Surgeon using ruler and pen to prep patient
Torr Classic was inspired by a 33 year old design of a surgical ruler and pen. This original design was literally created so that a surgeon, in a surgical setting, could measure a line on a person, draw that line with the pen, and then make the incision, presumably with a scalpel. Cool, huh?! .
Having healthcare backgrounds ourselves, Diana and I loved the idea of transforming this original design for the niche group of surgeons into a very special gift for the everyday man.
Right after college, I got to spend a summer working in an operating room setting, so know first-hand how delicate and intense a surgical setting, and the tools of the trade, can be. So converting one such tool into a Torr Classic or has been an exciting experience.
To pay tribute to the original design, we used stainless steel (as surgical steel would likely be used in a surgical setting for sterility), and we decided to keep the standard ruler (market research demanded that the ruler stay). However, we did create one version of our pen, Torr Classic, with no engraved ruler, for those who like a cleaner look.
Image unavailableAll of the other attributes of the pen, including the click & lock feature and the spacer capsule were created for their functionality and for their coolness.
The result – a very unique pen that pays tribute to a tool of long ago and the creation of a gift designed to be comfortable, musical, indestructible, generational, fun and sophisticated. In other words, these pens are gifts for the everyday man.
Hi Allen,
Keep up the great work. I love the Torr pen and can’t wait to see it at a local store.
Regards,
Will Ng
BLA ’96
Please can you let me know when your beautiful pens are avlliabae again. My daughter named Heather passed away a short while ago and I would love to give one of your pens to my son.