SHARPIEOil-Based Paint Marker, Extra Fine Point, Gold; Works On Virtually Any Surface - Metal, Pottery, Wood, Rubber, Glass, Plastic, Stone, and More; Pack of 3 (35532)

I bought these to write out invitations for a 50th anniversary. They were great. I did about 35 invitations, and I only used 1 marker. My invites were thick card stock but were not glossy/coated paper. These wrote cleanly, dried fast, and did not smear. They wrote like a normal fine-tip marker.

Who knew Sharpie could make such quality oil markers? I'm glad I bought the three-pack, because I'm going to be using them up on cards and other projects. Remember to press the tips properly, and store them upright to avoid leaking!

I bought these for signing Christmas cards & gift labels. Pros: Added a decorative classy look. Ink dries fairly quickly.Cons: Not as fine a point as I prefer. The pen needs to be shaken frequently to ensure the ink flows freely.

I bought these because i needed a gold marker to use for some labels i was making. i really liked the gold color only bad thing one of the pens broke on me it spilled all the ink out. But the good thing there was three of them besides that i say a good deal!

You just need to push up and down on them a few times to pump the ink into the pen. This is not a flaw in the pens... this is just what you need to do to prime the tip to get the ink to fill up the tip of the pen. Just in case you first try to write with them... push up and down on the pen tip first. :)

Maybe my mistake in buying something I thought would be easy to use, but I came away very disappointed and very ticked off with these pens. Much to my surprise I wasn't able to use the first one of three that I randomly selected to try out. Silly me but I thought once I removed the cap I could just start writing. WRONG ! After it didn't write and the front of the cartridge fell out I tried a second pen, also without success, then saw that there are tiny, difficult to read instructions on the pens, where you need to hold it up, depress the point, then shake it to mix "the paint," etc., etc., (really ? are you kidding me ?) at which point I tried the third one, this time following the instructions, but again no gold ink and again the cartridge fell out. It just wasn't worth it so I trashed them all. I purchased a very easy to use gold pen once before, but obviously it was made by a different company than this one. If you need a gold pen or pens, either do some research to find a better pen or hire a coach of some type to guide you through the process of being able to write with these total wastes of money.

I bought a set of three of these extra fine point gold paint markers — and a set of three fine point gold paint marker — to DIY 50 or so triple duty gold accented hexagon marble tile wedding place cards / coasters / favors (pictures attached). Initially, the paint from the first extra fine point marker I picked up came out easily, evenly, and beautifully. After some very light use — probably on around my tenth place card — I started noticing some light leaking, just tiny drips here and there that didn’t bother me or my project very much. But on around my twentieth place card, which I would still consider light use, the marker just straight up stopped working. So I depressed the tip, capped it, shook it, tried it again. Nothing. Depressed, capped, shook, tried again. Nothing. Depressed, capped, shook, tried again. Something. And then a lot of something. Globs and large globs of gold somethings. Now, if I had been working on a more intricate project than I was (something more than just geometric lines and nice bordering) and if I was working on a less forgiving medium than I was (say paper or canvas, rather than my marble, which nail polish remover immediately and untraceably took the paint globs off of), I would have been devastated and frustrated that my hard work was ruined. But, alas, I just removed any paint globs that dropped on my project and redrew any lines that got messed up. It was inconvenient but not the end of the world. Then I just stuck the paint marker nib (which, at that point, had decided to totally remove itself from the marker itself) right back into its hole, wiggled it around until I thought it would stay, and kept working (though a little more cautiously).

These pens take a little getting used to, but it's totally worth it. I wanted to detail my acrylic-painted miniatures in vibrant, metallic gold, and this was EXACTLY it. Just be careful and delicate when depressing the pen tip to dispense more of the gold oil-based paint/ink, as it often comes out in spurts and splatters.My tip for properly writing with this pen: have a disposable surface (paper plate, napkin, etc.) and depress the pen tip on that to dispense a small pool of gold ink (just a little!) and dip your pen tip into that, much like the old inkwells of yesteryear. This way, you never risk dispensing gold ink all over your precious document/product/memento/what-have-you, and you can maintain detail. TRUST ME.Also, do not ever depress the tip too much, as this seems to eject the tip/core, and release the gold paint/ink en masse.

These leak like crazy. I bought 6. The first one worked good but didn’t last long. The rest just leak. I think there’s a problem with the tip where it just falls out and doesn’t stay in place. Don’t waste your money.

Unfortunately this time the gold fine pen only lasted a week