Tactile Turn Side Click Mini - Deep Space

Length: 4.6"
Weight: 0.9oz
Diameter: 0.43"
Material: Titanium
Cartridge: Pilot G2 Mini 0.7mm

Whether you're stargazing on a crisp, cloudless night or browsing the latest photos beamed back from the James Webb telescope, the vast expanse of space is fascinating. Reminiscent of the starry nebulas in distant galaxies, our Cerakote team came up with an entirely new way to apply the coating. Each pen is unique (albeit similar) – the dark blue-purple body features a smattering of stars and bursts of color while the top layer gives the pen an iridescent shine. Deep Space is finished with an engraving of a satellite on the matte black clip.

"Out of this World" Cerakote Finishing

This is our most complicated and unique Cerakote application yet and the results are stunning. Cerakote is a thin coating of ceramic that’s applied to the surface of our titanium pen. It’s abrasion, chemical, temperature and scratch-resistant but not proof. Hard wear will still show on Cerakote but we love that it gives us the ability to put colors on our pens without adding any serious weight or thickness.
 

Elegant and simple. The all-metal Side Click is incredibly satisfying in both feel and sound and durable to withstand a lifetime of use.

Tactile Turn pens are known for their CNC precision machined texture. It’s where our name comes from. The tactile feeling allows you to control the pen exactly the way you want. It won’t bite into your skin but provides just the right amount of grip. It’s subtle, but the textured surface disguises and protects the pens from light scratches much better than a smooth surface.

Click pens are a common staple but the issue is that all mechanisms are not created equally. Some are better than others and some are MUCH better than others. Our first click pens used an off-the-shelf mechanism and it wasn’t as durable as we wanted. We then made a mechanism that was much more durable, but it left us wanting a better feel because it had no satisfying sound or actual *click* to the action.

The new Side Click has the best action of any click mechanism I have ever felt. Not only the feel, but also the sound it creates is reassuring and firm. Tactile Turn has always been dedicated to the tactile sensations that are a part of the writing experience. It started with our texture, but it is also a part of every design choice we make on a pen.

The Pilot G2 Mini is about 0.7” shorter than the Parker style refills and is still about 0.2" too short for the Fisher Space Pen refill without the adapter on the back. They are not sold separately by Pilot, but have to be taken from inexpensive complete disposable pens. It’s an oddball of a refill and about the only alternative cartridge that works is getting a 3D printed adapter that allows you to use D1 refills.