Recommend a pen as a graduation present

Masala

Hi

Nephew is graduating soon and we were thinking of buying him a pen as a present and getting it engraved with his qualification

Anyone recommend a special pen.

Willing to pay up to €100

Fr_Dougal

Have you thought about getting him a special pen?

Omackeral

Buy him 200 BIC pens.

Also, Meohew sounds like a Pokemon.

Oldtree

Masala wrote: »

Hi

Meohew is graduating soon and we were thinking of buying him a pen as a present and getting it engraved with his qualification

Anyone recommend a special pen.

Willing to pay up to €100

Cross pens have a wide range and do engraving for you. I've had the same cross pen for decades. It has rubber where you hold it and is a very comfortable writing instrument.

Who is Meohew?

Oldtree

Omackeral wrote: »

Buy him 200 BIC pens.

I'd prefer 100 gel pens, if I could

Omackeral

Deleted User wrote: »

Who is Meohew?

He's when Mew from Pokemon evolves

Omackeral

Omackeral wrote: »

He's when Mew from Pokemon evolves

Aha! That's what I thought.






*strokes chin in confusion

donegaLroad

Donegal bog-oak pens, engraving available

Link here

Beanntraigheach

Deleted User wrote: »

Who is Meohew?

Meohew is the sound a cat makes when it sneezes.

Loveinapril

Buy him a regular pen and give him the change out of €100. It will only get robbed anyway!

Noveight

donegaLroad wrote: »

Donegal bog-oak pens, engraving available

Link here

Was going to suggest the same. Pretty sure Obama has one!

donegaLroad

Noveight wrote: »

Was going to suggest the same. Pretty sure Obama has one!

he does

Canis Lupus

Get one of those 4 in 1s with blue, black, red and green. He'll be the envy of the office.

Wesser

Sounds like a dreadful.present

Foweva Awone

ardinn

I hope this pen will be stuffed full of cocaine or something

"Would you like a pen"

"Ah no, I'm fine thanks"

"Ah go on, they have Cocaine in them"

"What"

"No, Ink - They have ink in them"

Wesser

Wesser wrote: »

Sounds like a dreadful.present

Depends on the person.

Donald Trump

I recommend buying something from "Pen Island". From what I know about Meohew he'd love something from there

www . penisland . com

Donald Trump

Did you hear about the mathematician who tried to solve his constipation problem?

He worked it out with a pen and paper

NinetyTwoTeam

Loveinapril wrote: »

Buy him a regular pen and give him the change out of €100. It will only get robbed anyway!

Giblet

Just give him the €100

Pac1Man

So excited for Meohew! I've been following his vlog series. He mentioned on 'Mondays with Meohew' yesterday that he needs a pen now more than ever. Can't wait to see his reaction! xxx

Jawgap

Masala wrote: »

Hi

Meohew is graduating soon and we were thinking of buying him a pen as a present and getting it engraved with his qualification

Anyone recommend a special pen.

Willing to pay up to €100

What's his qualification in?

You'd get a reasonable enough Cross pen for €100.

tritium

Id suggest a nice fountain pen since its a bit different to your everyday ballpoint. Waterman do a nice wide range and you'll pick one up for under 100 easily enough in Amazon. The 'expert' model is quite nice. Fromer French president Francois Mitterand apparently always had two waterman pens with him.

bop1977

Apple pen(cil). €100. Job done. Although you might have to buy him an iPad as well.

Sure who rights with pen and paper these days?

andekwarhola

Reading this thread made me realize I've actually only written about 20 lines in the last decade.

I could use a pen for digging fluff out of my keyboard or opening jars though.

Joking aside, it's a nice present and I'd be touched.

cormie

Pen Type A:
https://cwandt.com/products/pen-type-a?variant=113683652


Or Pen Type B on the next page!

They are over budget. Pen Type A was I think only $50 when they launched on Kickstarter

corner of hells

I'd suggest a tactical pen or kubotan
should he need to stab somebody in the head.
I've seen an attempt to stab somebody with a bic pen , didn't really work out.

Pelvis

Does he actually like pens? Like, are pens his thing? If not, then you're just wasting your money, doubly so if this is just a bachelors degree.

Permabear

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Masala

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No... he will qualify as a Doctor. I suppose it's a token present for his desk ... I am not saying it's the definitive present to get but it just want to give him something that is individual to him and a token of his graduation. Do the engraving would be Dr. John Smith MD etc.

He might not use it straight away... but maybe in 10 year time etc

Riskymove

Masala wrote: »

No... he will qualify as a Doctor. I suppose it's a token present for his desk ... I am not saying it's the definitive present to get but it just want to give him something that is individual to him and a token of his graduation. Do the engraving would be Dr. John Smith MD etc.

He might not use it straight away... but maybe in 10 year time etc

You are in the wrong place really

go to The Gentlemen's Club threads

Permabear

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cbreeze

I know someone who took his beautiful gold engraved Cross pen to a pub quiz and lost it. He was gutted, but luckily the bar staff had collected up the rubbish at the end of the night and put the biros into the pint glass with the other odd biros and he got it back a couple of weeks later.

Moral of the story: don't flash your good stuff around.

MrPudding

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I worked with a guy that had the crazyiest list of stuff after his name. I had to look most of them up, he had stuff like his IAM (advanced driving) in there. By the time i got to the end I was expecting it to be boy scout badges.

Off topic, but is it ever acceptable to list one's qualifications? On a business card? Linkedin?

On topic: I think a pen is a nice gift for graduation. Depending on what he will be doing, there are nice sets with a pen and a mechanical pencil. Don't think I would bother with engraving though, unless it was a fairly high qualification, and even them, only if it was a more expensive pen. That said, engraving it makes it less likely he will try to flog it on ebay...

MrP

Conchir

From some of the replies here, a few posters don't seem to get that some people are interested in things that others aren't. I for one couldn't give a toss about watches, another common graduation present. They do nothing for me, and I wouldn't really be interested in one at all if I was gifted it. However, I get that a lot of people are really into them, and that's fine.

OP, if you reckon it'll be appreciated then go for it. Seems like there's some good suggestions in the thread so far.

If he likes pens, get him a Mont Blanc but look for it second-hand (vintage!) at that price point.

Don't get anything other than his initials monogrammed on it, more than that looks tacky and I would be embarrassed to pull out a pen with too much engraving on it. He won't forget you gave it to him, or why, and he'll treasure it forever I'm sure.

I love pens and all things stationary related, I was given beautiful pens for graduation and I love them.

bop1977

bop1977 wrote: »

Apple pen(cil). €100. Job done. Although you might have to buy him an iPad as well.

Sure who rights with pen and paper these days?

People who can spell?

Ficheall

MrPudding wrote: »

Off topic, but is it ever acceptable to list one's qualifications? On a business card? Linkedin?

LinkedIn and business cards are exactly the type of place you're expected to include all that twattery.

Aside from job applications and work-related stuff, mentioning your qualifications makes you seem like a wanker.


- Ficheall, PhD, BSc, Dip.

Foweva Awone

MrPudding wrote: »

Off topic, but is it ever acceptable to list one's qualifications? On a business card? Linkedin?

In a place I used to work, we used to have to include them in our email signature. Cringey!

Foweva Awone

Foweva Awone wrote: »

In a place I used to work, we used to have to include them in our email signature. Cringey!

I worked in part of the M.E. for a short while and everyone would introduce themselves with their titles and iterate all their qualifications to the letter, then turn to the next person and they'd do the same. It took about 10 minutes to get through a room at one point. It was like another planet.

Raytown Rocks

Donald Trump wrote: »

I recommend buying something from "Pen Island". From what I know about Meohew he'd love something from there

www . penisland . com

This made me giggle, well played sir

Permabear

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amtc

If you're looking for a pen set as such Newbridge do a nice one.

Birneybau

Masala wrote: »

No... he will qualify as a Doctor. I suppose it's a token present for his desk ... I am not saying it's the definitive present to get but it just want to give him something that is individual to him and a token of his graduation. Do the engraving would be Dr. John Smith MD etc.

He might not use it straight away... but maybe in 10 year time etc

Get him a personalised scalpel. Or speculum.

jester77

http://www.penisland.net has good options for a young lad

Canis Lupus

Birneybau wrote: »

Get him a personalised scalpel. Or speculum.

Has to be the latter.