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Why Not Give a Pen for Christmas?

December 15, 2009

We’re not going to lie to you. If you’ve waited this long to think about shopping for Christmas, you’re leaning more toward naughty than nice.
But that doesn’t mean it’s too late to find a nifty gift for someone you love. Pens are a classy, simple choice and don’t necessarily need to be all that expensive, [...]

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Pilot FriXion PRO is the Same Pen, Just Dressed Up for Work

December 10, 2009

Pilot has given its popular FriXion erasable gel pen a light make-over. According to a release from the company, the Pilot FriXion PRO is meant to have a “more conventional look for business users.”
A Pilot rep said the changes are mainly cosmetic and that the PRO has the same performance as the original FriXion, although [...]

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More Digital Pens for Writing 2.0

December 1, 2009

We’ve mentioned digital pens before on this blog just because they’re so cool and seem quite handy for specific applications. Here are two more we’ve read about recently, one for medical professionals and the other for children.
Shareable Ink is a ballpoint pen with built-in camera that streamlines the medical billing and record-keeping process by instantly [...]

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Pen Addict Reviews the Schneider Slider

October 15, 2009

If you’re one of those pen fiends always interested in learning about new pen brands, the Pen Addict has a great review today of the Schneider Slider ballpoint. We recommend you give it a read.

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Platinum Preppy Fountain Pen Goes Global (Again)

October 14, 2009

Platinum Pen Co. of Japan put out a news release today that its popular Preppy fountain pen is going to be sold “overseas.”
We’re not exactly sure what that means yet, since the Preppy has actually been available outside of Japan for a couple of years now, but we sent a request to Platinum for a [...]

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Newest Edition of the Carnival of Pen, Pencil and Paper is Up

October 6, 2009

The third monthly edition of the pen carnival has been posted over at OfficeSupplyGeek. It has links to some great pen, pencil and paper blogs (and we appreciate that it includes a post from us about the decline of fountain pens).
One interesting post from Organize IT argues in favor of ditching your PDA and returning [...]

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OfficeSupplyGeek Reviews UGLee Pen

October 1, 2009

Check out this review of what might turn out to be my new favourite pen. The UGLee Pen was invented by Dr. James Lee in his own pursuit of a comfortable writing instrument. OfficeSupplyGeek makes the case that he may have come up with a winner. The UGLee Pen (the name is not an adjective…it [...]

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The Uni-ball Power Tank: Better than the Fisher Space Pen?

August 28, 2009

OK, credit where it’s due: The Fisher Space Pen was one of those brilliant little byproducts of the American space program like Tang and cordless drills. With its pressurized ink cartridge that could write on any surface from any angle, it did for ballpoint pens what the iPhone did for cell phones.
But that was more [...]

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Uni-Ball – Kuru Toga

August 17, 2009

The World’s First Self-Sharpening Pencil

The trouble with using a mechanical pencil is that the tip of the lead changes shape as you write, thickening from a fine point to a chisel edge. Words lose their crisp shape and lines get thicker, which is particularly problematic for engineers and others that need uniform lines. The Kuru [...]

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