BIC Cristal Original Ballpoint , Comfortable Biro Pens, Medium Point (1.0mm), Assorted Colours, Pack of 10

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In 2014 Bic released a new writing instrument based on the Cristal, a modified pen with a rubber tip opposite the ballpoint. The shape of the barrel echoes that of a traditional wooden pencil, with hexagonal sides that ensure a comfortable and stable grip. These Bic Cristal Ballpoint Pens feature a durable tungsten carbide ball mechanism and smooth oil-based ink for reliable, everyday use. One of the first things you're probably thinking when you look at this picture is how unremarkable it is! For smaller or precise writing styles, the Bic Cristal Blue Ultra Fines Ballpoint Pens are perfect for you.

Your transactions and personal data will be held in a PCIDSS accredited system using secure encryption technologies. Reliable, simple and timeless, the Bic Cristal ballpoint pen is a household staple and a design classic. It has become the archetypal ballpoint pen and is considered ubiquitous, [1] to the extent that the Museum of Modern Art has made it a permanent part of its collection. BIC enters a new market segment in stationery, the refillable school fountain pen, with the acquisition of Stypen® in France. BIC still makes the BIC Cristal Original pen in its own plants on machinery designed by BIC engineers.If the look of your ballpoint is important to you, you can also choose a pen according to the barrel colour.

The ball bearing is engineered to perfection so the ink evenly flows from the point for seamlessly smooth writing. Marcel Bich and Édouard Buffard create Société BIC to manufacture and distribute BIC® ballpoint pens.Polypropylene is used instead of polystyrene because it absorbs impact better, reducing the chance of the pen cracking or splitting if it is dropped onto the cap. Available in a variety of colours and brands such as Bic, Pilot and 5 Star, biro pens are the ideal accessory for when you are at your desk or on the move. The pens' ink color has many different varieties, ranging from the 'classic' colors (blue, black, red, and green), to pink and purple.

You have probably used this type of pen countless times, but might still ask yourself: ‘What exactly is a ballpoint pen? Many people use it for drawing and in 2011, an exhibition was even held at the Museum of Brands in London to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the BIC pen!We have everything you need for the office, for back to school, and for when you’re feeling creative. Bich developed a viscosity of ink which neither leaked nor clogged and, under a ballpoint pen patent licensed from Bíró, launched the Cristal in December 1950. Ballpoint pens, also known as ball pens or biros, have a barrel filled with oil-based ink which is distributed with a small sphere in the tip. A lot of money was spent on advertising the pen, and three years after it’s launch advertising genius Pierre Guichenne persuaded Bich to drop the ‘h’ from his family name to create a more catchy brand name. By the late 1950' BIC held 70% of the european market and by 1960 it had bought 100% of its american rival Waterman Pens and began to sell BIC ballpoint pens in the USA.