Today Is The Perfect Day To Celebrate Personalized Pens (And Pencils)

Personalized Pens for National Pencil Day
Personalized Pens for National Pencil Day

Today, let’s write! What is your preferred writing utensil: pen or pencil? Personalized pens can become annoying if you make a mistake, but pencils always need sharpened. Today is National Pencil Day, so let’s give the pencil a turn!

Did you know…

  • Graphite was discovered around 1500, becoming the core of the common pencil
  • The center of the pencil is still referred to as “lead”, even though it is actually graphite
  • The delicate graphite sticks were originally wrapped in string or sheepskin
  • Around 1565 they started to be encased in wood
Garland Tactical Golden Mechanical Pencil
Garland Tactical Golden Mechanical Pencil
Bic Clic Stic Ice
Bic Clic Stic Ice
Chrome Dart Pen
Chrome Dart Pen

Personalized Pens & Ballpoint Pens: A Brief History

Personalized Pens for #BallpointPenDay
Personalized Pens for #BallpointPenDay

Aren’t we lucky that we don’t have to dip our pens in inkwells anymore? While the writing back in those days was beautiful, it was quite a messy process. Thankfully, modern times brought along the invention of the ballpoint pen. Today is a day to grab your favorite personalized pens because it is Ballpoint Pen Day!

Did you know…

  • First invented in the late 1800s
  • John Loud, the inventor with the first patent, was from Massachusetts
  • Loud’s patent was not commercialized, so in 1938 Laszlo Biro patented the modern ballpoint pen
  • It was invented as a cleaner alternative to fountain & dip pens
  • World’s most-used writing instrument
Bic Clic Stic Ice
Bic Clic Stic Ice
Garland Revere Stainless/Golden Pen
Garland Revere Stainless/Golden Pen
Garland Founders Chrome Pen
Garland Founders Chrome Pen