The Pen Guy and His Mercedes Pens Art Car Covered in 10,000 Pens

4 Good Reason Used Pens Don't Work Well in this Photoshoot

Published on 2011-12-23 22:34:00

4 Good Reason Used Pens Don't Work Well in this PhotoshootI just received two packages of used pens, a bunch from my friend Don R. in Hastings, Nebraska today, and a bunch of pens from S. Wilner in New York about two weeks ago just in time for Christmas. I decided to have some fun tonight and do a impromptu photo-shoot while holding a bunch of used pens in each hand. I am looking at these photos and I must admit that pens just dont work as a good prop. Even though I think this shoot was a comple

Pentel Pens Just In - Recycology™ program explained

Published on 2011-12-12 11:25:00

Pentel Super Ball, Fine Superball and Quickball Pens Donated by Pentel to The Pen GuyOn one my recent meanderings I landed on Pentel's page called Recycology™, a program created to enhance their mission of helping the environment by creating less waste and increasing recycling activity. They are focused on protecting the environment at all stages of manufacturing by creating products that used both recycled content and post-consumer recycled content. All their products in this line are made fr

3 Great Reasons to Donate Used Pens to The Pen Guy

Published on 2011-12-06 18:41:00

There are 3 Great Reasons to Donate Used Pens to The Pen GuyYou feel good about getting rid of all those used pensYou make room for new pens to take their place I post pictures of your used pens on my site.Thank you all for the amazing batch of used pens donated from Salt Lake City, Utah, San Marcos, California and Sharon Hill, PA. The pen Guy is a happy camper on this beautiful clear cold day.Donated used pens from Salt Lake City, UtahDonated used pens from San Marcos, CaliforniaDonated used pe

Donated Cedax Pens - Great Pens With NOT so Great Side Effects

Published on 2011-11-23 16:31:00

Got these Cedax (Ceftibuten) pens in the other day all the way from Windsor Ca from my pen pall Nancy. V. a mere ten miles away from my PO Box. I have a bunch of medical pens on the Mercedes Pens but I have never featured any of them on the pen guy blog, so decided to investigate. According to the U.S. National Library of Medicine Cedax (Ceftibuten) is a cephalosporin antibiotic used to treat certain infections caused by bacteria such as bronchitis and ear and throat infections. Antibiotics will

Mercedes Pens Feature Video on Mercedes-Benz Reporter

Published on 2011-11-19 14:34:00

Mercedes Pens Art Car Featured on Mercedes-Benz Reporter - Video by Alex KahlAlex Kahl is a self professed auto-geek who is obsessed with cars, technology and the web. This obsession somehow led to the sweetest gig of all, test driving and writing about cars and getting paid for it. A few months ago he was in the Bay Area driving around in a top of the line Mercedes loaner and contacted me about doing and interview in Petaluma CA at TwiT TV. He writes for Mercedes-Benz and this video was just po

Used Pens Donated by Artist Ben Schlitter

Published on 2011-11-13 21:37:00

These Pigma Micro used pens were donated by Ben Schlitter, an award winning designer, illustrator and painter from Santa Monica California. Ben is an illustrator and painter who owns an award winning multidisciplinary design studio called studiobenben. When getting his hands dirty Ben works mainly in acrylic and collage but he also enjoys creating illustrations and designing print, interactive, and motion graphics projects.I wanted to capture the beauty of the pigma micron caps so I bunched them

Used pens from Singapore Reunited with the Pen Guy

Published on 2011-11-07 18:42:00

This beautifully wrapped box of used pens came this week from Joanna C. all the way from Singapore and I took multiple pictures wanting to savor the moment. These used pens came wrapped in brown paper which I carefully removed to reveal the Black & Decker automatic dry iron box. Once I had this box opened I spilled the used pens on the ground to behold the treasure within. It was a windy fall day and a few dry redwood leaves were included in the final shot. Is it possible I could end up writ

Pen Explosion at The Pen Guys House - Nobody Hurt

Published on 2011-10-28 18:51:00

I woke up this morning to find my pen storage bin with its door blown off its hinges and pens spilling all over the place. This bin was given to me with a broken hinge and it simply could not take the pressure of about 30K pens pushing up against it. I had a sinking suspicion that levy was about to burst but ignored the voice telling me to wrap it up with some rope rope.This afternoon I took care of it with a little duct and rope and I am ready again to receive your packages of empty pens in the

Pen Donation from Washington DC

Published on 2011-10-18 01:24:00

Thank you for the pens all the way from Washington DC. This is part of my commitment to thank every one who sends pens.

Pens Donations from San Jose and Sacramento

Published on 2011-10-12 14:49:00

Thank you both for the recent pen donations to the pen guy one million pen project.These two packages locally one from San Jose and the other from Sacramento California. Even though I have been very with work as a Graphic Designer building web sites and designing marketing materials I promise to continue to post on my blog at least once a week. I really want to make sure all of you who send pens in have your donations featured here on the Pen Guy blog.