When people from all over the world think of John Wayne, they don’t often think of pens. In fact, on screen, Wayne was more of a fighter than a writer, more comfortable shooting from the top of a horse than writing prose or poetry. But, as an icon of the old west, John Wayne is a perfect topic for a tribute from Think Pens.
Think is the company that reaches out into our pop culture in order to bring us snippets and tributes to those who have amazed and entertained us throughout the years. Previous examples include their tributes on Johnny Cash and Bruce Lee. Both pens made of high-quality materials about icons in their own respective fields. The Think John Wayne fountain pen is just another addition to this already great line-up of commemorative pens. (See also the Think John Wayne rollerball pen.)
With their latest offering, Think has created a pen that reflects the best of the ‘Old West Americana’. A pen that not only touches on some of the highlights of Wayne’s career but also invokes the nature and independence that have come to uniquely identify the great western states that Wayne so often lived in on screen. It’s a hard essence to capture, but like so man pens before it by Think, it is done well, with caution and good taste.
Coated in a fine resin tinted the color of wet, desert sand and shaded mountain sides, the pen also has a series of stripes in red, black and orange that capture the frequent colors of western landscapes. The cap of the pen is loaded with gold, like the stagecoaches of Wayne’s famous movies. The golden band around the cap is a relief of Monument Valley Butte rising onto the pen from the base of the cap. The clip is another hunk of gold in the shape the river waves of the Red River D brand from the 1948 film ‘Red River’. Scrawled across the golden band on the clip is the signature of John Wayne himself, bringing the whole pen together in a tidy, western package that feels both dangerous and comfortable.
This pen is limited to 888 pieces and comes in a luxuriously lacquered John Wayne box, ready for a gift (perhaps Father’s Day) or just for hoarding away for yourself. So what are you waiting for ‘pardner’ — saddle up and let’s get this wagon train moving. You don’t want to let the Duke down.stripes in red, black and orange that capture the frequent colors of western landscapes. The cap of the pen is loaded with gold, like the stagecoaches of Wayne’s famous movies. The golden band around the cap is a relief of Monument Valley Butte rising onto the pen from the base of the cap. The clip is another hunk of gold in the shape the river waves of the Red River D brand from the 1948 film ‘Red River’. Scrawled across the golden band on the clip is the signature of John Wayne himself, bringing the whole pen together in a tidy, western package that feels both dangerous and comfortable.
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