BIC Pens From Around The World

 

I like many of you have always had BIC pens at one time or another. The BIC cristal has been around for 50 years and the original BIC is about all you can find here in the US. Around the world is another matter. Here is my current collection to date. I am sure there will be more additions. Countries represented here are the USA, France, England, Australia, Brazil and Mexico. All of these are refillable except one. Add all these BICs to your collection.

New Plastic Box

 

Today I went by Lowes to pick up something for the house and never did find it. What I did find are these great plastic boxes with the colored pencils all over the top and sides. Does not look like the pencils will rub off. These boxes are about 12" long, 7" wide and 5" deep so they will hold plenty of stuff and down here in the supply room we have plenty of stuff. I am going back tomorrow and two more. $3.50 each. Add them to your collection.

70s Clipboard With Stickers

 

Here is a 70s clipboard with a yellow tint veneer finish. This was a very popular style clipboard in the 70s. A youngster put stickers all over the front and back. The clipboard was damaged in shipment so it currently does not work but still a nice item for the 70s collection. Will try and repair when I get time. Add one to yours.

Added One More

 

Thanks to a comment by Subgirl on my 29 July post we have added a clear tape dispenser model RS 7013 to our 80s collection. There is one button on top to move the tape along and a wheel to adjust the length of tape needed. This has been a great addition to the 80s look. The phone is now in use and the tape and stapler work fine. Add them all to your collection.

More School Supplies 2011

 

RF and I went looking for more school supplies and picked up some real nice new items. Left top is Jetpens Quick Dock pentel pencil followed by the standard ones found here in the US. Bottom are the new for this year clear colored US Quick Docks. I only found these three colors. Very nice pencils. Then we have the two pack of multi pens by Maped. GTC clear pencil top erasers. Bottom middle are the new Hot Wheels puzzle erasers. Next is a two pack of Maped black erasers. Last is a new pocket calculator from Office Depot. Go out there and add all this stuff to your collections.

More New and Old Stuff

 

We have three very different items here. On the left are new Hillary Duff pens. I also put the Scripto Twiggy refillable pen next to them so we can compare. Hillary Duff pens are as you would expect for cheap kids pens while the Scripto is made in the USA about 50 years ago and would have been a good pen for someone. On the right is a set of eight Lyra Colorstrip pencils that won the reddot design award for best of the best in 2009. I can see why, they are very nice looking pencils but all I am going to do is keep one of them for my collection and send the rest over to Ricardo. I will let others who use these type of pencils review them like over at Lung Sketching Scrolls. Bottom right is a pen that has been in my pocket for the past three weeks. Back on 20 July over at Office Supply Geek he review a Tactical Fountain Pen. I may have to get the roller ball. This blue Tactical pen which also comes in black and grey is nice. I prefer one that does not have a cap. Caps get lost. This pen is a one piece pen. You twist the bottom half into the top half and you can see the point and start writing. It uses Parker Jotter refills and can be used as a weapon because the top of the pen is serrated. Also on the very top is a small hole that has a glow in the dark insert. This pen has a extra long pocket clip so it fits in the shirt or the side pants pocket. The pen is heavy but is easy to write with. A friend of mine just left to go back to Iraq and I gave him one to take along. After 21 years in the Army I can tell you that our everyday pens and pencils do not work as well when you are in the sand like I was during Desert Storm or during a winter in Germany. Add them all to your collections.

Mad Men Again

 

Some of our blogging friends in the pen and pencil area have gotten real jobs because of their blogs. Well down here in the old supply room we also have another job. Providing school and office supplies to the TV show Mad Men. This is our second year. This post is just some of the stuff headed off to Los Angeles. We also repair old pens and pencils that the staff find and verify dates that the pens and pencils were made. This is fun work. Filming of season 5 starts next week but it will not air till next March. I always have a hard time watching the show because I am trying to see the pens and pencils in the actors hands or on their desks. This is a great show that takes place in the 60s. If you have not seen it rent the DVDs and watch the pens and pencils.