There’s something charming about a well-used desk: A few spare notebooks stacked up for when an idea hits you. A wastepaper basket filled with crumpled notes. A tea you forgot about because you were deep…
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Montblanc Reintroduces The Baby Pens from the 1910s and ’20s
Historic pen brand Montblanc’s rich history means that we’re treated with heritage designs from the vault every once in a while. The Baby model comes from a silhouette that was popular in the 1910s and…
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Shinola x Machine Era Markup Pen
Shinola is among our favorite producers of watches, EDC, homegoods, and, well, the list goes on. They’ve teamed up with Machine Era on what looks to be a stellar office pen. Machine Era caught our…
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The Best Pens for Every Budget
Ah, the pen. Said to be mightier than the sword, and yet most of us don’t give it a second thought in our daily lives. One always seems to be lying around except when needed…
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The Kaze Pen Is a Re-Imagined Bolt-Action Pen
It takes a disruptor in an industry to change the way we see the potential of a product – and that’s exactly what The Kaze Pen has done. D Rocket Design saw the problem of…
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Lamy’s New EOOS-Designed Pen Is Available in Fountain or Ballpoint Styles
For what feels like decades, Lamy has been one of our favorite pen makers because of their combination of affordability, high design and unending desire to keep the fountain pen relevant. Whether you’re talking about…
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ForeverPen Is the World’s Tiniest EDC Pen
We know, we know, everything these days is taken care of with digital pay, contactless payment, elbow bumps or other transaction types that don’t involve handshakes, signatures or the passing of physical currency. We’re cool…
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WYN Just Revealed the World’s Most Minimalist Pen
Portland-based design studio WYN Labs has produced more than a few influential products–like the WYN Bullet Emergency Window Breaker Tool–over the years, but despite the fact all their products have been influential, few hold a candle…
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Dango P01 Ball Point Pen
Despite the fact we’re making almost all of our purchases with touchless pay options these days, there’s still the odd occasion that requires you to John Hancock a check or take note in your trusty…
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22STUDIO MERGE Desk Pen
The pen can certainly be mightier than the sword if you throw it, and it happens to be made out of concrete. This unique pen and stand set is handmade from high-density concrete. It’s big,…
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J.L. Lawson & Co. EDC | Mark Pen
A great everyday carry pen shouldn’t be too big, too small, or too light. The point is to know you have it in your possession without it being cumbersome, but it must also have some…
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BIC 4-Color 3+1 Ballpoint Pen and Pencil
Only the truly VIP-ish students had the iconic BIC 4-color pen, at least from what we recall. Black, blue, red, and green ink pen cartridges housed in a single body was just nuts back in…
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The MiniSwitch Pen Transforms from Pinkie-size to Full-Size in Seconds
If you’ve spent any amount of time reading Cool Material, you know how much we love a good notebook and accompanying pen for our EDC. There’s just something about physically writing things down with pen…
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Lamy Made a Pen with Wacom EMR Digital Writing Tech
We’ve been big fans of the pen producers at Lamy since long before we finished a piece about the best notebooks and pens for work. Lamy has always produced high-quality writing implements capable of tackling…
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Grovemade Pen
When it comes to the best desktop accessories, there’s nothing more important than a good pen and there’s almost no better manufacturer than Grovemade. Finally, after more than four years, Grovemade has combined their loves…