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Stunning Masterpieces Carved on the Tip of a Pencil!

August 3, 2010

Following on from my recent post on pencil extenders and how I use a pencil down to its last 2-3 cms, the guys in the office here have asked  what I intend to do with the remnants apart from recycle them? At present they are simply stuck on top of my monitor to resemble a [...]

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What Everybody Ought to Know About Pens

July 21, 2010

There are thousands of different pens available to buy, made by numerous pen manufacturers and this can be very confusing. When buying a new pen how do you decide which one when they all look very similar? Do you know what type of pen that you are currently using? Is it a gel pen, ballpoint [...]

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Conversations About Handwriting

April 30, 2010

• So, the U.S. Postal Service is considering eliminating Saturday mail delivery – and chose to make the announcement via email rather than good ol’ hand-delivered mail. According to the Washington Post, the postmaster general is required to submit his plans in electronic format to the Postal Regulatory Commission, which will make a recommendation as [...]

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The Tiger Pens Earth Day Giveaway: A Set of Free Pilot Pens

April 9, 2010

With Earth Day coming up April 22, this seems like a good time to hand out some eco-friendly pens to one lucky blog reader. Regular visitors may remember last week we talked about the underrated RexGrip ballpoint. Well, now you have a chance to get a set of 5 RexGrip pens and markers for yourself. [...]

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Conversations About Handwriting

April 7, 2010

• Would you believe that the best way to improve children’s handwriting is to have them do it lying on their stomachs? That’s what Channel 5 in Bismarck, North Dakota claims. “When we lay on our tummies and do writing we`re getting some weight through our elbows and through our shoulders,” said occupational therapist Wendy [...]

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Totally Random Pen Stuff

March 3, 2010

Actually, not quite so random this week. • Lock up your good pens; there are thieves about. The Herald is reporting that burglars in Plymouth have stolen a collection of jewellery and high-end pens, including a Montblanc Greta Garbo special edition ballpoint. (Greta Garbo was a classic Hollywood movie star in the ’20s and ’30s. [...]

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Conversations About Handwriting

February 24, 2010

Lots of good stuff for you this week: • No wonder people in the Victorian era seemed to write so many letters. The New York Times has a very interesting article about how mail was delivered 12 times a day in London back then. You could receive a letter and respond to it the same [...]

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Notes by Hand or Keyboard?

February 10, 2010

We all have to take notes, whether for work, school or just daily life, so Lifehacker poses an excellent question to readers on that topic: Do you prefer to take notes with pen and paper or on a computer?

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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 [...]

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A Parker Pen Museum in Newhaven?

January 27, 2010

Yeah, it’s probably a long, long shot, but a website run by a Parker Pen collector is putting together a petition in hopes of convincing the company to create an archives/museum when it closes its British factory later this year.

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