Select your weapon: Marking tech, the snobbery you didn’t know you needed




Select your weapon: Marking tech, the snobbery you didn’t know you needed
An interesting sub-culture I had never considered appears to exist within our very midst, teachers as users of stationery, who knew? See below for a summary of the prices, products and lead proponents of the surprisingly active and passionate #penchat, notably, this hashtag already has a somewhat active use, by people who use it to discuss, well, pens…
Below are the leading choices, as ranked by price. I have no idea why I took the time to do this, except for the fact that I have a weekend without a pile of marking to be addressed.
Refer to the low quality image below for a hard to view and strangely formatted selection of images that in theory was intended to align with the table above. 
Product
Price
Lead proponent
Link
Kilometrico Ballpoint
42c
@kmcg2375
Staedtler Natural Graphite Pencils HB
60c
@shawtimasmiles
Bic 4 Colour Pen
$1
@vanweingh
KikkiK Ballpoint Pen
$4
@BeckRSaunders
UniBall Eye ballpoint
$4
@steven_kolber
@kmcg2375
Blackwing Pencil
$5
@kmcg2375
@kelittlejohn
TSWBI Eco
$29
@jfcatto
@pete_van_w
Rotring Rapid Pro Pencil
$58
@adrianquick
Lamy Swift Paladium
$70
@jfcatto
@pete_van_w
Lamy 2000
$140
@pete_van_w




















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