These pens will spoil you.
Rodney
Jesse Garnier wrote:
>
> Received my Rotring Quattro stylus pen from StylusCentral.com via UPS ground
> today. $34.99 with free shipping. Got next-day service from Rhode Island to
> New York City.
>
> It comes in a fancy, latched plastic box complete with felt lining -- as any
> self-respecting $35/pen should. The 'rotring' logo is set into the plastic
> on the outside of the case, and also silk-printed on the felt inside.
>
> It has a folded instruction and refill guide in English and Francais, and a
> stapled guarantee booklet in nine languages.
>
> My pen is dark gray metal with a pencil, blue pen, red pen, and pencil. I
> probably would prefer silver, if they make one.
>
> The refills say "Made in Germany". The pen came with an extra black refill.
>
> The pen itself has "Japan" on the barrel, with the 'rotring' logo on the
> clip and a red stripe around the pen near the top. Beneath the stripe,
> around the pen, are four icons, each corresponding with a pen tip.
>
> The stylus tip is smooth, white plastic and the action on the pens and
> pencil is solid.
>
> For those who aren't familiar with how it works, this pen has a single
> plunger on the non-writing end which, when pushed, pushes out the tip whose
> icon is facing 'up' on the pen barrel. When an icon is facing up, the proper
> refill is actually on the bottom side of the pen, awaiting the
> gravity-actuated plunger to set it in place.
>
> The tip retracts by pressing a release tab set into the top of the clip.
>
> Interestingly, the stylus and red pen refills were transposed in their
> slots.
>
> I like it. ;)
>
> --Jesse
>
> P.S. I will never again in my life describe a pen in such detail.
>
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