Alex Varga Mazaris Duo Pen

The Mazaris is a branded duo pen that gets a second look: one end writes in ink, the other works like a pencil that hardly ever needs sharpening. It suits client leave-behinds, training packs and year-end gifts, and comes in a two-piece black Alex Varga presentation box.

The pencil end uses a metallic alloy tip that leaves an ordinary pencil line, which rubs out as usual, and it lasts many thousands of uses before it goes blunt. The ball pen end writes in black German ink with a refill rated for at least 3000 metres. The body is aluminium and steel, finished with silver trims.

Branding goes on the barrel. A laser engraving up to 60 x 5 mm comes out silver, or a pad print in up to four colours fits 50 x 5 mm. With only 5 mm of height to work with, a single-line logo or name reads best.