In early September, NPR took on the issue of brick-and-mortar pen stores by focusing on one that has been up …
Pens are cool. Magnets are cool. Pens + magnets? Awesome!
It’s really that simple.
Which is why we are excited by some unique pens that combine the two in very sexy ways.
For example, Andrew Gardner’s Kickstarter project for the Polar Pen, a modular pen made of rare earth magnets. (I won’t pretend that I didn’t have to go to Wikipedia to find out that a rare earth magnet is the strongest kind made.)
I’m a big fan of Pilot’s original B2P gel pen made from recycled plastic to resemble plastic water bottles. They look great, write fairly well and are very comfortable in the hand. The Pilot B2P is part of the Pilot Begreen Range of recycled pens.
The design changed a bit when Pilot began making a ballpoint version of the B2P incorporating a bubbly, fluted barrel meant to evoke a bottle of sparkling water.
And now, Pilot’s come out with a jazzier model called the B2P Soda ballpoint pen, sold primarily in Europe.
Call me odd, but I like TV commercials. Well, clever commercials. Especially clever commercials about pens.
Pilot Pens adverts tend to be some of my favorites. and I can’t stop smiling at this at Pilot Frixion Clicker Commercial
To get you in the mood and see why here is a screenshot of just one scene from the following commercial.
So, a while back, I wrote a post about the reasons I don’t use fountain pens. As you might expect, …