I EDC the NaitHawk TK.X and LOVE it.
It shipped with a Schmidt P950M pressurized cartridge, but it only lasted me a few months and started leaking everywhere, and I didn’t like the standard ball ink anyway, so I replaced the cartridge with a Parker style gel and it’s way way better.
I can’t say enough about how much I like this pen. I’ve had a zillion comments on it.
http://www.lapolicegear.com/uzi-tactical-pen-2.html
For the price it's not bad, although you won't want to write a long report with it.
I have surefire Pen IV and i had a chance to tried Uzi Tac Pen 1 and United Defence Pen.
I found united defence pen is way much more comfortable to, the right is just perfect also much more lighter than Surefire pen IV and Uzi Tac 1. Surefire Pen IV is way too big and for extended time of writing i found it is exhausting because it's has quite weight. Often Surefire pen IV is always retracted accidentally inside my bag. Uzi Tac Pen on the other hand also way too big and bulky i would say the feeling is about the same like Surefire Pen IV.
All pens is parker style / fisher ink compatible.
First off, every pen is tactical if you have the right mindset. And second, if you want a sturdy pen that can be used as a defensive tool on the cheap, not to mention be carried on a plane or used without getting curious glances from coworkers, I recommend the Zebra F-701.
I’ve carried on for years without issue, although I’ve never disabled a tango with one, so YMMV.
This one also works well... http://www.amazon.com/Parker-Jotter-Stainless-Steel-Medium/dp/B001603YXI/ref=sr_1_1?s=office-products&ie=UTF8&qid=1377964376&sr=1-1&keywords=parker+pen
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been using stainless steel zebra’s for years.
I have a stainless Zebra as a backup pen, and it’s what I used before I got my NaitHawk TK.X
The Zebra is much much lighter weight, and superior for heavy duty writing purposes, but the NaitHawk has a superior build quality, heft, and works perfectly for quick notes, or light writing. I’ve never tried to take it through an airport, nor do I plan to.
Either one will poke a hole in something, but guaranteed the hole will be bigger with a NaitHawk. 
If you took a pen to the eye or the jugular, do you really think the size of the hole matters? 
“The pen is mightier than the sword!”
Similar to using a .22 rifle instead of a .308, either one in the eye will do the same thing, but what happens if you don’t quite hit where you intended?
More damage is better.
I’m not saying don’t get the Zebra, it’s a great pen! I just got a bigger one.
LOL, that’s a training issue. But seriously, I hope we would all stay in the fight ’till the fight is taken from us or the threat is eliminated.
Of course, but I would consider a pen to the eye to be “more” damage.
How about just two Zebras?
In all seriousness, I truly hope none of us are ever having such a bad day as to have to use a pen for anything other than composing love poems and thank you notes.
Thankfully somebody will do a study to help us see if the amount of force needed to drive the bigger pen sacrifices penetration depth or creates a fail for the less muscular. 0:)
The zebra should be strong enough to do an engagement-ending amount of damage to one person, maybe two. I really have them because I prefer to write/take notes with them. If I’m in a situation where I need to use it to defend myself, I can probably justify using .380’s instead.
Heck, one of the only times I don’t have .380’s with me is in class…but the Texas state government is supposed to be working on that for me
Notice the 4 entry points on the torso?
What are those, so called “tactical” pens, purpose, use?
What makes them better, than, say, Fisher Space pens?
Zebra added to Amazon cart, thanks.
It’s been a couple decades since I did any self defense training, but I thought that a yawara/kubaton was for breaking bones, not penetrating strikes. You guys are saying these tactical pens work well for either type of strike?
I’ve always thought that knives make poor defense weapons because for them to be effective, it has to be lethal, and if you are going for lethal, there’s much better weapons. Also, I believe most of the time it isn’t necessary to send your attacker to his maker for the poor choice of throwing a punch at you or something. But I’ve always been a big fan of the kubaton, which gives you lots of self defense options.
.380 huh
That’s cute
I’m a small guy, can’t carry much bigger without printing. Soon as they pass open carry, I have either my sig GSR1911 or a kimber 1911 that will be rocked out in a level 3 hip holster.
to be fair though, my lil grendel carries 10+1 380’s, and is the size of a kimber LCP!
Tactical pens are basically kubatons with pointy ends, so they can be utilized as a traditional kubaton would be with joint locks and breaks, but can also be used as a pointy object for going all pokey-pokey.
the zebra isn’t quite as long as a tactical pen would be, nor as heavy, but is plenty strong enough for penetrating strikes, and maybe basic locks. It’s going to penetrate before it breaks a bone though.
See above. Tactical pens are basically designed for self defense without arousing suspicion…although nowadays, they’re semi-common enough that people are going to recognize them for their alternate purpose.
A knife is more likely to be lethal than a gun, particularly in unskilled hands, but slashes are slightly less likely to be lethal than stabs. Not everyone has as easy access to firearms as people do in America.
Anyone who used a knife in response to a punch would rightly be sent to prison for a very long time. Lethal force is only appropriate in response to a lethal threat.