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[Pen/Pencil Review] RERUN – The Austin College Gift Pen
In honor of my niece, Suzanne, who’s coming home from Greece and getting married in about a month. This is a rerun of the pen she gave me from her College – Austin College (go Roos!) – in 2013.
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This week’s pen blog is another one of the pens I got received for Christmas. It’s an Austin College Retractable that my niece, Suzanne gave me.
This pen is lovely. The body is black plastic, but with a lacquer shine. It’s a promotional type pen, so the hardware isn’t the best, but it’s not the cheapest. I was pleasantly surprised to find it had a Parker Style GEL ink in it. In a 0.7mm, I’m sure, but that was a pleasant surprise.
The pen is about 5.25-5.5†long with the point extended and is not slender, but not thick. It’s light but not completely featherweight and pretty well-balanced. This pen has a click retraction mechanism that is smooth and secure. This pen has little in the way of frills. No grips. But also no weird edges, so if it’s wide enough for you (or slender, depending on your preferences), it’s a comfortable pen. I’m happy to use it on a fairly regular basis – though I am trying to be careful not to rub off the college name or ding it up too much.
The numbers:
1. How does it work? – 1 – It’s decent. Mechanically there’s nothing wrong with the pen. The mechanisms and clip are pretty solid for a promotional/gift type pen.
2. Grip and feel – 0.5 – Though there are no edges to really dig in, there’s also no grip to the plastic. It’s okay, but can get tiresome.
3. Material – 1 It is a good quality promotional type pen. It’s plastic, but good quality plastic. It doesn’t feel “CHEAPâ€.
4. Overall Design – 1 – It’s good for what it is. It’s a pretty pen that’s meant to look good and promote the college. It does that. It’s not uncomfortable to work with, and it has a good ink.
5. Price Point – 0.5 – You know? I have no idea. It’s a college bookstore pen. It’s probably about $7-$10 because it’s more to promote the school and be a gift than it is to be an everyday writing pen. And being it’s from my niece? I’m not going to go digging around to find out.
GO ‘ROOS!
I give it 4 out of 5 Bronze Pencils
[Pen/Pencil Review] ARGGGGGHHHHH
I’ve signed up for a yoga class on Monday nights for the Mondays in June. There are crazy Day Job Deadlines in June. Pen blogs may happen on TUESDAYS in June. Worst poem EVER.
[Writer Post] When I Grow Up
There’s an age-old question people ask and get asked AT ALL AGES: What do you want to be when you grow up? As if there’s a right answer to that. PISH. Please. Let’s just address the big element in that – who actually wants to grow up? Being a Grown Up is totally overrated, or […]
[Pen/Pencil Review] Pilot MR Retro Pop Collection – 1.0 mm Ballpoint
We return to Pilot this week with a pen that I found at Target and fell in love with. This is the Pilot MR Retro Pop Collection ballpoint pen. This is the only piece I’ve found so far in the Retro Pop Collection, so I’m looking forward to seeing what else they bring out. According […]
[Writer Post] Words, Conventions, Drama
It’s Wednesday. Trying to be on track. Trying to avoid convention drama – but I was the cause of some it, so that ship sailed. And for a short work week, it’s been a very stressful, chock full of STUFF week (except Monday – the holiday – that was pretty low key). But hey, I […]
[Pen/Pencil Review] Paper Mate InkJoy Fine Point – The Blues
Today’s blog post is an add on to the last review I did – because YESTERDAY was Monday (not Today). Today we check out the Paper Mate InkJoy GEL pen in the 0.5mm FINE point (as it should be). The 0.5mm are slightly harder to track down and come in unusual collections. This package contains […]
[Writer Post] Flush Fiction and Other Things
It’s Wednesday, and by golly, I’m going to get a blog post written. I do actually have offical permission to announce I will have a story in Flush Fiction, Volume II: Twenty Years of Letting It Go! by Yard Dog Press. It will be available in ebook very soon (link coming), and in print for […]
[Pen/Pencil Review] PaperMate InkJoy Gel Pen – 0.5mm Classic Colors
Today’s blog post is an add on to one of the last reviews I did. Today we check out the Paper Mate InkJoy GEL pen in the 0.5mm FINE point (as it should be). The 0.5mm are slightly harder to track down and come in unusual collections. This one package is what I call “the […]
[Writer Post] The Week of Weird
Yes, it’s been the week of weird – but in a relatively good way. But all my routines and rhythms are completely out the window. Hopefully I can get it all back during the weekend and for next week. And maybe I can stop being easily distracted (yeah, right). There’s been writing and submitting and […]
[Writing Post] DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME!
In writing terms, I just did something that breaks a WHOLE FREAKIN’ bunch of “professional” writing rules. Not actually going to say WHAT just now, going to wait to see how it turns out first. BUT… if you’re going to break rules. Keep these in mind: 1. Know your “audience”. Make sure whoever you’re breaking […]