Schrade Tactical Fountain Pen

[Starguard]

Ooh...Heart Of Darkness on the black one and Apache Sunset on the copper one....both with stub nibs.....

[beboy]

So what makes it "tactical"?

It comes with a hidden blade (the pen becomes a dagger) and the cap is in fact a smoke grenade. It just takes some time to find the trick on how it works...

[J85909266]

Tactical is more of a look, than a function. That said, when the pen is closed, you can place your thumb over the flat end of the cap, holding the pen in the ice pick grip. From here, you could proceed to bludgeon and maim an assailant's face with great success due to the design of the end of the pen body and the sturdy aluminum construction.

[JordanN]

I just wanted to say something nice about the company.

 

I have a Schrade Tactical Pen (SCPEN3BK) that I really liked the build quality on (the metal body and threaded connections are quite nice). I liked it so much that I bought seven more for my groomsmen a few months ago when I got married. I use it in fountain pen mode.

 

Unfortunately, the nib wasn't feeding reliably enough, so I attempted to correct it with my Leatherman Wave and bent the nib; it wrote more reliably but was very scratchy.

 

A week ago, I wrote a nice letter to Taylor Brands explaining my error and asking for help locating a replacement nib, converter, and refills. I received an unexpected package and letter from Susan of their repair department containing 6 ink cartridges (3 blue, 3 black), 2 rollerball refills, and TWO brand new nib sections. Anyways, I am super impressed and grateful and wanted to publicly praise them for their excellent service.

Edited July 31, 2015 by JordanN

[sd10521]

I just wanted to say something nice about the company.

 

I have a Schrade Tactical Pen (SCPEN3BK) that I really liked the build quality on (the metal body and threaded connections are quite nice). I liked it so much that I bought seven more for my groomsmen a few months ago when I got married. I use it in fountain pen mode.

 

Unfortunately, the nib wasn't feeding reliably enough, so I attempted to correct it with my Leatherman Wave and bent the nib; it wrote more reliably but was very scratchy.

 

A week ago, I wrote a nice letter to Taylor Brands explaining my error and asking for help locating a replacement nib, converter, and refills. I received an unexpected package and letter from Susan of their repaid department containing 6 ink cartridges (3 blue, 3 black), 2 rollerball refills, and TWO brand new nib sections. Anyways, I am super impressed and grateful and wanted to publicly praise them for their excellent service.

 

Stories like this do so much to help build a brand and install confidence for it's customers.

 

I'm sold.

 

Like I need another pen....

[Brianm_14]

What makes a pen not tactical is when a pen breaks in the middle of deftly applying an Akido-like hold, leaving you -now penless- to face a very angry, very big guy.

[TheRealScubaSteve]

I just wanted to say something nice about the company.

 

I have a Schrade Tactical Pen (SCPEN3BK) that I really liked the build quality on (the metal body and threaded connections are quite nice). I liked it so much that I bought seven more for my groomsmen a few months ago when I got married. I use it in fountain pen mode.

 

Unfortunately, the nib wasn't feeding reliably enough, so I attempted to correct it with my Leatherman Wave and bent the nib; it wrote more reliably but was very scratchy.

 

A week ago, I wrote a nice letter to Taylor Brands explaining my error and asking for help locating a replacement nib, converter, and refills. I received an unexpected package and letter from Susan of their repair department containing 6 ink cartridges (3 blue, 3 black), 2 rollerball refills, and TWO brand new nib sections. Anyways, I am super impressed and grateful and wanted to publicly praise them for their excellent service.

 

I'd certainly call that exceeding expectations! Knife manufacturers could certainly teach pen companies a thing or two.

[musicman123]

I just wanted to say something nice about the company.

 

I have a Schrade Tactical Pen (SCPEN3BK) that I really liked the build quality on (the metal body and threaded connections are quite nice). I liked it so much that I bought seven more for my groomsmen a few months ago when I got married. I use it in fountain pen mode.

 

Unfortunately, the nib wasn't feeding reliably enough, so I attempted to correct it with my Leatherman Wave and bent the nib; it wrote more reliably but was very scratchy.

 

A week ago, I wrote a nice letter to Taylor Brands explaining my error and asking for help locating a replacement nib, converter, and refills. I received an unexpected package and letter from Susan of their repair department containing 6 ink cartridges (3 blue, 3 black), 2 rollerball refills, and TWO brand new nib sections. Anyways, I am super impressed and grateful and wanted to publicly praise them for their excellent service.

Now that is amazing customer service! If only all companies could be like that!

[FOUR X FOUR]

 

It he Schrade tactical fountain pen also converts over to a roller ball. The fountain pen writes well.the pen is only around 25 Dollars. I think either end of this thing would convince any one that it's tactical

[Dickkooty2]

Have you had any problems with airport security? I gave one to a kite-saiing friend going on a trip down to Baja. Stopped at security. Had to mail the pen home.

[TheRealScubaSteve]

Was it recently? Talk about ridiculous!

Edited August 2, 2015 by TheRealScubaSteve

[TheRealScubaSteve]

double post

Edited August 2, 2015 by TheRealScubaSteve

[Dickkooty2]

Was it recently? Talk about ridiculous!

Last year @ PDX

[musicman123]

Have you had any problems with airport security? I gave one to a kite-saiing friend going on a trip down to Baja. Stopped at security. Had to mail the pen home.

Haven't tried yet! If I ever do get stopped, I just plan on showing them it is a pen. The TSA should understand! Right?

[J85909266]

TSA agents are well aware of tactical pens and their very viable functionality as a weapon in the right hands. They will get confiscated at an airport every time.

[Starguard]

I have an update on my Schrade Tactical, the one I spoke of earlier and the one reviewed by others is model number SCPEN3BK. I have since found out that the manufacturer of the pen Taylor Made has a limited lifetime warranty on their pens, which was a good thing for me, shortly after my last post I started having problems with the pen, it was seeping heavily around the base where the nib and feed enter the section making it almost unusable. I sent it to Taylor Made and as was explained in the warranty they have the option to repair, replace with the same model pen or equivalent pen. They sent me a different pen model SCPEN7BK! I didn't know they had other tactical pens available! The new pen writes very well and actually is a better writer than the pen it replaced, but I liked the style of the old pen, so I got another one on e-Bay and have one of each now. Both pens seem to be fine, the nibs are excellent and I am very happy with them.

Edited November 10, 2015 by Katherines

[Scribble Monboddo]

I got a bit fed up of the rather dry and rigid nib in my Schrade Tactical, and decided it needed a gold replacement. That may sound a bit extravagant in a fairly modestly-priced pen, but I think it's been worth it. The very helpful people at FPnibs.com in southern Spain sold me a ruthenium-plated gold JoWo nib with a matched feed, and it was fairly straightforward to insert these into the original screw-in unit. The dark ruthenium finish has just the right 'stealth' look for this pen, I think, and it writes very nicely indeed now; much smoother, and with a bit of gentle line variation too. There's a hand-written review of my handiwork on my blog if you want to see how it writes (usual caveat - I'm still mastering the thing!). Drilling-out the barrel has allowed me to fit a longer international cartridge so that it doesn't run out of juice quite so quickly, too! Here's how the nib looks these days: