It travelled well in the Wagon-R. It is a Reynolds 045 carbure pen and is priced at Rs 10 per piece. Like the roaming salesmen on Delhi buses would say while trying to pitch their "gold chains ...

This was the Reynolds Rocket, the first ballpoint pen in the United States. Retailing at a steep $12.95 (about $200 today), it sold out by the end of the day, raking in a whopping $100,000 (about ...