Thinking about picking up a small EDC Pen

It's been awhile since I tried a pair of dockers on, I think I have to hunt them down and give them a try next time I'm in the market for picking up some new pants.

Just spotted the Fisher Stowaway and that looks interesting, now it's down to the Stowaway or Bullet. I think either will serve me well, I think I place the order for that and a few other things in the next few days.
 
Glad to see our stuff mentioned here. Just to clarify a few things about RITR pens:
- The Rite in the Rain Bullet Pen does, in fact, use a Fisher Bullet body. The ink, however, is our own. That makes a big difference, as our ink can write through water and upside-down. Fisher ink can write upside down, but not through water.
- The Rite in the Rain Trekker Pen is another tiny option from us. It uses the same all-weather ink, but the form factor is slightly different (it has a keyring so you can attach it to keys, backpacks, zippers, etc)
 
I ended up buying the Stowaway, the concept of getting to try out a fisher space pen that cheap ($10) and having one that is slightly bigger than the cartridge itself till I open it up and put the cap on the other end was too hard to pass up. Almost bought the Bullet as I thought that be comfier to use but I think the Stowaway be easier to carry for me. Now I just have to wait for it to arrive.
 
RiteInTheRain said:
Glad to see our stuff mentioned here. Just to clarify a few things about RITR pens:
- The Rite in the Rain Bullet Pen does, in fact, use a Fisher Bullet body. The ink, however, is our own. That makes a big difference, as our ink can write through water and upside-down. Fisher ink can write upside down, but not through water.
- The Rite in the Rain Trekker Pen is another tiny option from us. It uses the same all-weather ink, but the form factor is slightly different (it has a keyring so you can attach it to keys, backpacks, zippers, etc)
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Hmm. Maybe you should read this paragraph that's straight from Fisher Space Pens website.


Not content, Paul continued to work on making a better refill. After much experimentation he perfected a refill using thixotropic ink-semisolid until the shearing action of the rolling ball liquefied it-that would flow only when needed. The cartridge was pressurized with nitrogen so that it didn't rely on gravity to make it work. It was dependable in freezing cold and desert heat. IT COULD ALSO WRITE UNDERWATER and upside down. The trick was to have the ink flow when you wanted it to, and not to flow the rest of the time, a problem Fisher solved. Fisher's development couldn't have come at a more opportune time. The space race was on, and the astronauts involved in the Mercury and Gemini missions had been using pencils to take notes in space since standard ball points did not work in zero gravity. The Fisher cartridge did work in the weightlessness of outer space and the astronauts, beginning with the October, 1968 Apollo 7 mission began using the Fisher AG-7 Space Pen and cartridge developed in 1966.



Read the part that's capitalized :rolleyes:


Oh look. Here's another about the Trekker from Fishers website.

The trekker Space Pen WITH A KEY CHAIN RING ATTACHED to the posi-lock cap allows for easy accessibility.

The trekker Space Pen comes with a carabiner and a break-away lanyard making it easily attachable to a belt loop, back pack, purse, climbing gear, briefcase or anything else that is within your reach.
 
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