Tactical pen, what for ?

[kirk13]

While not many of us are dangerous assassins with amnesia, that is an excellent example of using what is around you rather than trying to carry a pile of stuff you may never need.

Def

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Funny you'd say that here... 

Nearly constitutes treason!

[Nhoj]

I have a tactical pen for when the aliens attack

[Monrogue]

Yyyeeahhh...I can't say I carry one to look cool as I approach middle age and try to impress the young girls in the office   Actually, if anything, they would give me strange looks for having such an odd type of pen as opposed to a normal one.  Nor would I attempt to impress girls around half my age with a pen.  I think I could fend off a bear though   Besides, I just like some of them and figure if I want to carry a pen on me, it may as well be potentially useful in other ways, similar to how many of us think when carrying MT/SAK combos

[Grathr]

My problem is that people keep stealing my ordinary looking pens at work. As an experiment I started to carry a souvenir pen from Jameson destillery, and noone has taken that yet. It is however getting worn, and does not function all that well when I need to use it when its wet outside or have to write up agaimst something. A unique looking solid pen might not be such a bad idea... 
I dont have much use for the tactical part though.
I guess next stop is ebay. 

[MadPlumbarian]

I mean, if you wear a pocketed shirt and or even a button down, carry a pen on you, the pens going to be quicker then a knife, or multi tool, my teacher Tought me that, and saved my @ss too, I went to a tech school so you could have tools and knives on you, but only in shop, well one day I went to lunch taking my original gerber on me, the principal cought me, and I didn't even know I had it, well my shop teacher walked around the corner and asked what he was doing, he said I'm going to kick him out,, for what? He has a weapon on him! That's not a weapon, that's a tool, you know how many things I can do to you by the time he gets the knife out, just alone with this pencil in my pocket? He stood there, reached over to his pocket and struck him in about ten diff spots in under about two sec, heck I couldn't even get my sheath open let alone get the knife out of the tool. So he said give it to your teacher until you get back to shop, and don't let me catch you again! I think he pissed in his pants, or he had to go check the back door, cause he walked straight to the bathroom, lol. But a pen is not a weapon, you don't have to open it like a knife, and if it's kept in front it's accessible to both hands! That and it always comes in handy to take notes, especially for all you younger ones hitting the bars to write down phone#'s or for us older folk cause we ain't going to remember what we thought of JR

[Cupboard]

I just carry a Vic Manager and a fine tipped permanent marker for my writing needs.

Maybe I'm naive or maybe the US is a particularly dangerous place but I've never felt the need to carry a weapon with me in the UK or anywhere else I've visited. That includes alone, at night in dark and deserted areas of a city.

[Grathr]

Just ordered one of those Fisher bullet pens that writes in space, under water and everywhere inbetween. I guess that is more nerdy than tactical 

[Grant Lamontagne]

I'm sure that even astronauts get calls from their wives reminding them to pick up milk on their way home. 

Def

[Grathr]

I'm sure that even astronauts get calls from their wives reminding them to pick up milk on their way home. 

Def

 

[Grant Lamontagne]

Seriously, my pen of choice is my Fisher Bullet.  It's perhaps the only pen I have had long enough to use an entire cartridge, and in fact I actually have two bullets and both have been through multiple cartridges.  I write a lot of notes at work and the Bullets are great.

Def

[powernoodle]

I've never felt the need

"Need" often has little to do with what we carry.  I don't really need the Swisstool Spirit in my pocket, or the Benchmade 710, as my Victorinox Compact has things pretty much covered.  I also don't "need" the Sharpie that I always carry, or the Fox 40 Micro whistle that I used to carry for many years.  I have carried a gun for 20 years, and have never needed it.  And I pray that I never will need it.

We often carry these things because the sense of preparedness makes us feel good.  Its a small way of exerting some perceived control over our environment in an otherwise chaotic and uncontrollable world.  We can't stop the civil war in Egypt, but we can dang sure be prepared for that loose phillips screw or that bolt that needs to be tightened.

This is just my take on things.  If we really thought we needed a tactical pen, kubotan or other self-defense tool, we would avoid going to that place to begin with.  Its all about dealing with the "what if" factor, with taking seriously our responsibilities to protect ourselves and our families, and making ourselves feel good in the process.  Human psychology is the foundation for most of our MT and related addictions.  Its all about feeling good.  Some guys anesthetize themselves with booze, drugs, porn or golf clubs, and we do with with MTs, knives, lights and tactical pens.

Moderators, please place this post directly in the MTO Hall of Fame.  Thanks.

[kirk13]

I've never felt the need

"Need" often has little to do with what we carry.  I don't really need the Swisstool Spirit in my pocket, or the Benchmade 710, as my Victorinox Compact has things pretty much covered.  I also don't "need" the Sharpie that I always carry, or the Fox 40 Micro whistle that I used to carry for many years.  I have carried a gun for 20 years, and have never needed it.  And I pray that I never will need it.

We often carry these things because the sense of preparedness makes us feel good.  Its a small way of exerting some perceived control over our environment in an otherwise chaotic and uncontrollable world.  We can't stop the civil war in Egypt, but we can dang sure be prepared for that loose phillips screw or that bolt that needs to be tightened.

This is just my take on things.  If we really thought we needed a tactical pen, kubotan or other self-defense tool, we would avoid going to that place to begin with.  Its all about dealing with the "what if" factor, with taking seriously our responsibilities to protect ourselves and our families, and making ourselves feel good in the process.  Human psychology is the foundation for most of our MT and related addictions.  Its all about feeling good.  Some guys anesthetize themselves with booze, drugs, porn or golf clubs, and we do with with MTs, knives, lights and tactical pens.

Moderators, please place this post directly in the MTO Hall of Fame.  Thanks.

I don't know about the Hall of Fame,but certainly Words of Wisdom there!

[MadPlumbarian]

Seriously, my pen of choice is my Fisher Bullet.  It's perhaps the only pen I have had long enough to use an entire cartridge, and in fact I actually have two bullets and both have been through multiple cartridges.  I write a lot of notes at work and the Bullets are great.

Def

I have to send mine into them, for some reason the shell cracked, and not the cap, the back section. I took it apart to see if the cartridge would fit another pen, but when I put it back together, as I tightened the shell together it wasn't getting tight, come to find out the shells cracked and where it holds the inner female piece, so it was just spinning around, I emailed them and they said to just send it in and they will take care of it.. JR

[Grant Lamontagne]

You can't argue with a company that looks after their customers that well. 

Def

[MadPlumbarian]

You can't argue with a company that looks after their customers that well. 

Def

NOPE!  JR

[Etherealicer]

Hah, my pen is of course the standart Caran D'ache. That's of course the pen you get if you buy a Wenger Combo, or like in my case you get them for free from many companies as gifts (mine is from Makita).

[Monrogue]

I've never felt the need

"Need" often has little to do with what we carry.  I don't really need the Swisstool Spirit in my pocket, or the Benchmade 710, as my Victorinox Compact has things pretty much covered.  I also don't "need" the Sharpie that I always carry, or the Fox 40 Micro whistle that I used to carry for many years.  I have carried a gun for 20 years, and have never needed it.  And I pray that I never will need it.

We often carry these things because the sense of preparedness makes us feel good.  Its a small way of exerting some perceived control over our environment in an otherwise chaotic and uncontrollable world.  We can't stop the civil war in Egypt, but we can dang sure be prepared for that loose phillips screw or that bolt that needs to be tightened.

This is just my take on things.  If we really thought we needed a tactical pen, kubotan or other self-defense tool, we would avoid going to that place to begin with.  Its all about dealing with the "what if" factor, with taking seriously our responsibilities to protect ourselves and our families, and making ourselves feel good in the process.  Human psychology is the foundation for most of our MT and related addictions.  Its all about feeling good.  Some guys anesthetize themselves with booze, drugs, porn or golf clubs, and we do with with MTs, knives, lights and tactical pens.

Moderators, please place this post directly in the MTO Hall of Fame.  Thanks.

+1 to this.

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[Cupboard]

I see things differently but this isn't the time or the place

[nate j]

Maybe I'm naive or maybe the US is a particularly dangerous place but I've never felt the need to carry a weapon with me in the UK or anywhere else I've visited. That includes alone, at night in dark and deserted areas of a city.

Where it is legal and practical to do so, I see carrying a weapon or two (real weapons, not tactical pens) as a logical extension of the preparedness mindset that many of us, as MT owners, carriers, and users, already have.

Just last week a pizza place down the street from my house was robbed by a man who told the clerk he had a gun (not sure if he really did or was bluffing).  I don't live in a particularly dangerous town or a particularly bad area of said town, so the point of this little story is that this sort of thing sometimes does happen, and not just in the ghettos.

I do agree that if one is considering going somewhere one would hesitate to go if unarmed, the best course of action is to reconsider how one might avoid the place in question altogether.

I also respect your right to a different opinion, and, of course, your right to determine your own EDC loadout.
 

[sawman]

I also carry a Fisher Bullet Space Pen everywhere I go.  It's the best pen I've ever had and it writes great.  I've had it for several years now and the coating has held up and I'm still on the original cartridge!   

[Raukodur]

There is that old joke, that the Americans went to space, and found their biros didn't work, so they spent millions doing research on creating a pen that could write upside down, underwater, in the vacuum of space, etc.

The Russians went to space and had the same problem, they used a pencil.

[AimlessWanderer]

I've never felt the need

"Need" often has little to do with what we carry.  I don't really need the Swisstool Spirit in my pocket, or the Benchmade 710, as my Victorinox Compact has things pretty much covered.  I also don't "need" the Sharpie that I always carry, or the Fox 40 Micro whistle that I used to carry for many years.  I have carried a gun for 20 years, and have never needed it.  And I pray that I never will need it.

We often carry these things because the sense of preparedness makes us feel good.  Its a small way of exerting some perceived control over our environment in an otherwise chaotic and uncontrollable world.  We can't stop the civil war in Egypt, but we can dang sure be prepared for that loose phillips screw or that bolt that needs to be tightened.

This is just my take on things.  If we really thought we needed a tactical pen, kubotan or other self-defense tool, we would avoid going to that place to begin with.  Its all about dealing with the "what if" factor, with taking seriously our responsibilities to protect ourselves and our families, and making ourselves feel good in the process.  Human psychology is the foundation for most of our MT and related addictions.  Its all about feeling good.  Some guys anesthetize themselves with booze, drugs, porn or golf clubs, and we do with with MTs, knives, lights and tactical pens.

Moderators, please place this post directly in the MTO Hall of Fame.  Thanks.

Well worded, Noodle  I did however laugh out loud at the idea of someone anaesthetising himself with a golf club 

[dks]

I have the cold steel Shark pen.
However the fact that it looks like an erotic toy stops me from carrying it (and makes me wonder whether it is bought mainly by men or women  )

[kirk13]

I have the cold steel Shark pen.
However the fact that it looks like an erotic toy stops me from carrying it (and makes me wonder whether it is bought mainly by men or women  )

Thing that put me off it was that it makes a great weapon but is meh as a pen

[Grathr]

I also carry a Fisher Bullet Space Pen everywhere I go.  It's the best pen I've ever had and it writes great.  I've had it for several years now and the coating has held up and I'm still on the original cartridge!   

Thats what I want to hear! Cant wait til mine arrives. 

[Styerman]

I don't do things with names like S&W and Uzi , or things with DNA collectors . I do however like solidly constructed penlights , and well made writing instruments , with stronger than average clips .

A carpenter's pencil , or small spring loaded center punch works in a pinch .

Chris

[Aloha]

the idea of the tactical pen is interesting however I feel a small percentage of actual owners got it for the possible tactical usage.  its a cool looking pen that for some im sure evoke a sense of James Bondness.  I know for me I didn't get all the cool toys growing up and some here said they played with dirt  so this im sure is a very cool "toy" that arguably meets several justifiable needs for many. 

I really don't see the vast majority of tactical pen owners whipping their pen out in any situation other that showing it to fellow enthusiast.  a tacti pen is a fun, cool looking, and shiny metal object that satisfies those that own them like all the rest of our stuff. I dig them for that alone and would have been totally stoked if I had won the pen offered here. 

for my daily writing ( I do a ton of note taking ) I love the Pilot G2 07 in blue and for my metal fulfillment need I use the zebra 701 ( can take a fisher refill ) and zebra 301 pencil. 

[pfrsantos]

I'm sure that even astronauts get calls from their wives reminding them to pick up milk on their way home. 

Def

Hum... Now I know why they call it "the milky way"...
 

[detron]

I've never felt the need

"Need" often has little to do with what we carry.  I don't really need the Swisstool Spirit in my pocket, or the Benchmade 710, as my Victorinox Compact has things pretty much covered.  I also don't "need" the Sharpie that I always carry, or the Fox 40 Micro whistle that I used to carry for many years.  I have carried a gun for 20 years, and have never needed it.  And I pray that I never will need it.

We often carry these things because the sense of preparedness makes us feel good.  Its a small way of exerting some perceived control over our environment in an otherwise chaotic and uncontrollable world.  We can't stop the civil war in Egypt, but we can dang sure be prepared for that loose phillips screw or that bolt that needs to be tightened.

This is just my take on things.  If we really thought we needed a tactical pen, kubotan or other self-defense tool, we would avoid going to that place to begin with.  Its all about dealing with the "what if" factor, with taking seriously our responsibilities to protect ourselves and our families, and making ourselves feel good in the process.  Human psychology is the foundation for most of our MT and related addictions.  Its all about feeling good.  Some guys anesthetize themselves with booze, drugs, porn or golf clubs, and we do with with MTs, knives, lights and tactical pens.

Moderators, please place this post directly in the MTO Hall of Fame.  Thanks.

Powernoodle,

you managed to put into word what I was feeling, but I wan not able to articulate.  thank you, I am going to print this out, and put it in my wallet.  when asked "Why do you have this ______  tool?"  I can go straight to the source.

 

[Mimifred]

Seriously, my pen of choice is my Fisher Bullet.  It's perhaps the only pen I have had long enough to use an entire cartridge, and in fact I actually have two bullets and both have been through multiple cartridges.  I write a lot of notes at work and the Bullets are great.

Def

Those Fisher bullet Space pens are great and very small... So small that I lost the first one I bought one day after receiving it