without being a "paint" type pen that\'s much more expensive and usually unnecessary), then these will do the job, and last long enough to make me feel like I got my money\'s worth.\n\nLastly, it\'s worth noting that in this case, "name brand" status can really make a difference, and for very, very little money (spending a few more cents for Sharpies than a budget brand isn\'t like buying a Rolex!). It might be easy to forget about this if you\'re looking for a bargain on a minor item like markers, so I thought this worth mentioning here, even though I\'ve never mentioned this factor in any previous review of anything else. Maybe it\'s partially because you can have the best name-brand item for such little investment when you\'re talking about markers. But mostly, it\'s because the Sharpie is so well-known, and for so many decades, in many professions as being THE "professional" marker (the only one, really), one that any/every TRUE pro in that given profession uses without exception. In fact, people in my past line of work never asked for a marker. No matter what company or client was involved, no matter where we were on a cross-country tour (at least in the USA, but maybe also elsewhere: I\'m just not qualified to say for sure what the case is in other countries), everyone always just said, "Hey, do you have a Sharpie?" or "I need a Sharpie, please." Sharpie was equivalent to the word "marker," but was used instead as the most natural, normal thing to say instead of marker, which just goes to show how much it\'s the accepted standard that, when violated, stands out. That is, if someone asks for a Sharpie (meaning, marker), and you hand them something else, they WILL notice that it\'s not the normal, high-quality marker they expected.\n\nSharpies are the gold standard in multiple business worlds, I know, but the one I happened to work in had me doing production and/or tour management within various popular music genres (e.g., various types of "rock," pop, etc.). Working in various roles in the music business, many times I found myself playing roles in which I would need to be able to provide a marker to an artist (musician) so they could use it give their autograph to a fan on a very wide variety of potential surfaces that they wanted signed. I always had the production case well-stocked with Sharpies (and if I hadn\'t, anyone else stocking it would have inevitably and only used Sharpies), not only due to their ability to do the job and do so reliably no matter what odd things fans wanted signed, and no matter what varied surfaces the production crew might need to write upon, but also, to be honest even though it\'s unpopular to admit you do something due to wanting to present a certain "image," because it was the ONLY pen that a true "pro" would use.\n\nWhether it was so that fans would know they were dealing with true pros ("fine point" are the standard for autographs, or marking on things like boxes, btw), or so that our business associates such as the local production companies (if I was touring) or the touring crew (if I was doing local production) would know they were dealing with the highest caliber on our end as well. Like anyone taking their career and careers of those they work with, as well as their organization\'s success seriously, I\'m sure you want to be seen as a pro for various reasons, including letting those you do business with, your customers/clients, those who you buy from, etc. feel confident that in working with you, they\'re working with true pros at the top of their game, providing the best products or services available in your field. It instills confidence on others\' part when they see you using the gold standard tools, and in the case of permanent markers, that happens to be Sharpies. Using any other brand just doesn\'t say "I\'m a pro" like a Sharpie does. And worse, it can make it seem like you\'re a "wannabe," someone who\'s just very new in your field and unaware of how things work, or possibly even a failure, who cares more for saving just a piddly few bucks or cents than for providing the best quality available of whatever you provide. It\'s not even about the pens when it comes to this issue, of course. But the impression you give off about yourself can be affected by something that\'s seemingly (but not really) so insignificant as the brand of marker you use. That\'s not true about what paper brand of staples or paper you use, imo. I\'m not saying every single thing matters like this. But for whatever reason, Sharpies have long been the default marker that pros use, possibly in your field as well. And your overall presentation of yourself and your business to any who see that pen, even if you\'re not actually using it, can translate into more than enough additional dollars you make as a result of being seen as a reliable pro as you could possibly save buying any other brand, as odd as that seems hearing myself write these words (normally, I don\'t think this way, and I wouldn\'t say this about most stuff I\'d use in my business activities).\n\nBut it\'s also the case that, in my experience (and I have occasionally used other brands of markers that other people gave me to use), Sharpies are as good as or better than any other marker I\'ve ever used. As should be the case, "image" doesn\'t have to matter here: if you just want the best, most reliable permanent marker out there, you\'d get a Sharpie anyway.\n\nAnd btw, no, I do not have ANY investments in the Sharpie company, if that\'s what they\'re called, or any other possible personal benefit in recommending these pens!'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on March 23, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "Well, including the fact that the pens act exactly the way I wanted and needed them to do, the pens also remoisten themselves if I forget to put the lid back on. The lines are the exact width for my little Mondrian inspired boxes, gift tags and book marks. I color them in just Mondrian's red, blue, yellow and the black lines and white paper. Yellow is the only problem because the other colors bleed into it. So I do all the yellow boxes first and try to avoid polluting them as I go along. Mondrian's instructions are fool proof and when followed always result in lovely patterns that have become the design that surrounds us in our late 20th Century environment and to the present. His instructions: draw a straight line from one side of your paper to the other. That line and perhaps the next line are still just yours to draw. But then, instructed by the first line and all others you will be directed by your good taste and sense of balance on where to put the next lines. Do not slant any line and do not use curves or circles. After you draw a while the picture is suddenly done and you only have to paint in the boxes here and there."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Today I’m retired from almost everything except cooking, and I swear by Sharpies for labeling everything that I put into my freezer. If you think you’ll later be able to remember—or even figure out once the freezer has rendered the sides of the container opaque—what dish you put into that small container, you’re wrong. Flair pens aren’t stable, they wash off. And I don’t want toxic markers, so I use Sharpies. I just bought these because I’m pretty sure I’ve been using the same Sharpies for decades—including many, many years as a choir “robe mother” who used Sharpies to create indelible name labels on choir robes. And I love the value of buying from Amazon, since where I live in the middle of nowhere, the cost of one package of 2 Sharpies equals the value of buying a box from Amazon!'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on June 18, 2022', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "If you are like me and you love labeling pretty much everything, these will you be your best friends as well. I am not selfish, I can let you enjoy them as well. I have used Sharpies since I was a teen, over 15 years so far. I have loved them ever since. These come packaged nicely in their little box, the point is great for making pretty labels for anything from small spice containers to large christmas ornaments containers. The ink in these last much longer than any other marker that doesn't carry the Sharpie name. If you find these on sale or find yourself needing a permanent marker, these will not disappoint you."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on November 28, 2017', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I love Sharpies, always have. I ordered 12 sharpies from "School Bunch" and they came in a plastic baggie which was a nice touch as sometimes they dry out when left in cardboard only.\nThese sharpies \'write\' well; meaning, thick or thin, it is even, not clumping or bleeding. Of course you always tend to see the color on the other side of the paper you\'re writing on, but I wrote with a bunch of pages sticking together and was pleased that the sharpie did not bleed into the NEXT paper, only the backside.\nI\'d like to see them in more colors, they\'re so pretty.\nReading over a few reviews, yes, they have that "Sharpie" smell, that\'s a constant, but it never bothered me. The Sharpie smell is always going to be; a perfect utensil for your more exceptional writing needs.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "Good old Sharpies. They have so many uses! Among my favorites are\n- drawing mustaches on your friends when they fall asleep watching movies\n- drawing fake tattoos on your own face to freak out your friends and family\n- doodling pictures of your boss while you're on zoom calls\n- labeling all your food so your roommates don't steal it\n- marking a doorway with how tall your kids or your pets have grown\n- signing autographs\n- labeling your boxes when you decide to move out of your crazy ex girlfriends place\n- drawing paths of weather patterns\n- coloring in chips in mugs and plates so your roommate will be none the wiser\n\nEnjoy your Sharpies folks!!!"}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on May 17, 2014', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I use these Sharpie markers to color in the alopecia areata spots on my brunette head. Just move the long hair out of the way, and smear this on the fleshy spots. Works well for spots up to 3/4 inch; I have found that spots larger than that size tend to color in poorly and appear like somebody used magic marker on my head.\n\nI have tried eyebrow pencils and Marks-A-Lot brand, but both of those run in rainstorms. I have streaks of black like ruined mascara down my neck when I have hit a downpour with those products. The Sharpie, conversely, stays in place and doesn\'t ruin my neck or my clothes.\n\nWhen you first put this on, smudge it around with a paper towel; it has a working time of approximately thirty seconds, after which it cannot be blended on your skin. If I have a particularly nasty outbreak of "pecia", as we call it, I will have my wife apply to the back of my squash because there are so many spots that I cannot see them well by holding a mirror to the back of my head.\n\nI will note that there is a faint odor of magic marker from this product for about the first hour or so after one applies it to their head skin. If there are plans for a dinner party, unless you want the hosts to think that you were wearing an advertising sandwich board all day, you might want to apply the Sharpie long before you leave the house.\n\nWhen I sweat, the marker does get slightly mobile. What do I mean? If I lay back on a pillow, it will stain the pillow. This is particularly important, once again, at the dinner party. You will want to avoid high backed, upholstered chairs.\n\nFinally, I have never had a lack of hair re-growth from the toxicity of this product on my head. Seems as those the nascent hairs, typically white in color, do not mind the daily bath of Sharpie. I have not experienced yet any ill effects such as loss of memory or dulled ability for computations, but I will update this review should that occur (and I remember to update it).'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on July 31, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I was happy to receive these Sharpies in the mail because I consider myself a practical guy and there\'s no writing instrument more practical than a permanent marker. I went with classic black with a fine point on the marker, because I find that makes for an easy and legible combo. For my first test, I used a marker to label my plastic recycling bin. While the ink came across a little faint on the surface at first, a thorough retrace of the letters made the "Recycling" label clear. I also noticed that there was no residual smell that you get with other markers, so that\'s a plus. For my next test, I made an "Out of Order " sign on a piece of cardboard for the dryer in our laundry room. The ink didn\'t bleed across the cardboard, but again seemed a little faint. I did another retrace and was satisfied. For my final test, I used the marker on a good old fashioned piece of paper. This was by far the best result, as the inking didn\'t appear as thin as it did on other surfaces, and the fine point easily glided across the the page. All in all, I\'m pleased with my purchase and glad to have a not only a new set of markers, but a writing instrument that I would classify as a handy "tool."'}]