This Popular Knife Brand’s First Pen Boasts a Unique Mechanical Feature

Look, an esteemed knife and EDC brand extending its expertise to pens is nothing new. Everyone from Benchmade to Spyderco to The James Brand has put its own spin on a stylus over the years, with varying levels of success.

Perhaps that is why, when the folks at Detroit’s own WESN decided to join the club, they thought long and hard about how to stand out. The result is a little tweak to traditional design.

Meet the Bard

Rather than the standard click on top of the pen, WESN shifted the click-point down the body of its maiden offering, dubbed the Bard.

This subtle shift adds to the pen’s length (roughly 5.3 inches), but more importantly it aims to optimize the pen’s balance, making it less a burden to your hand and more an extension of it.