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  • TiRed
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    I’d try and source an ORIGINAL leatherman PST. Not one of the latest things, but something from the year he was born if possible. I have an original from 1997. I use it almost daily. It’s a lovely thing and has almost all one could need. I’d be very upset if I lost it.

    He’ll lose the pen. I lost mine. And a Mont Blanc set when I was older.

    Harry_the_Spider
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    I got a silver pen and a silver tankard for my 18th. Been in my Dad’s loft ever since. I would have liked a Leatherman though.

    Cougar
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    Really, a knife is the answer here, isn’t it.

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    convert
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    Really, a knife is the answer here, isn’t it.

    Trying to work out if this is genuine or irony. 🙂

    Giving a (locking) knife to a teenager……in 2024…..has got the capacity for a tiny **** up.

    She could give him ink for his birthday but scrap the pen bit – a tattoo – that’d last.

    Cougar
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    I was meaning a Swiss Army Knife.

    I was given a SAK as a leaving present from my first IT job.  I thought “lovely idea, but I’ll never use it.”  It then saw almost daily use for like twenty years until it was stolen and I was gutted.

    finbar
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    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….

    joshvegas
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    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.

    ElShalimo
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    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?

    corroded
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    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.

    joshvegas
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    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.

    funkmasterp
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    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.

    IHN
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    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.

    jhinwxm
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    Worst present ever for an 18 year old.

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    joshvegas
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    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.

    desperatebicycle
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    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).

    clubby
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    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.

    joshvegas
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    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.

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    ElShalimo
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     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

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    desperatebicycle
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    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  😂

    joshvegas
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    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.

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