August 2nd, 2019: Common Man’s Souvenir

If you go through your junk drawer(yes you do, everyone does) or your desk, you’ll probably find a lot of pens, and it’s a good bet
many will have writing on them. Be it advertising for the pen maker, or some business to hand out, or a souvenir.
Went to Vegas and came home with nothing but a free pen.
This 132mm(5.2in) iron stylus has writing and like a pen was used for writing ... in clay or wax... 2000 years ago.

Because ballpoint pens were still lousy in the 70's. I remember when they first came out. Our school desks still had a place for ink wells. Ballpoint pens exuded purplish blobs and skipped when you tried to write with them. It took years to get them right. Most of them are not too bad today. When fountain pens began to use cartridges, it was an improvement over the mess filling a fountain pen made, which probably prolonged their use.

I had a Parker T-Ball Jotter in the late 50's early 60's that worked fine. I had stretched the pocket clip during some youthful indiscretion and it would frequently fall out on my shirt pocket. The only reason I didn't lose it was because it made so much noise when it hit the ground because of all the pieces inside banging around.

I started my work as a contrarian at age 12, so I spent my adolescence in the 70s using the Sheaffer fountain pen and ink cartridges. Screw you people and your 89-cent Bics. I need blue ink stains on my hands all the time.

And I'm sure that pen delivered.

Pen-cil.

The tool of choice for open minds.

If you truly believe it, record that belief in ink, not some tentative pencil scratchings which can be erased.
Man up, indelible ink is indelible.

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Originally Posted by Undertoad I need blue ink stains on my hands all the time.

Just for fun.

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Originally Posted by BigV Pen-cil. The tool of choice for open minds.