[meat01]

You had better go to ebay, Swisherpens or other pen stores and get another Ion or 2. They are discontinuing the Ions and selling them for $10 a piece. I have one and it is great. I use the little ring that it comes with and hook it on my lanyard and badge at work.

Something else that is nice and small that you can always carry with you is the Fisher Bullet space pen. The ballpoint ink isn't as nice as cross' gel ink, but it does write anywhere and will last forever. It is the same length as the ion closed, but when you put the cap on the back to write, it is full size. It is also thinner than the Ion.