Countycomm Aluminum or Stainless Embassy Pen?

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Macchina

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Hello,
I've researching nice pens lately and have decided to get an Embassy Pen from Countycomm. If you have either or both the aluminum or stainless version, I'd love to hear feedback from you. I will be using this to jot notes at work (I take write down quick numbers and draw sketches all day long) as well as taking notes for 3 hours at a time at night school.

Specifically I'd like to know if the heavier stainless version causes hand fatigue or if the knurling is to aggressive on either model to use for periods of a lot of writing...
 
I have and use both, the stainless will bring on the hand fatigue after a period of time, where the aluminum version@ 40g is easy on the fingers, I find I end up searching for it more often than the stainless, the stainless being close to 3x the weight @108 g on the wife's cooking scale.
 
I had the SS version,
ITS HEAVY
I traded it off due to the weight and no place to store the cap when in use.
I may try the Aluminum version, but I still want a pen that I can store the cap on.
 
I have both the aluminum version and the stainless. the stainless version is way heavy but i like it for signing checks and things. the aluminum one is the better choice simply because the stainless is so heavy.
 
freedoom said:
I have both the aluminum version and the stainless. the stainless version is way heavy but i like it for signing checks and things. the aluminum one is the better choice simply because the stainless is so heavy.
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Funny, I do the same exact thing. For some reason, I love signing checks with the SS version, but there's no way I'm going to write anything more lengthy.

I do wish the AL version came with the o-ring (like the SS version) to help retain the cap.
 
If you want to plunk down the cash they have a Ti version out.
I use my aluminum version all the time, its good to go.
 
So dumb question, two actually.

Does the cap fit on the end of these when open for writing?

The pen point itself is the 'tactical' end of the pen on these right? I didn't see a pointy part otherwise.
 
I don't think this is really a tactical pen at all. I don't like it how all the cool stuff now-a-days is referred to as tactical. The word tactical means other things besides it's designed to kill someone, but that stigma has been so attached to causing harm that they are now inseparably linked. It's just a cool pen that is well made. I decided on the Embassy Pen over many other current manly pen designs solely because it wasn't pointed or otherwise weapon looking. If it did have a designed weapon implication, I would have passed it by. I don't need people thinking I'm crazy because I carry a pen designed to inflict harm and it also writes as a secondary function! I carry a pistol even though it makes a horrible writing tool because it serves it's primary purpose so well.

As a side note, saying "Fill in the Blank" can be as a kubotan is like saying you bought an iPhone because you can use it as a shim when your table rocks. Sure it would work, but so would any other item that is roughly that shape...
 
Yeah actually I personally just like almost anything out of machined metal. These pens were more on my list as a pen than anything else and the whole hype around them confused me as I didn't see how they were "tactical" or for that matter even a significant defensive weapon without a sharp point.

The fact the cap doesn't fit on the back just plain breaks it as a pen for me.

The fact it's a bad pen that can be a kubaton doesn't really make sense to me either...a kubaton where part of what you are holding could slip loose (the pen cap)?

I'd rather just carry the actual kubaton I own instead for that purpose. I don't carry that kubaton anymore as if you aren't practicing all the time with it, you'll just get punched in the mouth while you try to figure out what that grappling move you can't quite remember anymore was.

That said, when I was in practice and for uniformed service where you actually want compliance for restraint, they are an incredible tool. Now that I have zero need to hold onto anyone, it's just a useless metal stick that some moron could decide to charge me with as a weapon just for carrying around.

So CountyComm off my list of tooled aluminum cool looking pens to consider....for writing things.

Still one of my all time favs is the old standard 'bullet' space pen. They write on anything, are comfortable and fit in a pants pocket perfectly. I just keep losing them. Oh and if you stick one of those space pens right under a jaw line and lift, the guy refusing to get up from sitting in the parking lot will just about leap to his feet. I'm pretty sure my space pen didn't say tactical on the package.
 
I keep my Bullet Pen in my wallet, I don't even know it's there and it's been a year and I haven't lost it.
 
Nice pen that doesn't cause hand fatigue?



Get yourself a fountain pen. You'll thank yourself.



My pens are worth more than my knives are. :)
 
texas gun person said:
Nice pen that doesn't cause hand fatigue?



Get yourself a fountain pen. You'll thank yourself.



My pens are worth more than my knives are. :)
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I had one before and I guess I must have done it wrong because it caused more hand fatigue... Are fountain pens supposed to cause less hand fatigue, and what would the reason be for that?
 
You don't have to bear down and strain your muscles when you use a fountain pen. Of course you can bear down and strain your muscles; it's just that you don't have to....
 
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