Pen Made From Human Bone

[penrivers]

Sounds like something some Nazi doctor may have done...sick...

You said it. Following this route we fall (forgive me the cliché) in Hanna Arendt´s the Banalization of evil, now if you find it melodramatic what about soap, lamps, and everything from human body, Belive me, I am against bone fountain pens but who can stop a person from doing it?.

[penrivers]

Being an organ donor, I can honestly say I'm not sure I care what someone does with the leftovers, for me their just 'stuff' and as long as my family isn't offended, have at it! Pay them some money for the materials, I won't be using them anymore, I'll be out circling some great world somewhere else, or I'll be onto my next life...(think I'll be a bear, no one messes with bears, I just have to be smart enough to dodge bullets...)

Lol, William Faulkner said he would like to be a vulture, they fly high, find food everywhere, and nobady meses with them

[proton007]

Imagine using a bone from an Egyptian mummy....whoever wields the pen commands the mighty power of Ra!

[Vendome]

 

I'm not pro-bone but it's good to hear there are no laws on the books.

 

MisterBoll,

 

For myself, I can state that I am Pro Bono, and that also covers Sonny Bono and Bono from U2.

 

Jason

[sitnstew]

Sounds like something some Nazi doctor may have done...sick...

 

(massive eye roll)

[F104]

Imagine using a bone from an Egyptian mummy....whoever wields the pen commands the mighty power of Ra!

 

Or wakes the Curse of the Pharaohs...

[sonorma]

Human bones have this slightly rotten bacon smell on them that won`t wear off, even after many years in the grave. A pen made from human bones would be a very "special" olfactoric experience to the person using it.

Human bones have been used as decorative objects by many cultures:

http://www.elke-ondrusch.de/Reisen/Prag___/Einleitung___/die_Umgebung___/Jicin/Sedlec-Knochenkirche.jpg

[MisterBoll]

 

MisterBoll,

 

For myself, I can state that I am Pro Bono, and that also covers Sonny Bono and Bono from U2.

 

Jason

 

You can only be pro-Sonny Bono if you know the all the words to his magnum opus -

"Pammy's On A Bummer".

 

In so far as the other one - too much of a satanist for me. I've been in his presence before.

[Blade Runner]

The pen should be a skeleton.

[Vendome]

 

You can only be pro-Sonny Bono if you know the all the words to his magnum opus -

"Pammy's On A Bummer".

 

In so far as the other one - too much of a satanist for me. I've been in his presence before.

 

MisterBoll

 

I know all the words to 'And The Beat Goes On'.

 

Jason

[MisterBoll]

Sorry Jason but that does not count.

[AnnieB123]

I can also attest to the 'weird' smell. Even using 'biz' detergent, bleach, or whatever other enzymatic detergents they use to treat/strip the bones we use (test)... it's not a smell you forget in a hurry. As for sawing or (i would imagine) turning bone... it's a really 'jaw clamping' smell. (Sorry if that's too graphic). NOT a pen I would want to use (or smell, or get anywhere near my face)... but hey... different strokes for different folks. I don't see it as particularly disrespectful, but I'm pretty sure my 'gross out sensibilities' are skewed.

 

Frankly I work around a fair number of smells that stick in the back of my sinuses and I have to ask family members hours (sometimes days) later... 'uh, is it me or do you smell something funky too?'.

Edited January 1, 2014 by AnnieB123

[MisterBoll]

The smell would be enough to put me off.

 

Perhaps the human bone pen can best be admired in an airtight glass case.

[Vendome]

Sorry Jason but that does not count.

 

Dear Misterboll,

 

Oh bugger!

 

I've never heard Sonny's magnum opus of Pammy's On A Bummer.

I'll have to change my allegiance and go over to the Anti-Bono lot.

 

Jason

[AnnieB123]

I should probably add that I think biological/nerdy pens in the -shape- of, or representing bones, organs etc are cool as heck and I would definitely buy/use one. I do have pocket protectors with various chemical formulae or anatomical nerdery on them.

 

So yeah, bionerd tie-ins, sign me up... actual bone, no thanks. (I did see someone with a -whopper- of a kidney stone in a glass bottle worn as a pendant... I thought that was pretty cool. When asked, he said 'i made it myself!' with a big grin.

[ethernautrix]

Good lord, BONE. Not... never mind.

 

Anyway, I still have my wisdom teeth.

 

I mean, in a little box. And a couple of other teeth that were pulled so that my upper gums wouldn't be crowded. My ex-husband drilled a hole in one of the teeth to wear as a necklace, but that didn't go far as he never wore jewelry. True story.

[UK Mike]

It would make an interesting alternative to "Precious Resin" or "Volcanic lava" and would be a real talking point at dinner parties.

 

Not sure I want to sacrifice a leg just to enjoy the experience, but if I were to lose one through natual causes I may ask the doctors to save a bit for the purpose. Very personalised

[MisterBoll]

Not a fountain pen but it is precious resin.

 

[JefferyS]

Human skeletons were easy to come by 50 years ago. I believe that they were imported from somewhere around India. They weren't people who willed their body to science. More like peasants who had no burial expenses. When their export was banned, colleges switched over to plastic skeletons.

[MisterBoll]

Human skeletons were easy to come by 50 years ago. I believe that they were imported from somewhere around India. They weren't people who willed their body to science. More like peasants who had no burial expenses. When their export was banned, colleges switched over to plastic skeletons.

 

Have some respect Jeffrey...............that should read "precious resin skeletons."

 

EDIT - I just remembered going to some store in the French Quarter around 2000 and getting a real creepy feeling, leaving, and a few days later found out the owner was involved in some grave robbing operation and was selling the bones in his shop.

Edited January 2, 2014 by MisterBoll