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A Design for a Pen That Won't Dry Out

The cap-less Allbutton Airless Pen keeps the nib sealed inside a vacuum

By Rain Noe - November 2, 2018

As I browse through Kickstarter, I'm less impressed by the Bluetooth-enabled this-and-that and more impressed by small improvements to everyday objects.

At least once a week I'll reach for a ballpoint pen--and draw or write some ghost lines as the pen's gone dry, then will scribble on the back of an envelope to get the pen going. A minor annoyance, but a consistent one. So this new Allbutton Airless Pen, which uses a vacuum-sealed tube and a tiny little hatch to prevent the ink from drying out, looks pretty darned good to me:

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At $9 for 3 pens, they're pretty affordable, and backers apparently agree: At press time the Airless had $26,735 in pledges on a $10,000 goal. They're also selling sets of multiple colors that come in a handsome canvas roll, and those run a little over a buck per pen. If you'd like to get in on it, there's still a few days left to pledge.

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Rain Noe

Rain Noe is a writer and industrial designer based in New York City.

2 Comments

Bobtato Smith

5 months ago

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Assuming the "silicon cap" is actually made of silicone, it makes me wonder why they couldn't just add a silicone foreskin to a regular Bic ballpoint

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ThirtySomething Nerd

5 months ago

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What is that goofy clear mechanism that morphs? A spring?

What moves like that?

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