Types of Pens

The Choice is Yours...Which Pen Will It Be? 

Pen Type: Simple ball-point

Uses: Take notes, chew it, tap it on a desk, launch springs (mechanical only)

Highlights: Affordable, common, fits behind your ear  

Cap Pen

Mechanical

Pen Type: Fountain

Uses: Write poetry, copy an ancient document, squirt ink in someone's eye

Highlights: Freakin' awesome, re-loadable ink cartridge, classy

Pen Type: Felt tip
Uses: Draw easily on people, color stuff, brag about your rainbow collection
Highlights: Trick your colorblind friends, collectable, pretty

Pen Type: Rollerball
Uses: Be amazed, write long papers with ease
Highlights: Glides over the writing surface, doubles as a massage tool

Pen Type: Dip Pen

Uses: Paint, eat icing out of the can, give wet willies

Highlights: Discrete, artistic, unique

Pen Type: Quill

Uses: Pretend to sign the Declaration of Independence, tickle your friends' feet, write by candlelight

Highlights: Can be used as makeshift pillow stuffing

Ben Franklin impersonator using a quill on a tablet.

Pen Type: Novelty

Uses: Impress the opposite sex, outdo other penthusiasts, stand out in class

Highlights: Pens that fit your personality

Ming Dynasty era ink brush

Pen Type: Pen Gun
Uses: Self-defense, be in Mission Impossible, write things (duh)
Highlights: The pen is mightier than the sword.

Find Your Pen