CITYist

Gone are the days when the only person you might even think of giving a pen to as a gift was a co-worker, one that you probably didn’t know well enough to buy a better gift for, anyway. The Seven Year Pen, by New York design company Seltzer, is the perfect small trinket gift: each pen comes in colorful designs with clever graphics, and the best part is that they’re made to last for seven years—probably 20 times longer than you’ve ever owned a pen in your life.

The barrel inside the Seven Year Pen can hold six times the amount of ink in your everyday BIC (enough to write two meters a day for the promised seven years), and are available in stationary stores throughout the country, as well as on their website. And at only $7.50 a pop, you can afford to splurge a bit and grab a few, so that you’ll never need to steal another pen in your life (your doctor’s office and bank will be most grateful).