Artline Supreme Permanent Marker: Blue Chisel Pick

If you keep a marker in your top drawer, on the nurses' station, or clipped to a classroom whiteboard ledge, the Artline Supreme permanent marker in chisel blue is the kind of quietly dependable tool worth knowing about. It writes boldly, sits comfortably in the hand, and is built by a maker with a long pedigree in quality inks.

Why a good permanent marker still matters

Permanent markers do unglamorous but important work. In small-to-medium offices they label, address and sign. In Australian schools they mark equipment, books and displays. In hospitals and clinics they help with everyday administration and signage. A marker that smudges, dries out, or feels awkward to hold slows all of that down. The Artline Supreme permanent marker is designed to be a comfortable, reliable everyday writer across all three settings.

Features and benefits

This Artline Supreme is a chisel-nib permanent marker with a versatile 2–5mm line width. That single feature is what makes it so flexible: hold the chisel flat for a broad stroke that fills and stands out, or turn it on its edge for a finer line when you need to write smaller. One marker covers both bold marking and ordinary handwriting.

Comfort has clearly been considered in the barrel. Artline gives it an ergonomic shape designed to fit neatly into the hand, with a gloss, smooth grip for easy, comfortable writing — a real benefit when someone is labelling a whole box of files or a stack of folders in one sitting. The barrel is plastic and the ink is blue.

On the practical safety and compliance side, this marker is xylene-free and ROHS compliant, which is reassuring for shared indoor spaces such as staffrooms, classrooms and wards where ventilation varies. The product is also supplied with an antimicrobial barrel treatment. That treatment relates to the surface of the pen itself and is not a medical-grade or clinical claim — it does not replace normal cleaning and infection-control routines — but in a shared-pen environment, a treated barrel is a sensible touch.

The marker comes from Artline, the writing brand of Japanese company Shachihata, which holds ISO certification for both its quality assurance and environmental management systems. In plain terms: it is made to a consistent standard by a manufacturer that has been producing pens and markers for decades.

How it works across three workplaces

In the office

Keep one at the mail and dispatch bench for addressing satchels and cartons, signing for deliveries, and labelling archive boxes. The broad chisel edge writes large enough to read across a storeroom, while the fine edge handles a return address or a reference number. Blue is the classic business colour for signatures and notes that need to stand apart from black print.

In the classroom

Teachers can use it to label tubs, trays, book boxes and sports gear, to mark up laminated resources, and to head up display work. The comfortable grip matters here too, because labelling a class set is repetitive work. Keep permanent markers for surfaces meant to stay marked, and save your dry-wipe markers for the whiteboard itself.

In the hospital or clinic

On the administrative side of a ward, a reliable permanent marker earns its keep: labelling storage, dating opened supplies, writing on signage and resource folders, and general office tasks at the nurses' station. The xylene-free formulation suits enclosed indoor areas. Always follow your facility's own labelling and infection-control policies — this is a general-purpose marker, not a clinical device.

A quick tip on getting the most from a chisel nib

The trick with any chisel marker is consistency of angle. Decide whether you want a broad or fine line, then keep the nib at that same angle as you write — rotating it mid-word is what gives lettering an uneven look. Store the marker horizontally with the cap on firmly so the ink stays evenly fed to the tip, and you will get clean, bold lines for far longer.

Where to get it

You can find the Artline Supreme Permanent Marker in chisel blue on The Stationery Store, alongside the rest of our permanent markers range and the wider markers collection. If your office, school or clinic is restocking, it is an easy, comfortable workhorse to standardise on.