When closed, the Bullet Space Pen is the perfect size to carry in your wallet, pocket, purse, car glove box, organizer or toolbox. When opened, it’s a full sized, evenly balanced writing instrument.Cited as an outstanding example of industrial art, the classic design of the Fisher Bullet Pen has a place in the permanent collection in the New York Museum of Modern Art.The original Bullet Space Pen was conceived in July of 1948. Paul Fisher was soon machining a new pen design shaped from solid aluminum. It becamethe first Fisher ball point pen, the #400Bullet Pen, and arguably the most popular pen of the twentieth century. This pen is now all brass with a lacquered brass finish.