From the monthly archives:

March 2010

The U.S. president signed the historic health care bill last week using a different pen for each portion of the letters in his name. The Washington Post reported that it took Obama, a left-hander, about 90 seconds to complete the signature.

And what kind of pens was President Obama using? According to the Post’s secret source, they were black Cross pens, customized with the presidential seal and the President’s signature. Read More –>

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Totally Random Pen Stuff

by TonyB on March 30, 2010

Normally, we view over-priced pens with a certain amount of disdain. But this pen is just too cool for us to do much sneering. Why? Because this Dunhill Sentryman is covered with a coating of space rock! According to Luxist.com, the pen:

…features an innovative lacquer finish containing authentic crushed black diamonds and meteorite stone for a stunning effect. Read More –>

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Pilot RexGrip: The Underrated Ballpoint Pen

March 29, 2010

The Pilot RexGrip is one of those pens that just doesn’t get a lot of mention. Probably because it’s a ballpoint and most pen enthusiast are strictly gel, liquid ink or fountain pen users. But that’s unfortunate, since the RexGrip is an extremely comfortable and surprisingly reliable little pen.

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Peter Vardai’s Multi-Function Pen Design

March 29, 2010

This has to be one of the most unique pen designs we’ve seen in quite a while, so we wanted to share it with our readers and find out whether anyone would actually use it. In short, it’s an interchangeable ballpoint/fountain pen/mechanical pencil/digital pen with a built-in torch, music player and Bluetooth transmitter.

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My First Fountain Pen…the Parker 51

March 25, 2010

I shall start with a confession: Until quite recently I had never used a fountain pen. Somehow I had managed to get to the wrong side of 40 without ever having written a single letter using this particular type of pen. Contrary to popular belief, it is not compulsory to be taught how to write [...]

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A review of the classic Pilot H-1010 ‘The Shaker’ pencil

March 23, 2010

I have had a variety of vintage pencils in the locker but have refrained from using any of these at the office as I do not want to lose them or they are getting a little fragile. As a result, over the past couple of years, my workplace pen has been the standard HB pencil [...]

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Conversations About Handwriting

March 17, 2010

• Parents in New York are so obsessed with getting their kids into the right schools that they are hiring occupational therapists to teach their pre-schoolers how to write, according to the New York Times.

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Tiger Pens New RSS Feed Details

March 15, 2010

Due to technical problems beyond our control i.e Google bless them, not recognising our account that our Tiger Pens RSS feed was created in we have had to create a new RSS feed. Please can you re-subscribe to our new RSS feed. http://feeds.feedburner.com/tigerpensblog Sorry for any inconvenience caused, Tiger pens Team.

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5 Pens Everyone Should Have

March 15, 2010

OK, here’s the thing: these aren’t the only pens you should own. They aren’t even the best pens you can own. But what they are is a set of pens that can easily and ably handle most of your daily tasks with style and without costing you a small fortune. 1. Pentel RSVP – An [...]

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Pocket Blonde is Hosting the 8th Carnival of Pen, Pencil and Paper

March 9, 2010

Diane at the Pocket Blonde has done a great, and very thorough, job with the pen carnival this month. No matter what your passion, she’s got a link for you to read, even if you’re into 3D truck art from Germany! Among our favourites this month: Julie’s review of the clean, classic Esterbrook J Double [...]

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