I Wouldn't Advice Trying To Board A Plane With This Kickstarter Pen

[Aramchek]

Is this some kind of a joke? If so, it's pretty elaborate.

 

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/116802994/penpik-first-ever-toothpick-pen

[Arkamas]

........ No. Just... no.

[Studio97]

Anything is possible these days. I wish I had the original idea of the pet rock in a box. Then there is the reputable knife company with the tactical steak knife. Those steaks could evade escape or attack. Somehow I see a personal hygiene problem with this pen but if its real someone will buy it and the company will probably sell them out too.

[Out0Mind]

I've owned a few titanium toothpicks in little titanium vials that I keep in my coat pockets and I've never once been stopped at any airport the many times I've flown the past few years. That said, you couldn't pay me to use a pen-toothpick. It'd be very easy to chip a tooth with the super light little ones, let alone one back-weighted with the heft of a whole pen. Yikes.

[inkstainedruth]

This is just weird. But clearly, it's a ballpoint -- so who cares?

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[qvxb]

I think a similar pen was available as KGB surplus but was withdrawn from sale because the poison was not completely removed from the toothpick.

[Tintafuego]

It has raised nearly $3000. There are weird people out there

[FOUR X FOUR]

Ain't nuttin wrong with a pen that's got its own toothpick. Every culturally refined redneck needs one

[DavidtheGnome]

ballpoint and potential to lose an eyeball to a pen? No thanks

[sidpost]

Really? Are they serious?

[Flippy]

That pen looks like a kebab stick.

[RMN]

It's for playing darts when you are bored at the office.

 

 

 

D.ick

[Aramchek]

Just found out the Brits had a very similar idea several decades ago: http://newatlas.com/ww2-spy-gadgets-auction/47870/

[a m a r g o]

I'll guess that all the backers are carnivores by the core...

[Sasha Royale]

Toothpick ? Right !

[Flounder]

This is just the sort of thing that would have spread like wildfire at my old school.

 

FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT! Haw, he ain't pretty no more!

[MYU]

I appears that the pick is made out of the same aluminum alloy material of the body... who in their right mind would want to pick their teeth with THAT? I can understand a plastic or wooden pick, but anodized metal?

 

It's astounding how much ridiculous stuff makes it into Kickstarter projects. I'd love to see a statistic on Kickstarter failures. Even still, if a Kickstarter meets the goal and delivers, there's no guarantee that it'll continue on. I wonder how many people with plenty of disposable income cruise the Kickstarter projects to see what's trending, buy it, then go to the next one... meanwhile the mainstream consumer would have no interest.

[Flippy]

I appears that the pick is made out of the same aluminum alloy material of the body... who in their right mind would want to pick their teeth with THAT? I can understand a plastic or wooden pick, but anodized metal?

 

It's astounding how much ridiculous stuff makes it into Kickstarter projects. I'd love to see a statistic on Kickstarter failures. Even still, if a Kickstarter meets the goal and delivers, there's no guarantee that it'll continue on. I wonder how many people with plenty of disposable income cruise the Kickstarter projects to see what's trending, buy it, then go to the next one... meanwhile the mainstream consumer would have no interest.

Personally, I like that idea. I love when companies make this little gag gifts that are fun to use (but maybe shouldn't always apply to everyday usage.)

[takkun]

I feel like you might appreciate Your Kickstarter Sucks and The Worst Things For Sale. I used to work for an Amazon competitor, and that second one hits a little too close to home sometimes.

[ReadyFireAim]

What will they turn into a "pen" next?

 

We have guns, lasers, mace, syringes, stilettos and now toothpicks