Pocket Gel Pen

The Oaknook Pocket Gel Pen is a short pen with a wood grip and a metal body, weighted low so that it still writes steadily despite the reduced length. Short pens usually feel unbalanced in the hand, and the low weighting is what stops this one doing that. The best pen is the one that is with you, and a full length pen in a pocket is either uncomfortable or a risk to the lining of the coat it is in.

It is made to live in a pocket or the front of a notebook rather than standing in a pen pot on a desk. The point is that it is with you when you need it, which is a different design brief from a pen that sits waiting where you left it. Shortening it solves that, and the low weighting means it does not feel like a compromise once it is actually in the hand and moving across a page.

Black gel ink at 0.5mm, which lays down more smoothly than a ballpoint at the same width and suits small handwriting in a pocket notebook. Available singly or as a set, so you can keep one in a coat, one in a bag and one at the desk. Gel ink also starts more reliably than a ballpoint after being left unused for a few weeks, which matters for a pen kept in a coat between seasons.

• Wood grip with a metal body
• 0.5mm black gel ink
• Pocket length, low weighted
• Available singly or as a set
• Suits a pocket or notebook rather than a pot