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Fun Stuff

The New Carnival of Pen, Pencil and Paper is Up

April 7, 2010

Nifty’s done another great job of putting together a collection of interesting reads on pen and paper. You might remember that the whole pen carnival was Nifty’s idea, so if you get a chance, pass along your appreciation.
Our favourites from this month’s carnival were Lito’s bit about Victor Hugo’s pencil stub at Palimpsest and JoniB’s [...]

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Be On The Lookout for Pens!

April 1, 2010

Readers, you may have noticed that we’ve been running occasional features called “Totally Random Pen Stuff” and “Conversations About Handwriting.” Today, we introduced a new one, “Inappropriate Uses of Pens.”
The purpose of these features is to bring you interesting, funny or just plain weird news about pens and handwriting. And we’d like your help. This [...]

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Inappropriate Uses of Pens

April 1, 2010

While we love to see people using pens, there are just some ways in which pens probably should not be used. With that in mind, we thought you might enjoy this collection of bits about people with pens behaving badly.
• Artists who display their work in Malaysia have to be careful how much of a [...]

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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 with [...]

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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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Totally Random Pen Stuff

February 3, 2010

Here at Tiger Pens, we’re always hunting the web for the latest news from the world of pens. But sometimes, what we find is just an odd collection of the curious and the amusing.

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And the Award for ‘Fight Scene with a Pen’ Goes To…

February 1, 2010

It’s movie awards season in the U.S. (look for Oscar nominations to be announced tomorrow), so here at Tiger Pens, we decided to put together a movie/TV list of our own: Great fight scenes involving a pen or pencil.
You might be surprised at how many there are. Some are fairly recent, and a few go [...]

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Conversations About Handwriting

January 29, 2010

It’s gratifying to see how often people still talk about handwriting, even as the doomsayers are predicting the end of pen-and-ink communications (nope, isn’t going to happen). These are some items that have caught our attention over the last few days:

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Pen Porn

January 27, 2010

Need a laugh? Check out “Sex Explained by Pens” at BuzzFeed. You’ll never look at ballpoint sticks quite the same way again.

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