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Woodpuppy wrote: ↑

Mon Jun 24, 2019 5:17 am

Best “tactical pencil” out there, the Pentel drafting pencils! I have 0.5, 0.7, and 0.9. Love the fat one.

https://www.pentel.com/collections/penc ... 5189029935

Woodpuppy wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 25, 2019 5:13 am

Oof, 0.3 would be rough! We had to use rapidographs on vellum in undergrad geology. Easy to tear!

JD Spydo wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 01, 2019 10:49 am

There is a martial arts company known as US Tactical that has what looks exactly like a ball point pen but an Ice pick type spike comes out of the end of it. I"m seriously thinking about getting one of them. Heck that would fool even most police. Not sure of the legality of it but if it comes to someone jumping me and/or killing me I will take my chance on a jury trial.

I've seen other tactical type weapons disguised as ink pens in the past. But that one by US Tactical looks like a really nice piece.

Woodpuppy wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 20, 2019 12:42 pm

I like clickies, but I wonder how easy/hard to hold. Is the texture adequate? My favorite daily writer is a blue 0.7 pilot G2

SpyderEdgeForever wrote: ↑

Fri Jun 21, 2019 7:44 pm

Sometime ago there was a discussion on the forum about tactical pens. There are many such pens available, in assorted price ranges, and quality levels, made by different companies, everyone from Smith and Wesson, to Maxam, and Benchmade.

However, some commenters have said that there are several drawbacks to these specific Tactical Pens:

1 Many of them are very thick and unwieldly for writing.
2 Many of them are very "armored looking" and would not pass the "legality" test if carried and actually used for self defense/protection.

It has been suggested that a person purchase and carry a "normal but strongly built pen" such as this:

https://www.zebrapen.com/product/f-301- ... tractable/

The Zebra Pen like others is made of stainless steel, the barrel is stainless steel, and it is very durable. There are other models and companies, too. Something can be "tactical" without being tactical. If the self-defender knows what they are doing, it is said these durable metal pens can be as effective as the specific "tactical pens" if not more so.

Is this true and are there any drawbacks or downsides to using and carrying one of these durable "normal pens"?

Next: Is the Spyderco Baliyo a tactical pen? Could it stand up to such use if needed?

Evil D wrote: ↑

Sat Jun 22, 2019 8:09 pm

remnar wrote: ↑

Sat Jun 22, 2019 7:58 pm

Evil D wrote: ↑

Sat Jun 22, 2019 12:15 pm

I just carry a Zebra F-701 with a Fisher Space Pen cartridge. It isn't solid steel and has a plastic tube inside but in a pinch it'll get the job done and nobody sees it as a weapon.

Evil D,

Do you have one of the new F-701's? I've done the 701-402 hack on previous models but the new 701's do not have the plastic piece at the top. They claim to be all metal "from tip to clip". I bought one today and it was under $6, which I think is a bargain. The only thing I don't like is that I can only find them with black ink and my job requires that I use blue ink. I usually swap the ink cartridges for Zebra fine tip blue cartridges that seem to work well. Do you think the Fisher Cartridges are worth the extra money?

BTW, I'd recommend the F-701 to anyone that wants a pen that writes great and carries easily, and could be used for self defense if you absolutely needed to do so.

I would not recommend a Bali-Yo for self defense because they are not built strong enough to withstand that kind of punishment.

I have the new "all metal" version but it's BS, it all screws together into a plastic tube underneath a stainless tube on the outside of the body. I like the Fisher cartridges because I write in all climates so rain/snow/heat/cold and sometimes on random surfaces other than paper. It does take some mods to get the cartridge to work though.

I did a little write up here. If you aren't familiar with doing the mod you may need to read up on it, I didn't go into great detail about the basics, only about some of the issues I've had and how I corrected them.

https://www.edcforums.com/threads/i-fin ... bo.140179/