I lost a dear friend a few weeks ago.  My Boston Electric Pencil Sharpener.  It seems that after just about 20 years, this well used sharpener of pencils bit the big one.  The motor just didn't have the 'oomph' to sharpen anymore when a pencil was inserted.

This new guy over on the left is a stop-gap until I research some new pencil sharpeners.  This one here is Staples brand equipment and if it weren't for the fact that it has an auto-shut-off when it thinks the pencil is sharpened and that it doesn't have what I feel is the proper weight it should to stay in place, it is not that bad of a sharpener.  The points are sharpened evenly and quite pointy.  What made me go for this one was the top-loader feature.  I kept pushing my 'ole Boston back nearly off the table every time I sharpened something and consequently had to tape the sucker down to the table.

If anyone has good recommendations on sharpeners, I'm all ears.
Most people that know me well have seen me carry this guy around and talk about it with love and affection.  It's a nice general writing pen with a good point, and decent gel ink.  I also draw with this one a lot.  The ink has a tendency to roll out just a tiny bit heavy but that doesn't bother me.  It usually gives me a nice dark, black solid line and pretty easily manipulated with some water within a few minutes of drawing.  I use a water-brush-pen for that.
Pilot G-TEC-C4 - Now this bad-boy I would recommend to buy if you are looking for a nice razor-sharp line.  The ink flows pretty well....I'd say a 7 on 10 scale.  I just recently picked these up to try them out and I am very happy I did.  They've allowed me to get more detail that some other pens just don't seem to come through with.  They come in a very nice fitted plastic storage case and the caps snap on and off in a very tight satisfying manner.
I think this is one of those pens that if you are an artist and you don't own one yet...you should probably download a coupon and go to AC Moore and pick one of these up...or someone might give you a wedgie.

Archival ink, 005 razor points, comes in other sizes and varieties of colors...I've got piles of these and I destroy the nibs constantly.  The one pictured above is new.  I wear them down until I am drawing with the metal part of the nib.

The two colors I use the most with this brand is pink and black but pretty much have their full collection of colors to play with.  The pink and black are pretty solid colors and I like the way the ink flows.  Red isn't bad either but I usually use Prismacolor Red.
This is a pen that I only have a handful of.  I don't use it very often but thinking I may start to because I am beginning to do larger paintings for galleries and some illustration jobs and thin .005 lines just doesn't read well above 11x14" pieces especially when you scan them.  Their 'fine' nibs are about the size of the .05's in other brands.  I think I used the brushes more than anything this past year but far and few in between.  The ink flows well and don't have any complaints about performance.

I find myself using them more for quick figure/life drawing.  Nudes and Faber-Castell's are a nice match.  Nudes and anything are a nice match.

* Ironically, after I wrote this, I just finished a job using a brown fine point...the pen was flawless.
This is a pen I use a lot.  Usually the 005's and the brushes.  Good color and I prefer Prismacolor's black, red and dark brown colors.

Out of all the pens, this one and Microns are the ones I go through the most.  I also should say that the Microns and Prismacolor sits on paint pretty well too.  I draw on paint quite a bit so I need to make sure this stuff works.  It also holds up to spray fix and varnish well.  You're taking risks if you brush varnish on a painting that has ink lines.  I don't like risks like that.  No, I don't.