The triangle pen

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Brian C
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The triangle pen

#1 Post by Brian C »

Does anyone know the origin/specific purpose of three-sided pens? Why are they made and used instead of simple round pens? I'm sure no one just decided to make a triangle pen for the sake of it. Round pens fit easily into the hand and are omnidirectional. Flat pencils are used in construction because a carpenter can use a knife to cut it instead of finding a sharpener. So why triangle pens?

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#2 Post by Pizzasgood »

We had little triangle things that you could put round pencils inside of to make the grip triangle back in kindergarten. The purpose was to help us learn how to correctly hold a pencile.

It could be a gimick.

I use a knife on my round penciles...
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#3 Post by Flash »

Some people may find them more comfortable but I'm pretty sure the real reason writing instruments are 3-sided is so they won't roll off the chart table in a hurricane. (It's very annoying when that happens.) :lol:

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#4 Post by jason.b.c »

Flash wrote:Some people may find them more comfortable but I'm pretty sure the real reason writing instruments are 3-sided is so they won't roll off the chart table in a hurricane. (It's very annoying when that happens.) :lol:

Hey uh Flash, Do you usually have your pencil roll off the table when a hurricane hits in your neiborhood?? ( ha ha ha ha )

Sounds annoying, i hate it when that happens to me. :lol: :lol: :wink:
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