I love pens which should be obvious from all the pen reviews I’ve done. But the PK-TPE tactical pen from PK Design Lab scares me a little. It looks like the sort of tool that aliens would use for unspeakable medical experiments.
The PK Design Lab PK-TPE is a tactical pen that is made of CNC machine milled high-grade aerospace aluminum and uses Fisher Pen Company Space Pen ink cartridges.
The pen has been designed to be used as a normal writing instrument and as a weapon when bad guys or aliens jump you.
Hey, why do we have to append the words “tactical pen” to the end of a pen’s name? After all, can’t any pen be a tactical pen? All you have to do is grip any pen in your fist and jab the point in a bad guy’s or alien’s eye. Not that I’ve ever tried that with a Bic pen and a bad guy (or alien) before. I’m just thinking out loud.
You can read more about the PK-TPE tactical pen at pkdesignlab.com and order one for $93.00 from Amazon.
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We agree with you. What’s next… “tactical” chop sticks???
We have stopped reviewing any item with the word “tactical” in the marketing blurb for the following reason:
That word is starting to just be a marketing “dog whistle” to make something seem “Seal Team Six”-ish and so they can up the price tag for an everyday item.
Yes, it reminds me of “artisanal”, “farm to table”, and the latest catch term is “bespoke”. Drives me nuts!
“This PK Design Labs tactical ”
Corrected.
“This Probe Kit Design Labs tactical…..”
Shudder!
we’ve all heard the space pen story…yes?
NASA…space pen
USSR…no.2 pencil
a combat pencil would probably incorporate a titanium sleeve and super hard, barely readable graphite inserts
BTW…there are tactical chopsticks
Nope, Fisher developed the space pen on their own dime, then marketed to NASA (and the rest of the world): https://www.snopes.com/business/genius/spacepen.asp
NASA had used pencils too, but they were dangerous in the 100% oxygen atmosphere of Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo so needed to find a good pen.