Awesome Pens

This stainless steel pen has a metal alloy “nib”, so instead of ink it actually leaves bits of metal. It can write on most kinds of paper and can be sharpened using sandpaper. This one’s a keeper.

2 snaps to the old school style of computing: Istanbul designer Burak Kaynak has dreamed up these 3.5” floppy disk shaped sticky notepads. They’re only a prototype, but wouldn’t they be fun?

Those little reminders you write to pick up toilet paper for yourself just got a little more classy, thanks to the gilded frame that comes with these sticky Masterpiece Notes.

Made for self defense and rugged climes, Tuff-Writer’s Frontline Pen is made from mil-spec hard-anodized 6061-T6 aluminum and features a write-anywhere pressurized cartridge.

Less than 3″ long and 1/4 oz., never be without a pen again with the PicoPen; the stainless steel pen hooks on to any keychain, can be un-capped one-handed, and doubles as a stylus.

Kaweco gives the feather pen a modern makeover with the Aluminum Fountain Pen; made with solid aluminum, each is hand-finished and anodized but accepts regular ink cartridges.

Allen Elishewitz’s Tao Tactical Pen not only boasts a pointed butt and impact crown for self-defense, but a Space Pen cartridge that writes whether cold, hot, underwater, or upside down.

Ferrari da Varese’s Bugatti Pen is a metallic marvel; its aluminum shell is quadruple-plated with nickel, silver, palladium, and platinum, and features an iridium-tipped 18 karat gold nib.

The pen is as mighty as the sword with Uzi’s Tactical Defender Pen; it features a sharpened “DNA Catcher” crown that not only jabs your attacker but can collect their DNA for future ID.

The Embassy Pen is equally at home in your office space or outer space; it features a deep knurled aluminum body, stainless steel clip, and pressurized refill good from -30°F to +250°F.

The pen is definitely pricier than the sword with Sruli Recht’s Carbon Dater; it writes with a .30 carat black diamond held in place by a brass claw and set in a hand-tooled carbon rod.

Solve your persistent pen pilfering problems with this Borrow My Pen? set by Fred; the eight pens are screen printed with messages that make long-term borrowing a socially risky proposition.

Dunhill’s Fighter Provenance Fountain Pen doesn’t just spit ink but fire: it’s made from the engine casing of a Spitfire fighter and features a propeller-shaped pen clip and plexiglass cap.

Fisher’s AG-7 Space Pen is as close to the moon as you’ll get, as it contains Kapton foil used on the Apollo 11 Command module; translation: part of the pen flew around the moon.

One of the most comfortable writing tools ever, Kaweco’s AL Sport Aluminum Pencil is unibody like a MacBook; it’s made from one solid aluminum with a finished, anodized surface.

The pen is indeed mightier than the sword with the Pocket Shark Pen, which doubles as a self-defense weapon; it’s made with glass-reinforced plastic and a screw-top cap.

It’s been ages since we gripped a No. 2, but Faber-Castell’s Perfect Pencil has us longing for grade school; made with California cedar, it includes a metal extender and sharpener.

Combining two increasingly archaic devices, Caran d’Ache’s heavily detailed 1010 fountain pens are filled with watch gears and even have a clip that resembles a watch hand.

The Montblanc Skeleton 333 pen features a solid gold map of the world. The lines stand for latitude and longitude, as it’s dedicated to 18th century British inventor John Harrison.

Paying homage to early Egyptian astronomers, Sheaffer’s Stars of Egypt features intricate engravings of Sirius and Orion. Choose from 18 karat solid gold or sterling silver.