![]() ![]() ![]() Since the release of Tactile Turn’s inaugural bolt-action pen in 2017, the rifle-inspired writing instrument has been the Texas outfit’s best-selling product, praised for its minimalistic yet elegant aesthetic and wildly rugged construction. Did you just say that you don’t buy your everyday carry Tactile Turn pens from Gallantry?”ĬHOOSING THE RIGHT TACTILE TURN PEN FOR YOU Let’s make some moves already, shall we? “Whoa, whoa, whoa. “Is that a Tactile Turn pen from Gallantry in your pocket or are you just excited to see me?” We’re excited to share our Gallantry Tactile Turn collection with you, fellow Gallantry Man. You want to know what else we are? We’re excited. ![]() As such, we’re thankful to have been able to get our hands on some of Will’s truly exceptional offerings at Gallantry (we carry Tactile Turn’s two main styles, the Standard Tactile Turn Bolt Action Pen and the Standard Tactile Turn Side Click Pen, each one in a few different materials). The kind someone doesn’t let anyone, anyone, borrow. They’re for people with the Gallantry Man spirit, go-getters that aren’t afraid to get their hands dirty in order to get it done right and properly.Ī Tactile Turn pen is the kind of pen someone buys and carries every single day. Tactile Turn’s pens aren’t for people that don’t give a rip about quality, willing to settle for overpriced junk from who-the-heck-knows-where made by who-the-heck-knows-who. Tim Riggins (Taylor Kitsch), Friday Night Lights The difference is that now he has a new 9,000ft² workshop in Garland, Texas filled with state-of-the-art, precise machinery (including a trio of high-end lathes) and a small but brilliant team of machinists (including an aerospace engineer) working with their hands around the clock five days a week in order to make premium everyday carry goods that are guaranteed to last a lifetime (no, really, every Tactile Turn pen includes a lifetime warranty). Nearly a decade later, Will continues to take immense pride in his work. Tactile Turn Owner/Designer/Janitor and Gallantry Man legend Will Hodges He activated his grit, took matters into his own hands, and bought an old, WWII-era lathe, rented 160ft² in the corner of a friend’s workshop in order to design and create his first high-quality 1,000 pens by hand. So what did Will do? He did what any Gallantry Man worth their salt does. “Did somebody say Gallantry is now carrying Tactile Turn EDC pens? AMERICA!!!”Ĭlassic Gallantry Man archetype and engineering legend Will Hodges started Tactile Turn in 2012 in the outskirts of Dallas, TX, because, like many a Gallantry Man, he had become frustrated with how high-quality, small-scale manufacturing had become increasingly inaccessible to the average aspiring entrepreneur and how disconnected Americans had become from not only the products they bought but how those products were made. So whether you’re in the market for one Tactile Turn pen or seven, we’ve got you covered by one of the most trusted pen brands in the country. All I know is you better put it back in your pocket immediately because if my friend Nicky ova here sees you disrespecting such a beautiful everyday carry pen like this? Believe me, it’s gonna be bad news bears, my friend.” I mean, you can’t just be leaving this kind of gold sitting on the bar like it’s a friggin’ bic or something. “This is a Tactile Turn pen from Gallantry. In an increasingly complex, digital world, the simplicity and utility of a great pen cannot be understated. Not only does writing on paper improve your chances of remembering what you write down (the result of several senses being activated at once), but it keeps you firmly grounded in nature. It makes you a smart man, and, dare we say it, a Gallantry Man. In other words, and as you already know (you’re a Gallantry Man reading this right now, so you definitely know what time it is), having a great everyday carry Tactile Turn pen in 2021 doesn’t make you a Neo-Luddite. We've begun to fall back in love with the very analog goods and ideas the tech gurus insisted that we no longer needed.” Brad (Jon Bernthal) and Jordan Belfort (Leonardo DicCaprio) remind the boys why pens are EDC classics in The Wolf of Wall Street. However, as David Sax writes in The Revenge of Analog: Real Things and Why They Matter, “A funny thing happened on the way to the digital utopia. How advances in tech will lead to more freedom, connection, and, of course, less paper (sorry, Dunder Mifflin). ![]() We all know the narrative that’s been force-fed to us over the past several decades when it comes to technology. Had the writing utensil in question been a Tactile Turn pen, believe us, it would’ve sold itself. Jordan Belfort (Leonardo DiCaprio) asks a seminar attendee to sell him a pen in Martin Scorsese’s The Wolf of Wall Street (2013). ![]()
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