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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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Totally Random Pen Stuff

by TonyB on 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. The Montblanc series pens carry her signature and have a pearl in the cap.) Read More –>

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(Some) MPs Have Expensive Tastes in Pens

January 8, 2010

When the Manchester Evening News recently mentioned an expense claim by a certain MP that included a pricey ink pen, we got curious. What other pen-related claims had been uncovered in the expense reports of MPs? Turns out, there have been a few. Gerald Kaufman, MP for Gorton, claimed £225 for a Viceroy Barley rollerball [...]

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Montblanc Boo-Boos with £15,000 Gandhi Pen

October 3, 2009

What better way to honour a man devoted to a life of peace and poverty than with a pen made only for the very rich? Apparently, that was the thinking at Montblanc, the German maker of high-end writing instruments. The company has released a special limited edition fountain pen bearing the likeness of Mohandas Gandhi, [...]

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