SureFire® Tactical Pen with Window Breaker Tip?

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Anyone try this on window? How effective is it? Right now, this is a front runner because of this feature.

Any other recommendations as your favorite tactical pen and why?
 
My favorite?

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http://www.spacepen.com/non-reflectivemilitarymatteblackcap-o-maticpen.aspx

Costs about $12, very durable, waterproof, freezeproof, heat proof. :thumbup:

Those Surefire pens are nice, but a bit too pricey for me. Especially since I'm prone to loosing them.
 
Rotring Initial pens. Made of brass, great shape for writing and for smacking & poking. I've carried it through airports on 3 continents.
 

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I've got a SureFire, a Benchmade and a Fisher. I love the Surefire, except I broke the clip off it. The Benchmade is nice, but (personally) uncomfortable. The Fisher is the one in the emergency kit and what I give as gifts to friends.
 
CWL said:
Rotring Initial pens. Made of brass, great shape for writing and for smacking & poking. I've carried it through airports on 3 continents.
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Is this meant to be a "tactical" pen or just a regular pen that you feel works great for that roll? What's the exact name of that pen?
 
I think he's referring to the Fisher Space Pen which was, AFAIK, originally designed for anti-gravity conditions [while the Russians just used a pencil:D] and therefore uses pressurized ink. It can write underwater, upside down etc. It's small and easy to carry around. 'Tactical' well ... it's probably not that ... robust - sure. A 'tactical' pen makes me laugh, sounds like marketing to me - it's a freaking pen! Rotrings are pretty sweet [as mentioned above], but definitely don't have any 'tactical' qualities ... just good materials and a legendary name [for writing at least].
 
The glass breaker on the SF pen would indeed be able to smash a window.
One would have to be sure and use the body work of the car to stop your
hand from going through the window though.Throwing it could be an option
too but I doubt thats as effective as a heavy hammer fist strike to a windows corner.
I think of the "glass breaker" as more of an impact point for striking "other" stuff personally.

The one thing I don't like too much about the Mk1 surefire pen is the twist action to retract or the nib.
It leaves a gap in the pen when the nib is retacted and it looks a bit off to me.
It's also quite expensive, there is a few nice pens available in and below that price range.

The Mill-Tac pen was better IMO having a screw on lid made it feel more like a single piece, untill
you actually had to write something. I dont see it smashing a window but did work quite well for
striking though. I managed to lose that pen unfortunately so no joy for me :grumpy:

A few "hammer fist" strikes from the SF pen easily put dents in the bottom of this can.
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I've got both Surefire pens, and I can say that the Surefire Pen 1 would probably go thru the car door if you had the time to try it.

Its a beast, and the window breaker is a solid piece of stainless.

I personally think the pen tip end of the Surefire 2 would break a car window.
 
The window breaker worked for me.

I like the pen overall, though as previously mentioned, the gap that exists when the writing point is retracted is a bit of an issue.
 
Is this meant to be a "tactical" pen or just a regular pen that you feel works great for that roll? What's the exact name of that pen?
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hoser, if you need to have "tactical" written on it to be good-enough, then this pen isn't good enough for you. If you don't have the brains to drop "Rotring Initial" into Google, then you aren't qualified to carry a pen. :rolleyes:
 
I would also look at the offerings from Taylor, they are marketed under the Schrade name and S&W.

Look to be copies of the Mil Tac and at $20+ they are more in my price range.

I have the Schrade version and like it a lot.

The Rotrings are also great pens but the ones I like have been discontinued. The Zebra's are also great for the money.
 
During the cold war, NASA spent millions for a pen that can be used in space...

The Russians, just used a pencil.
 
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