They write so smooth and never smear. The barrel of the pen is a smooth matte like finish that feels great in my hand. Aside from the fact that this pen writes smooth and feels great the fact that it has Tru Red written on a blue pen that writes blue is ironic and makes me chuckle every time I notice it.
the consensus in our office is that we like these pens. they feel good and generally don't skip at all although they won't write well if the pen is held at too sharp an angle to the paper