Pen test

Still works, quite a nice action.

New Pen

I took my new pen into the pen shop in Leadenhall Market today to find out what sort of ink I needed and the lady behind the counter loved it.  I must have been stuck talking to her for a good 15 minutes.  She'd never seen that type before but reckoned the pen was made in the 70's as it was similar to others she'd seen. That's pretty cool.  It's probably older than me!

Free for all

One of our team left last week so this week we've been divvying up all his stationary.

I found quite a nice propelling pencil so have been using that for the last few days. I've just noticed that logo on the side is upside down. Is it a special pencil for a left handed person?

I've checked all my other pens / pencils and if you hold them in your right hand any logo / writing in the correct way up.

I like the pencil but the upside down writing will annoy me till the day I die.

Design flaws

I found the stationary cupboard at work today so have acquired myself a couple of pens. One of them is a Gel Grip pen.

The lid doesn’t stay on the end of the pen (non-nib end). I know pens probably isn’t what the designer wanted to specialise in having left university but come on…

Other than writing, having the lid stay on the top of the pen is one of key design points, otherwise there is an increased likelihood of losing said lid and drying out the ink. Or maybe that’s deliberate, they want you to be replacing your pen more often.

Either way, it’s annoying.