Well since everyone ragged on the pen idea which I like, I'll mention that I got a Leatherman from my dad and a fancy handmade Sheffield steel luxury pocket knife from my fiancee. They both sit in my drawer and whenever I need a knife I use my Rolsen folding utility thing with replaceable blades which I'm not afraid of abusing.
Also I don't know the grandmother in question, but a knife strikes me as more a man-t0-man type gift....
I don't think a nice pen is a bad idea.
Unlike most of you lot i am still under 40.
I don't have spenny pens because i lose them constantly but nice ones are a nice thing. My current ones are a japanese fountain pe that cost a 5er and an ohto thinline ballpoint that was i think 3.99. my third pen is a frixion pen for my rocket book. I am on the hunt for frixion like ink for a fountain pen then i will have the ultimate notepad set up.
Get a journal aswell so there is something to write in with it. Its the act of writing afterall that will engrain the the attachment.
Pens are great. That budget is silly for an 18yr old
Maybe a £50 pen then the rest into a savings account for when they have a better idea of what they want?
As a former 18-year-old, I wouldn’t have appreciated a pen (or a fancy watch for that matter). Where’s he going to keep it? In his desk? What occasions will merit finding his special pen? A Leatherman is a marginally better idea - I was given one as a gift that I still use regularly. But personally I’d prefer a day out doing something different, memorable and interesting. Or just the money.
Largely depends on the recipient.
I had a leatherman. Awful thing and illegal to carry without reason. Tiny little swiss army knife was far more treasured.
I like the idea of a nice pen but I’m in my mid 40’s. I received a nice watch for my eighteenth and lost it whilst hammered a few months later. I suppose it depends how sensible and how fond of writing the OP’s kid is.
Really, a knife is the answer here, isn’t it.
Only if he's the kind of lad who'd want one. I probably would have, I have mates for whom it would have been as random and unwanted as a pen would have been to me.
The answer is to say to the lad "your gran would like to get you something for your birthday, and she'd ideally like it to be something you'd keep, what would you like?". Or money.
Worst present ever for an 18 year old.
I sort of assumed the OP had some idea that it would be appreciated. Shocker... Some people like a nice thing... Some people don't like disposable things... Some people write alot out of desire... Some people write alot because they have to... Some people might want coke and hookers for their 18th
Everyone just hoying their own idea of what's a good gift isn't that helpful.
Reminds me of the time I bought my little brother some school maths things, nice set of compass, protractor, set square, stull like that. He was in a bad mood with me that morning and threw it all at me. I seem to remember being quite gutted, then realising what a shit present it was 😆
Probably ended up using it all myself cos I was a bit of a swot.
Also, I bought myself some pens the other week. I needed some different colours. 10 pens - £3.15 on ebay. Spot on for the 18 year old in your life (or 60 year old).
I sort of assumed the OP had some idea that it would be appreciated. Shocker… Some people like a nice thing… Some people don’t like disposable things… Some people write alot out of desire… Some people write alot because they have to… Some people might want coke and hookers for their 18th
Everyone just hoying their own idea of what’s a good gift isn’t that helpful
We don’t actually know. It’s the OP’s mother that wants to buy it not him. All the rest of us are doing is offering an opinion. Until the OP confirms that the 18 yo is overjoyed at the thought of a £100+ pen, then it’s all conjecture.
We don’t actually know. It’s the OP’s mother that wants to buy it not him. All the rest of us are doing is offering an opinion. Until the OP confirms that the 18 yo is overjoyed at the thought of a £100+ pen, then it’s all conjecture
Well i assumed the OP applied a bit of triaging prior to posting. Like if it was a terrible idea i would assume it had already been shot down rather than just wasting everyones time.
rather than just wasting everyones time.
What? That's the reason we're all here!!
We either post crap on here or stare into the abyss of our shared and inevitable dystopian future
My mum always used to buy really baaad presents for Christmas.. she wouldn't ask opinions, just turn up with awful stuff. After the famous "denim shirt year"*, she now asks prior to purchase.
*I received the horrendous "denim shirt". I re=wrapped and gave my brother the "denim shirt". He re-wrapped and passed it to the other brother. We laughed. Me ma didn't 😂
What? That’s the reason we’re all here!!
Good point. OP get your mum to buy him a set of bombers. Everytime anyone upsets him he can think of his granny whilst owning them.
Or a freezers and a bag of halls.
We considered that but pens get lost - instead we got a Victorinox Swiss Army knife (they do personalisation online and you can choose the colour and have it engraved :-)). It's not just a pen-knife, it's a multitool.
I think the penknife will have to be for their 21st 😂
Can you still get the ones where the ladies clothes disappear when you turn it upside down?
Lol at resurrection. Is this the OP's mum?
No he didn't and I can't for the life of me remember what he did get from my mum. Can't believe that this is coming up for two years ago now .....
Ooooh, going back in with fancy pen suggestions??
I would go for a millennium edition rotring art pen. Probably hard to track down... but someone will be selling one somewhere.
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More to the point, can your son remember? 😁
I would go for a millennium edition rotring art pen. Probably hard to track down... but someone will be selling one somewhere.
There are a few on ebay. i have a couple of (non-millenium) Art Pens. Really nice to use, but now I have a 'millenium' itch to scratch in my already extensive pen collection...
Personally I'd want a lifetime supply of bics. There's never one when you need one
That’s because they know where the wormhole is to the planet Bic, where they live a luxury life writing grand theses on the best parchment!
That's wallets you're thinking
No, pens, because I can remember seeing one once! But I know what you’re getting at… 😏
Agree 18 yr old me would nt be thanking gran for a pen. And would have lost it by 21.
had this dilemma recently with our youngest’s 18th. Went with ski boots as he’s at trip 6 and pretty decent now. Hoping he gets as much joy and amazing memories as I have in the 25 yrs I’ve owned mine.
I can see where the thought process is..... But an 18 year old, unless in training to be the poet laureat, probably not ideally wanting a pen for their 18th..
However, a nice watch on the "other hand" could be something to consider?
Christ are we all still replying to a 2 year old thread 🤣
Christ are we all still replying to a 2 year old thread 🤣
If STW towers could just rename it for his 21st birthday it might still be useful to the OP 😀.
Though to be fair we don't know if gran is still on this mortal coil.
Christ are we all still replying to a 2 year old thread
Gotta love it really.
"I want to get my lad something memorable for his 18th."
two years pass
"So what did you get him in the end?"
"I don't remember."
😁
Christ are we all still replying to a 2 year old thread 🤣
If STW towers could just rename it for his 21st birthday it might still be useful to the OP 😀.
Though to be fair we don't know if gran is still on this mortal coil.
Gran is sitting in my living Room right now reading as a cook tonight's meal 🙂
