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Shorttime

Shorttime

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Read Mark's review of the Surefire pen, and liked it, but I have slightly different needs.

I work in a fairly nasty environment, and although I do not need a strictly "tactical" pen, with a glassbreaker and such, I've been looking at them because they seem to satisfy my needs best.

I absolutely need the strongest pocket clip it is possible to get. Not only strong in terms of it's ability to hold the pen in place, but also it's ability to resist breaking if it gets snagged.

Stainless steel or some kind of durable finish is very important. Pockets of denim jeans can get rather humid.

A twist style (capless) design is essential, both because it eliminates the possibility of losing the cap, and because it allows tip-down storage, keeping the ink where it needs to be.

Cost is an issue, but not excessively so. I'm interested in seeing what is out there, first.

I have looked at the Fisher Trekker, but I already have enough gear hanging from my belt loops and pockets.
 
Cheap, but my parker jotter hasn't failed me yet. Of course, all I use it for is writing, and as some sort of massage stick. :D
 
Hah!

Writing is one of the intended uses of this pen, as a matter of fact. But for most people, pens spend far more time traveling around with you than they do actually writing. Regular plastic pens last me about a month, usually because the clip snaps, or the button mechanism gets jammed with dust and stops working right. The list in my OP is a list of the features I believe a writing instrument must have to serve my needs. I'm not a Quiet Professional, and I try to keep what somebody else called "Ninjavitis" out of my decisions about pens, knives, multitools, etc. Other than that, I don't really want to describe in detail where I work, because this is the Internet.

Although many "tactical pens" can serve as kubotans, I would choose to carry a dedicated kubotan, if that was my choice for SD.
 
texas gun person said:
County Comm Stainless Elite Embassy Pen.
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I agree but also like the aluminum version. I actually prefer the aluminum version as it's more pen-like and doesn't feel like a fist pack. Pragmatically speaking, the Stainless Steel version also seems to dethread itself in my bag, so I'll reach for it and end up holding only the cap. As the aluminum one is half the weight it seems to stay together all the time and only comes apart when I want it to.

But yes, County Comm for sure. And if you like an o-ring seal make sure to buy the titanium pen as the stainless and aluminum versions don't have one.
 
The Parker Jotters in SS are pretty nice. The standard ball point ink cartridges last along time, the only person I know to use all the ink out of a Parker pen was my dad.

Ric
 
Hmm...
The clip on the Parker would be gone in a month. Seriously.

I like CountyComm, especially the black version. Anybody ever have a Fisher cartridge rupture on them? I do work in +250F, although not very often.

Yeah, I was looking at the United pen, not so much for the tacticool factor, as that it seemed to be the lowball way to get what I need.

I think I'll try the United pen. For $15-$20, it's the easy way to go. If I don't like it, I'll keep CountyComm and that Max-whatever they call themselves in mind.

Thanks!
 
Shorttime said:
Hmm...
The clip on the Parker would be gone in a month. Seriously.

I like CountyComm, especially the black version. Anybody ever have a Fisher cartridge rupture on them? I do work in +250F, although not very often.

Yeah, I was looking at the United pen, not so much for the tacticool factor, as that it seemed to be the lowball way to get what I need.

I think I'll try the United pen. For $15-$20, it's the easy way to go. If I don't like it, I'll keep CountyComm and that Max-whatever they call themselves in mind.

Thanks!
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I have to ask...where do you work that it is 250 degrees??
 
I would hazard to guess that if you had to work in 250 degree conditions, you wouldn't be wanting to be holding a metal pen, not that the ink or ball point could work properly.
 
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