2006 Stylus Pen Annual

[Bill]

I just bought a copy of the "Premier Collector's Issue" of the 2006 Stylus Pen Annual. It has just over 400 glossy color pages, lots of photos of pens and some text for each of the 70+ companies listed, plus a glossary and a couple of shorts articles on care, ink.

 

Sticker price is $24.95, minus your typical bookstore discount card. The current issue of Stylus has a full page ad for it and a tear-out order form that can be used for mail order but they want $10 for S&H.

 

The introduction says it is also available through pen dealers and pen stores.

 

Some pictures are six to a page, others are larger. In a few cases, each block shows several pens. It appears that the higher end the pen is, the more play it gets.

 

Each description lists the name, pen types available, materials used, colors available, and price (retail, it appears). Pelikan has 14 pages and seems to show a pic of each color instead of a representative example like some of them. It show a number of LE/SE pens, although I haven't had time to study how comprehensive it is. There are many slick ads also.

 

This might be a great reference tool for modern pens. It also might get drooled on a lot.

 

Bill

[chainwhip]

They should bundle a bib with some of these mags.

 

[OldGriz]

Now if they would only do the same thing for vintage pens...

Of course I would have to buy 2 of them... one to drool on and one to keep nice and clean....

[Apollo]

Yeah, lot's of stuff to drool over in that Stylus 2006 Annual.

[handlebar]

I just bought mine tonight at a local Barnes and Noble. A bit on the expensive side i would say for so many ads and such. But i wanted it mainly for the company information. Knowing a bit more about the various companies was worth it to me not to mention the photos of the pens!!! Many of them i had not seen before.

 

So i guess it WAS worth the price!!!!And yes,it is great drool material!

 

Handlebar