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Sanford Sharpie
You might not need one of these yet, but you will when you become rich and famous.
So What Is It?
A felt-tip permanant marker pen. They're usually just black, but other colours are available now, and there's a few variations in tips. The basic Sharpie just has a pointed tip, though.
Used For?
It's the classic celebrity autograph pen. Armed with a Sharpie, a roaming celeb can autograph anything thrust in their face in a couple of seconds. They'll write on anything, they're comfortable and easy to handle, and they make a good dark black mark (at least when they're new - fade a bit with time). The marks they make last pretty well, too, so that signed buttock won't come clean on the first rinse ;)
A lot of artists use a thinner black pen for most of the detail work and a Sharpie for filling areas. The Sharpie will draw on anything, though, so it's great for art on unusual surfaces.
Then there's the smell.
Variations on a Theme
The standard Sharpie is a pointed tip, just a little thicker than most pens. You can get chunky ones, though, and coloured ones, and also the twin-tip - a standard pointed tip at one end, and a much thinner tip at the other - useful for drawing.
Twin Tip
Our favourite is the Twin Tip - has a standard thick pointy tip at one end, and a thin tip at the other.
Thick End
Thin End
Both Samples Together
Used By
- Celebrities signing autographs.
- Hawk at Applegeeks.
Are there people who don’t
Are there people who don't know what a Sharpie is? I've known Sharpies all my life, I'm a fifteen year old living in America...basically the first permanent marker I ever came in contact with is probably a Sharpie.
I draw a lot, I often use Sharpies since they are cheap and very easy to come across (sold in probably any art store and most probably even drug stores and supermarkets) but they are a bit hard to handle sometimes because a lot of ink comes out so if your hand isn't moving the ink starts to bleed...or that section where the tip is touching the paper for too long is darker than the rest of the black, so it's hard to get a uniform "black" fill. Also after a while the ink just doesn't flow well and it comes out streaky/dry. Of course Sharpies can be easily replaced however. Sharpies are great to mark stuff (especially cloth), like if you're writing your name on your jacket or something (yeah I know, childish, but I'm fifteen...) the only thing is the colour Sharpies bleed when washed. Black is better. I find that Sharpies mark plastic and other smooth objects but if the plastic rubs against something a lot (for example you marked your gameboy but you constantly are rubbing that spot) the Sharpie will wear off. Also, when you mark a water bottle or something the Sharpie will not go on if it's wet. I don't know, hope this helps somebody but I can't believe people even need to read a review on this...just buy it, haha.
Outside America
Everybody in America knows them, but they're not as big elsewhere. Over here in the UK, I don't think they've been available at all until relatively recently, and most people have never heard of them.
We've not done much with the colour ones, and I've only seen a couple of different colours in this country, so it's useful to know that they're not waterproof.
Thanks for the extra info, travwell!
Yeah, you’re right.
Yeah, you're right. Twin-tips appeared only few months ago in our market. And as you say, there are only black ones.