Mardi Gras Hexagonal Comfort Grip Ballpoint Pen
The Pen Your Clients Will Actually Keep on Their Desk
Most promotional pens get clicked once, set down, and never picked up again — but the Mardi Gras Hexagonal Comfort Grip Pen is the rare exception that earns a permanent spot next to someone's keyboard.
Ordering trade show giveaways should be straightforward, but it rarely is. You spend real budget on pens that feel cheap the moment someone holds them, and that thin, disposable feeling reflects directly on your brand. Nobody reaches for a flimsy pen twice.
The Mardi Gras pen solves that credibility problem the instant someone picks it up. Its patented hexagonal shape sits naturally in the hand, and the soft double-injected rubber grip means people write with it for long stretches without any fatigue — making it a reliable choice for business meeting and contract signing pens as well as new employee onboarding kits. When you order custom imprinted promotional pens in bulk, this is the design that actually gets used instead of discarded. The ultrasmooth ballpoint writing cartridge, available in blue or black medium point ink, delivers a clean, consistent line that reinforces the quality your brand stands behind.
Product Specifications
- Grip Design: Patented hexagonal barrel (Pat. #D709,951) with soft double-injected rubber grip
- Material: Plastic barrel with rubber over-mold grip
- Grip Colors Available: Eight color options to coordinate with your branding
- Ink Cartridge: Ultrasmooth ballpoint writing cartridge
- Point Size: Medium Point (1.0mm)
- Ink Color: Blue (standard) or Black (optional)
- Imprint Method: Screen Print
- Imprint Area: 1.5 inches wide x 0.75 inches high on barrel
- Packaging: Bulk
- Minimum Order Quantity: 250 units
Orders start at 250 units, making this an accessible choice whether you are stocking a conference booth or building out a welcome kit for a new hire class. Request your bulk quote today or use our online design tool to preview your logo on the barrel before you order.
Explore our full range of custom promotional pens for more options.
Anatomy of a Custom Pen
Choosing the right pen construction ensures your promotional giveaway looks professional, functions flawlessly, and stays in your customers' hands.
- The Essentials: A pen is built from core structural components—like the barrel (your main design real estate) and the ink style (ballpoint, gel, or rollerball), which dictates how smoothly it writes.
- The Accents: Secondary details like ergonomic grips, structural trim, and secure clips add both comfort for the writer and vibrant color-matching opportunities for your brand.
Dive into a pen's anatomy with our full guide: The Anatomy of a Custom Pen.
Artwork Resolution & File Formats
Because custom pens offer a compact printing canvas, standard web images (like JPG or PNG) can become blurry or jagged when scaled down.
- Required Formats: Please submit your corporate logo or text in a vector format, specifically .EPS or .SVG.
- Why it matters: Vector files use mathematical coordinates rather than pixels. This allows our printing equipment to scale your graphics down infinitely without losing a single pixel of crispness, ensuring fine lines.
That being said, feel free to send over whatever you have ready and our team will take it from there!
Exact Color Matching (PMS Colors)
When trying to align the Trim Color or accent pieces of a pen with your strict corporate identity, guessing the shade isn't an option.
- The System: We utilize the Pantone Matching System (PMS) to guarantee precision.
- How to use it: When submitting your design requirements, specify your brand's unique PMS color codes if you know them. This ensures the ink imprint on the barrel or the selected plastic trim matches your official company colors perfectly.
Don't fret if you don't have that information. We will do our best to match the colors!
Font Legibility & Minimum Sizes
The Clip Imprint (Clip Imp) area is an incredibly high-visibility spot for phone numbers or taglines, but it offers highly limited real estate.
- Font Choice: We recommend using clean, sans-serif fonts (like Helvetica, Arial, or Futura) for high-contrast legibility. Avoid intricate script or cursive fonts in this area.
- Minimum Size: Any text placed on the clip must be a minimum of 6 pt font to prevent the ink from filling in the loops of letters like e, o, or a. If you're squeezing a long URL onto the clip, consider using the main barrel instead to keep it readable at a glance.
- If you have any questions, feel free to contact us first.
