In Need of a Creative Mind
 

I think this should be the right part of the Tilted Forum to put this question. We've all been to a bank, doctor's office, etc. and seen those pens that are decorated to look like flowers. They're more visually appealing than a plain mug of bics and it prevents people from walking off with so many. What I want to know is does anybody know of a more masculine version of the same? What would a guy have on his desk that's equivalent to the pen flowers?

A Dickens Cider Wide mouth? :D


A large feather quill in an inkwell looked great on Jefferson's desk....


Hell...I got nothin....

Hmm...I like the idea of a feather. That's possible. Anyone else?

I've seen a lot of cool carved wooden pens at arts festivals and such. Some of them had carved animal heads and others were carved in a way to show off the wood.

Small football/baseball/etc design on the pen caps?

Or maybe a pen on one side, and the other side is a stamp? I am thinking of the stamp like Chinese and Japanese paintings for signature. The stamp side is usually made of jade or other stone.

hmm, fashion them to look like tools a the top. A phillips head screw driver, drill bit, flat head screwdriver, allen keys, etc.

a pen that is giving the finger.
a pen with a hammer or some power tool on the top, instead of the flower.
a pen with a nuclear missile on top instead of the flower.
a pen with an engorged penis instead of a flower.
a pen with a metal spike. or metal spike with a pen nib on the end.
a bullet with a pen nib on the end. or a pen with a bullet.
a pen with a mini- blow up doll instead of a flower.
i could go on, but i shant....

A pen with a carved out female bust instead of the flower.

Hahahaha.... so the nib is the head? The pen is already phallic enough! This forum is starting to make me think dirty things. :paranoid:

Have a picture of yourself hitting someone in the face for taking one of your pens. It communicates both humor and danger at once, and you don't need to spring on strange pens.

I want something that can't be easily removed. I guess I'll go to the dollar store and see if they have any toys that are really small and can be duct taped to the pen.

Maybe this?

http://www.wadayaneed.com/automotive...tionallogo.htm

two words: laser pointer

Don't they still make those naked lady pens? You know, the ones whose clothes fall/drain off when you turn them upside down?

Nothing says masculine like having a naked lady on your desk.

How about an outing to your local museum gift shop?

They have tons of gimicky show-off items like what you are describing.

Most of your suggestions will *encourage* people to steal the Kid's pens...

how about you just coat the outside of the pens in acid, or some other caustic burning substance, then when someone tries to take them, thier fingers burn and after a week, no one will touch your pens, and then you can put regular pens in the pen holder.....

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...etiq/8077R.jpg

Baseball Bat Pens....

Exactly. Also, I believe that most people don't intentionally steal the pens - it is just an automatic "I'm done with the pen, time to put it away" reaction. A huge flower on the top of the pen makes it difficult to accidentally slip into a pocket or bag. Unfortunately, I don't have any ideas.

The best I've seen is pens with "This pen has been stolen from ________." written on the side

thats awesome! i'd steal one so i can show it off! haha

My son got a souveneir pen in Niagara Falls that was a foot long and about a half inch thick...kinda hard to hide ;)


how the hell do you spell souvenier anyway???

Why such a big pen? It must be difficult to write. O_O

Souvenir :P French word.

Hows about one of them pens that has its own light show? :D

http://www.cajunpen.com/assets/image...hoto_large.jpg

http://www.rightstart.com/global/sto...6-5dea8fad9ce2

Duct tape these to your pens.

(Or similar toy tools)

I like the feather idea. A lot, actually.

The problem with getting something to stick to a pen is making sure that your object (let's call it a Topper, shall we) has something long and pointy that can be affixed alonside the pen with tape. You won't be able to make a topper by merely gluing something to the "eraser end" of a pen. You know what I mean. It has to be a part of the entire pen or at least extend down the majority of it.

And you can tape pretty much anything to a pen using that green floral tape (which is basically the same stuff they use to make the flower pens). You can get that stuff at a craft store or possibly even a grocery store in the hardware section. (You know, the place where they keep motor oil and lightbulbs and tiny plastic hooks to "hold" your coffee cups).

Other than feathers or flowers, though, I can't think of anything else that comes with a stem-like appendage. Maybe some... greenery? Like a fern frond? :lol: You could do that to all your pens and make your pen-cup look like a tiny tree. :thumbsup:

Floral tape:
http://us.st11.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.c...s_1954_5996637

MS Paint "diagram" of proper technique:

First, get your supplies:
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o...a/supplies.jpg

Next, with the feather quill/flower stem against the pen, wrap the tape around in overlapping circles until entire pen is covered with tape.
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o...ria/method.jpg

Note that my pen looks lumpy. This is not ONLY due to user error in MSPaint (even though most of it is...) it is also because your pen will probably look lumpy, and there's not much you can do about it.
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o...ia/product.jpg

I made pens for my wedding like this and none of them were as pretty as the ones in the store. :2cents:

How about just a duct-taped pen? Few things are more manly than that! :P

Are you trying to deter males or females from stealing your pens? Coworkers or clients? If you are trying to deter males, then a bunch of the big flowery ones would probably be just the thing to have, even if you are male. Dollar Store has huge pens about 8 inches long and almost an inch thick. I also like the duct-taped pen idea, but use a bright color so it is easier to see when someone takes off with it.