Tactical Pen Roundup on Boing Boing

Some of you know that I've been a fan of Boing Boing since it was a smeary, hand-stapled physical object on the top shelf of the magazine rack at the local indie bookstore (back when we had those). They are so eclectic that I suppose I shouldn't be surprised by anything at makes its way to their virtual pages.

Even so, I was still a little surprised to see this article by Sean Bonner on a pretty good sampling of today's Tactical Pen market. The writer seems like he would be more comfortable tagging with these stilos than using them for their intended purpose, but overall was still fun to see Boing Boing devote some column inches to a truly useful topic.

"What the crap is a tactical pen? A pen that kicks ass, basically. And I don't just mean it's "a kick-ass pen," I mean: this pen could literally kick your ass. To death, maybe. But it's also a pen, so it's civilized..."

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