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Best ball and pen for autographs
Living in Central Florida has its advantages, in particular the proximity to MLB Spring Training. I just purchased some tickets to several games, including Marlins vs Nationals and I'll be taking my 9 year old daughter. Luckily I was able to get front row tickets right next to the Nationals dugout so I'm hoping for her to be able to get some autographs.
My question, I was thinking about getting her a ball to have signed so she could display it in her room. What brand ball should I get or does it matter? Second, I did some searching but couldn't find the thread, I think I remember folks saying to get a blue bic pen for signatures, is that correct? Why the blue bic over a Sharpie? Thanks in advance. Greg
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Buy a real MLB baseball. Heck, I'll send you one if you want.
Sharpie has a much higher rate of fading, bleeding, smearing then pen. I use Write Bros from papermate, but many use Bic or others. |
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Use Bic or Papermate in blue. Or a small/fine tip blue staedtler, those actually look amazing and don't fade (ball signed with a staedtler).
ImageUploadedByTapatalk1422813604.925808.jpg Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Archival Ink Pen
On the "Old Board" someone brought to our attention the Sakura Micron 100 year ink pen. They sell for under five bucks ( last group I bought) and come in various colors and ball point sizes. I have been using both black and blue in 0.30mm size for TTM and in person signings on balls. I believe that these pens are used within the White House for document signings....at least I read this somewhere years ago. I recently had some balls signed by a AAGPBL Rockford Peach and she stated it was the best pen she had ever used and kept it for future sigs. At the low price per unit the pens makes a nice "Thank You For Signing Gift". On TTM I send one along and invite the player to keep it...sometimes they do sometimes not and send it back.
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Don't forget there is a new Commisioners signature on Official MLB baseballs for 2015...
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Always blue ball point on an official ball. Sharpie will bleed or smudge. Black ink will turn purple and then brown and then fade into nothing.
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Thanks everyone! I appreciate the input.
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Brent - that looks fantastic. I'm glad this subject came up, as I had several baseballs I needed signed by Mariners players but I skipped taking them to Fanfest because I couldn't decide what kind of pen to use. I'll have a staedtler ready for the next opportunity.
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I was thoroughly impressed with how well it turned out. It will be hard switching back to a pen now. I just don't know what will happen years down the road to the ink but should be fine hopefully. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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To the OP: definitely use a Rawlings Official MLB ball. Should cost about $15-20 at your local sporting goods store. A few years ago I went down to Ft. Myers for ST and had Johnny Pesky sign a rubber "Red Sox Spring Training" baseball; now the signature is almost invisible.
Have any of you tried the Pilot pens on baseballs? I haven't, but I've heard they are an improvement over ballpoint for normal writing, so I was wondering if they held up for baseballs as well.
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What kind of pen is the Staedtler? I see they have rollerballs, "fineliners," "pigment liners" and ballpoints. I didn't see any markers on the Staedtler web site that looked close.
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Here you go
http://www.staedtler.us/en/products/...niversal-pens/ Obviously you get the permanent one, but I use either small, fine or medium depending on the item as well as the colors, background, spacing etc depends on size Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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These blue Crystal big pens are the bee's knees. Never had an auto fade with them. If you're willing to drop $140 - $160 you can get a dozen mlb balls on the bay.
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