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Thrillist Austin
Tuesday February 16, 2010
Craftiness Pens
The pen is mightier than the war
After a career in military intelligence, there's not much to
do but air your dirty laundry with a gripping tell-all, or
wash said laundry in Black Water and get it even dirtier.
Or...you can make cool crap in your garage! Like pens from
Craftiness.
Craftiness is the handiwork of a retired intelligence
analyst (and Russian linguist) who's now applying woodshop
skills he learned in high school to writing instruments that
employ rare/exotic timber and oft-surprising found
materials, the origins of which aren't classified, but do
you really want to know the story behind that toad-skin? A
throwback to his service days, his signature offerings are
pens made from used bullet casings, including a .50 caliber
machine gun shell with black acrylic grip, a nickel-plated
30-06 with pearly acrylic acetate, and the conflicted "War &
Peace ", featuring a .308 brass casing contrasted against a
body made of Bethlehem Olive wood (remove "Bethlehem" for
something Popeye experienced daily). Less violently,
bullet-free wood-based pens are hand-turned on a lathe, from
a Mexican Bocote job spun Sierra-style for a ringed effect,
to a Brazilian Tulipwood number fitted with 10K gold, to a
cigar-shaped option made from Eucalyptus-related Australian
Red Mallee, because nothing inspires the Great American
Novel quite like the fear that at any minute a koala will
eat your pen!
If wood and bullets aren't your thing, there's also a
selection made with everything from gemstones to the
aforementioned toad-skin -- such a far cry from the standard
Bic, you'll have to Xe it to believe it.
Got permanent writer's cramp? Check out more oddball items
like duck calls, money clips, and bottle openers at
Craftiness' web store.
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