Happy Ballpoint Pen Day!

Although they've been dated as far back as 1888, the first official Ballpoint Pen was created by László Bíró, a Hungarian newspaper editor, in 1938. He had noticed that the type of ink used in newspaper printing dried much more quickly than the modern day fountain pens. He decided to create a new pen using the same type of ink and did so by fitting a tiny ball bearing in his new pen's tip. This allowed the the pen to move freely along the paper, picking up the thicker, quick-drying ink from inside the ink cartridge and leaving it on the paper without smudging or running.

László Bíró's first pen design was patented in Great Britain on June 15, 1938. He later filed a second patent for his design on June 10, 1940 upon moving to Argentina. Today, we now celebrate National Ballpoint Pen Day on June 10th in his honor, so Happy Ballpoint Pen Day!

And here at LoneStar, we thought, what a better way to celebrate Ballpoint Pens than with a specialty Pen Holder Lanyard!

Great for the entire office, LoneStar's Pen Holder Lanyards are available with your company's custom printing and your choice of many material and printing colors. We have the both comfy cotton as well as light-weight corded style Pen Holder Lanyards to choose from. Check out our selection online and let us help you start creating your Pen Holder Lanyards today to celebrate László Bíró's great Ballpoint Pen invention.