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Yesterday one of my students came to me and gave me a pen that she got from the Illinois National Guard.  It is the Swiss Army Knife, the Leatherman Multitool of pens!  I had no idea that it was possible to put so much utility into a pen.  In addition to writing, it has a:

Flashlight

Compass

Screwdriver

And a few more features that I am still figuring out.


How cool!

And how kind!!





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Wow, that is totally cool. Is the ink part replaceable?

What type of screwdriver? Or is there actually a selection of bits?

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Am I allowed to have pen envy?  I thought I was doing well with the choice of 4 colours of ink.

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Jill Dyer wrote:Am I allowed to have pen envy? .


No kidding, here I am with my tactical pen that can break a window if my car goes into a frozen lake, but it doesn't even have a flashlight. I want my money back!
 
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Tereza,

You can have pen envy if you want, but a tactical pen that can break class is pretty cool on its own!

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This got me curious enough to look them up on Amazon.  There is quite the selection. And, some do come with replacement ink cartridges.

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If I remember, this one does have a replaceable cartridge.  

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This might be the same pen, what do you think?  I want one!

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Anne, that has to be it!

The only difference is that this one is camo and has Illinois National Guard written on it.  Recruiters loves to hand them out.



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