Originally Posted by
Andy_K
For instance, you can't really have a "vintage" Bic pen because Bic pens have hardly changed at all in 75 years. A 75 year old Bic pen is just old.
That's not entirely true- the older BIC pens have undergone some changes- the tip that inserts into the pen shaft used to be metal- additionally, the ball used to be stainless steel instead of the fancy tungsten used now. Additionally, the cap was changed to have a hole in it around 30 years ago.
Now that being said, I wish I would have hung on to all the old Parker Jotter pens we had all over the place when I was a kid. I still have one of my Grandfather's old Parker Big Red pens- and I bought one on eBay so I could use one and not flip **** if it got lost or stolen.