Everyone knows this pen ✍️

this is the Bick Crystal possibly the most successful product ever made the ink flowed into the tip of the pen which contained the stainless steel ball the ball was machined so accurately and could move just enough to spin and deposit ink onto the page when the pen wasn't being used the ball would create a seal stopping ink from leaking out of the bottom the pen had a hexagonal Barrel like a pencil which stopped it from Rolling off tables and made it easier to grip if the pen was turned upside down the capillary action and the surface tension of the ink would stop it from falling out the back of the pen

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Keywords: BIC, BIC Cristal, BIC Cristal Pen, BIC Cristal Pen Design, BIC Ballpoint Pen Design, Ballpoint Pen Design, The Pen That Changed the World, History of the Pen, Capillary Action, Capillary Action in Ballpoint Pens, Developing the BIC Cristal, BIC Cristal and Literacy Rates

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Length: 0min 38sec (38 seconds)

Published: Mon May 13 2024