From the category archives:

Fun Stuff

Write an Essay, Win an OHTO Tasche Ballpoint Pen

December 12, 2011

There’s one week left in the Tiger Pens Essay Contest. That means you have just a few days to enter for a chance to win an OHTO Tasche Ballpoint Pen in the color of your choice! All you have to do is write an essay about “The First Pen I Ever Received as a Gift.” [...]

0 comments Read the full article →

Penthusiasm!

December 9, 2011

Seth at Good Pens introduces one of his favorites, the Kaweco Sport fountain pen. Tammy at Simply Madly Me gets down to the fine points of the Tul needle-tip gel pen. The Beached Librarian finds much to recommend about the Pilot Parallel calligraphy pen. Make It…a Wonderful Life shows off artwork by kids using tin foil [...]

0 comments Read the full article →

Tweet Your Way To A Set Of FREE Pilot FriXion Clickers!

December 5, 2011

UPDATE (12/09/11) And our final winner of the Pilot FriXion Clicker giveaway is @noyolajose. He’ll receive a set of 7 of these new retractable erasable pens. Thanks to everyone who participated!! UPDATE (12/07/11) Congrats to Anna @WoodFarmCentre, who just won a set of Pilot FriXion Clicker pens! Last chance to win begins Friday at 11 [...]

1 comment Read the full article →

Penthusiasm!

December 2, 2011

Margana at Inkophile offers her tips for buying pens, paper and ink online. Rori at Rori Rants writes her way through a huge sampling of Noodler’s and other fountain pen inks. Andrew at Stationery Review tries out Paper Mate’s new range of InkJoy ballpoint pens and is suitably impressed. Terri at Filofax Fixation digs into [...]

2 comments Read the full article →

Win an OHTO Tasche Ballpoint in the Tiger Pens Essay Contest!

December 1, 2011

OK, pen people, grab yourselves some tea, a notepad and your favorite pen, because we’re doing something different with this month’s giveaway. This is an essay contest. That’s right, we want you to put pen to paper and tell us a little story. Make it a good one, full of charm and wit and nostalgia [...]

2 comments Read the full article →

Zebra Launches the Limited Edition Union Jack Z-Grip Pen

November 30, 2011

Zebra is a company that likes to have fun with its pens, especially the versatile and reliable Z-Grip ballpoint. Over the years, we’ve seen Z-Grips come in a range of colors, from fuchsia to orange, and in wild animal prints, including cheetah spots and bright tiger stripes. Always with the same sturdy barrel, comfortable grip [...]

0 comments Read the full article →

Staedtler Triplus Ball Pen Winner!

November 28, 2011

Wow, what a terrific number of entries for this giveaway! There were 114 comments in the drawing for the Staedtler Triplus Ball pens. A huge thanks to all of you who took the time to get your names in for a chance to win. As for the winning entry… …congratulations to kate*paper, No. 35! Kate, [...]

1 comment Read the full article →

Check us out on Facebook!

November 23, 2011

If we Tiger Pens guys weren’t proper manly sorts, we’d be giggling like giddy schoolgirls over our newly redesigned Facebook page. Instead, we’ll just politely ask that you stop by the new and improved Tiger Pens Facebook page and let us know what you think. The Facebook page is where we will be telling you [...]

0 comments Read the full article →

Mystery Artist Uses Uniball Pen to Draw Pigeons All Over Bangor, Maine

November 22, 2011

For the last several months, an unidentified street artist has been pasting up drawings of pigeons – and hummingbirds and shopping carts and other objects, too – around downtown Bangor. From the Bangor Daily News: The pigeons first appeared in mid-July…four months later, there have been more than 60 examples of pigeon art in downtown [...]

0 comments Read the full article →

November Giveaway: 6-Pack of Staedtler Triplus Ball Pens

November 14, 2011

It’s that time again. One of you is going to win a nifty set of German-made ballpoint pens in assorted colors that come in their own stand-up plastic case. The Staedtler Triplus Ball pens have rubberised, triangle-shaped barrels and write with 0.7mm tips. For your chance to win, all you have to do is leave [...]

114 comments Read the full article →