TRUMBULL Ronald Shaw, president and chief executive officer of the Pilot Pen Corp. of America, said Monday he will step down in 2007. Shaw, 65, also serves on the board of directors of the firm s ...

I'm sitting here and at my desk I have three different brands of pens and mechanical pencils - Pilot, Pentel, and Uni-ball. All are made in Japan. <BR><BR>Is there some historic reason for this? Doesn ...

I've always appreciated a fine writing implement. At Popular Mechanics, my starting rotation features a Tetzbo ballpoint pen from Japan, a Koh-I-Noor mechanical pencil from the Czech Republic, and a ...