Titanium Bolt-Action Pen

• Titanium bolt action pen by Bastion
• Machined from Grade 5 titanium (Ti-6Al-4V) with a clean, natural finish, not anodized
• Retractable bolt action, worked with one thumb in either hand
• Bolt locks with the tip deployed
• Rockwell C 36 hardness
• Pocket clip
• 0.7mm tip, medium point ballpoint, black ink
• Compatible with Parker-type G2 refills, 98mm x 5.8mm, including Schmidt easyFLOW 9000, Parker QuinkFlow, and Fisher Space Pen with adapter
• Not compatible with Pilot G2 refills
• Refill changes by hand, no tools
• 5.31 inches long
• 1.63 ounces (46 grams)
• Includes pen with ink installed, one spare cartridge and a gift box
• Lifetime manufacturer warranty against manufacturing defects

You have a drawer of pens that write fine and that you would not notice losing. Most of them came free with something, or out of a box of twelve. This one comes down to a single decision: machine the body from Grade 5 titanium and leave the metal showing. Nothing is anodized over it, so the gray you are looking at is the alloy.

Since 2007 we have specialized in carbon fiber, which taught us what to look for in any pen: a material you can tell apart in the hand, and a mechanism worth using. Bastion's bolt is that mechanism. One thumb, in either hand, brings the tip out and the bolt locks there while you write, through a 0.7mm medium point in black. At 1.63 ounces, you know it is metal the moment you pick it up. When the ink runs out, the front section unscrews by hand and takes Parker-type G2 refills, not Pilot G2. A spare cartridge is already in the box, and the pen carries a lifetime manufacturer warranty against manufacturing defects.

If you want the metal itself, this is the one. It arrives in a gift box with the ink already in it, and sooner or later someone is going to pick it up off your desk and work the bolt before they say a word about it. Add it to your cart.