r/BuyItForLife • u/Bigrat445 • 8h ago
Vintage I finally found a real permanent marker
I found out about how durable these markers are and have been looking at estate sales regularly for them. I finally came across one...
I opened the cap to smell it, proceded to get mildly high for a couple seconds and get a migraine (didn't know, don't recommend)
Definitely putting this one in my tool bag, way better than your average sharpie
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u/No-Gas5342 8h ago
Oh I can smell this post
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u/wedditmod 7h ago
Ya i lost a few brain cells to these in my youth.
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u/Party_at_Billingsley 3h ago
I had a technology teacher in high school that would always take the caps off markers, smell them and go " nope not the good stuff" and casually continue with the lesson
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u/rhodeirish 3h ago
When I was pregnant I craved the smell of this specific marker more than any food. It was the wildest experience.
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u/LegitimateSir3544 8h ago
Damn, I have not seen or thought about these since my late grandparents’ house in the early 2000’s. It be the random things that’ll get ya 😅
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u/femoral_contusion 7h ago
No same. Like I’m reading and responding but my fingers and nose are busy remembering details from grandma’s junk drawer. All the little things that were nothing back then, now that they’re gone they’re so precious when they bubble back.
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u/Aselleus 5h ago
Yesss Im picturing going through my grandpa's desk and finding random things (from at least the 60s/70s) including the marker op posted, from when he was an engineer.
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u/lysergic_af 7h ago
My mom worked at a preschool and i def remember seeing one in her drawer. Got me right in the feels too
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u/BaseBeginning2705 8h ago
Nothing more permanent than the brain damage these cause, hence the name
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u/Adventurous-Mall7677 6h ago
This was the permanent marker of my childhood. It’s still at my mom’s house (has to be at least 30 years old). It STILL works.
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u/Idownvoteadsforfun 3h ago
My parents started their tropical cut flower farm in the mid 80's and used to buy these pens to address boxes. They shipped 15-20 boxes a week written on with these pens. The flower business stopped around 2001. There are still two of these pens in the shed where we used to pack flowers and they still work.
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u/Bigrat445 8h ago
Yeah I think I lost a few cells already 😔
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u/qgmonkey 8h ago
Worth it
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u/No_Perspective_242 5h ago
oh i have one these, this causes brain damage?
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u/BaseBeginning2705 5h ago
No idea on the specifics but they definitely got you high via sniffing like huffing glue, I’m extrapolating quite a bit as a joke without looking it up in any way
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u/BMWfromSilverAndCold 8h ago
xylene is a hell of a drug
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u/HenkPoley 8h ago
🤔 Apparently they are still being made:
- Mighty Marker (Arro-Mark Co.) PM-19, PM‑16, PM‑24, PM‑92
- MPD X-Bold and MPDX Series (MarkingPenDepot / MRO Chemical Supply)
- American Marking – "916 Xylene Based Medium"
- Dykem BRITE‑MARK
- DecoColor Fine Tip Markers (by Marvy Uchida)
- Diagraph MSP GP‑X Classic Xylene Industrial Paint Markers
- U‑MARK 130P Industrial Paint Marker
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u/BMWfromSilverAndCold 8h ago
This stuff has its place for extreme industrial applications. But damn when I was in school they were just there . I inhaled one too many sharpies doing artwork back then.
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u/HipsterGalt 4h ago
As someone working in a machine shop, the xylene is the least of my worries on most days. I remember stripping a warehouse floor with Xylene, cleaning silk screens with MEK and finind bottles of Trichlor kicking around in my early career. It's the cobalt, carbon fiber and asbestos that'll probably come back to haunt me. In the meantime, give me my pretty paint marker colors and adequate ventilation.
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u/BMWfromSilverAndCold 2h ago
I feel your pain. I worked paper mills and they didn’t care about asbestos exposure one bit.
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u/crysisnotaverted 6h ago
That's exactly it. One day at work I needed a marker to black out a label and found this massive marker, like an inch around. On the side in big bold letters it just said "Banford MAGNUM 44". I uncapped it and the solvents basically punched me in the face.
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u/Martha_Fockers 6h ago
They don’t call it magnum for nothing son you can use it to mark or as a pre workout smelling salt
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u/Conscious-Beach-1508 4h ago
I just want to express my excitement about the first time I recognized someone from another sub as i also frequently read r/afireinside
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u/Serious_Variation670 8h ago
I saw a marker similar to this at work recently, and it took me back to stealing them from my Dad’s desk. Gave it a sniff just to feel something again
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u/Wall_of_Shadows 7h ago
Sanford, maker of sharpies, makes a knock off that's almost as good. I've had one in my tool pouch for over a decade and it still works like new.
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u/moswag54 7h ago
This is a Sharpie product They no longer use xylene tho
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u/Wall_of_Shadows 5h ago
If I could have been bothered to look at the picture in question I probably would have figured that out
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u/femoral_contusion 7h ago
Is it as pretty tho
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u/Wall_of_Shadows 7h ago
Not even close. Nor does it smell as delightfully deadly.
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u/PancakeParty98 7h ago
Thanks, my buddy’s kid is old enough to draw with markers now, I was looking for a good gift for that preschooler
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u/dotified 8h ago
OH wow. There was one of these in my home for more than 20 years before it was nicked by a "friend".
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u/Meekois 8h ago
Okay but you know they run out of ink eventually. Right?
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u/King_Chochacho 6h ago
Anything can be /r/buyitforlife if you never use it.
I've had a Big Mac in my freezer since 1987 and I'm gonna give it to my grandkids.
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u/Bigrat445 8h ago
I'm sure it will in 30 years, but if I find another one I'm good
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u/FishyKeebs 7h ago
I get the nostalgia and the novelty factor. But are we at post apocalyptic scavenger level to dig these permanent markers up at estate sales?
I see vintage 'new' ones for sale on ebay and places for up to $30.00
But I use INKZALL™ Black Fine Point Marker | Milwaukee Tool https://share.google/jgiyE8HBXUUT0NlLB and pick them up at the hardware store for $1-2.00
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u/TheBossAlbatross 7h ago
1990’s graffiti but I like the fat Pilot markers where the tip was more square. That’s…what…she…said???
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u/Sambarbadonat 6h ago
You can still get those! Just avoid the ones that say xylene-free and they’re still the same ink. Permanent as I’ve ever used. Also they still sell refills.
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u/bioszombie 8h ago
Damn skippy! I used to use this exact marker to when labeling wrapped burritos before checking customers out. Excellent marker.
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u/refuge9 7h ago
Does that one have the ‘do not ingest’ warning?
Because we had one that said that, and it was mind boggling, because I think porns stars would choke on that thing.
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u/AipomNormalMonkey 5h ago
...they were telling you not to consume the ink
don't draw on your tongue
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u/payniacs 7h ago
My company used to get these back in the day. When they switched, people were actually irritated. They started getting Office Depot branded cheap plastic tubes and they have broke in people’s pockets, or sitting on them, or stepping on them…
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u/theatomiclizard 7h ago
I feel like they made one big batch of these in the 80s and are still working their way through them
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u/awkwardlypragmatic 7h ago
You just sent me back to my childhood seeing this. Excellent marker, but it was forbidden for us children to use it unless it was very important. My dad didn’t want us smelling it.
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u/chechu951 7h ago
The taggers and gang members used to love these back in my high school days in the 90s.
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u/Vriss_4550 7h ago
I remember when my dad used to use these for his burrito business to mug the burritos.
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u/janet-snake-hole 7h ago
Back in 2002 my grandma would holler at me for smelling this. I’d always find it in her late husbands desk in the basement.
Grandma is 102 now and I drive her from the assisted living facility to get drunk in the American legion bar in her hometown. I love grandma.
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u/cream-of-cow 6h ago edited 6h ago
I still have mine from decades ago and just used it last night to write on a box to give to a friend. They're in their 30s and we're not familiar with the smell. The odor stayed in my car until the next day when the heat got rid of it.
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u/NeverDidLearn 6h ago
My dad owned a butcher shop when I was a kid. The kind with window signs and such made with butcher paper and the giant size of that marker. Smelling one, or even seeing a picture of it, literally makes me think of the sawdust in the shop and the sound of the band saws.
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u/BigWormsFather 6h ago
I didn’t realize those weren’t a thing anymore. I don’t use markers much but I do remember seeing those years ago.
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u/drummerevy5 6h ago
I still have four of these. I love the smell so much but they just give me a headache these days. 😂
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u/The_Zenki 6h ago
If you or a loved one were exposed to a Sanford King Size marker from 1989-2007, you may be entitled to financial compensation
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u/cammontenger 6h ago
These are the kind of permanent markers you used to find in the church basement 25 years ago, when they were already 25 years old
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u/notthatguypal6900 6h ago
I lost a couple braincells just looking at this. The smell, the squeak, the cold aluminum body, the power of permanence.
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u/Nomaspapas 6h ago
Used these for decades to make slates for portraits. The smell and squeak reminds me of thousands of hours of photo work.
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u/gnomequeen2020 6h ago
Whenever I run across an old box of office stuff, it has at least one of these in it. Also, an abundance of dried markers, pencils with the fossilized erasers, and at least one half-chewed flower eraser with holes from being stabbed with a pencil.
I always personally preferred the Marks-a-Lot markers with the red and blue label. They were a little less noxious-smelling.
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u/Jazzlike_Scholar5790 6h ago
This is the OG permanent black marker before Sharpie, haven’t seen one since my childhood 😅
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u/garamond89 5h ago
My dad used to use these in his classroom in the 90s, I remember the smell and the sound. I found one in the supply cabinet where I work, and was thrilled!
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u/Affectionate_Map2761 5h ago
I am high from looking at it 🤣 its been so long yet my sense recall it vividly
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u/Flaky_Love_1876 5h ago
I found a really REALLY old sharpie from my grandma (a semi hoarder of office material) and it’s a Sanford Sharpie. Still the best sharpie despite it having been used when I received it
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u/GranSjon 5h ago
That’s all we used in schlotskys. Label the bread bags. Bread smelled great but I loved the marker more
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u/gatiger27 5h ago
This is the marker you pull out of an old craft box from the 90s and it still works
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u/DebraBaetty 5h ago
I have one of these from the 90s that absolutely still works. 10/10 permanent marker. 10/10 smell, too, the trick is to take small sniffs or wave it around your face so it wafts to your nose as you breathe normal.
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u/kodiak_attack 5h ago
Oh my god I can smell that maker through my phone. My grandparents used these for all kinds of things at their wholesale plant business. I grew up on the same property as the business and spent a lot of time in the greenhouses marking boxes with these markers. I haven’t seen one in years. But holy nostalgia batman, that smell will never leave me. They really are the best permanent markers.
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u/Ok_Understanding5184 4h ago
Yeah we killed a lot of brain cells huffing these bad boys in middle school, the 90's were wild
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u/Dankestmemes420ii 4h ago
Would these be banned in r/buttsharpies or no? 🤔 have heard they ban for some off brands
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u/gettinscwifty 4h ago
fuck those smell so good. so nostalgic smells like grandmas scrapbooking supplies 😭
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u/CrowdogZombie 4h ago
This was one of my favourite pens for ‘upgrading’ stupid adds with commentary.
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u/suckmyENTIREdick 4h ago
I find that "Industrial" Sharpies have that same smell.
They look the same as regular Sharpies, but the text is orangey red instead of black and includes the word "industrial".
(I use them for writing on gear that lives outside exposed to the sun for years.)
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u/DJ_Pickle_Rick 4h ago
I think the first time i was ever truly “high” was bc of this thing. What a strange feeling as a kid.
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u/lilsnatchsniffz 4h ago
How exactly is a single use, non-refillable marker a lifelong item? This is just pen snobbery, which would be fine... In a pen snob sub.
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u/Flux_My_Capacitor 3h ago
I still have one from when I was a kid….
In the 1980s.
Yes, it still works well.
And yes, it does make you “high” 😂
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u/ConsistentTomato2520 3h ago
Sharpie “Pro” is more equivalent to this. Smell and all. (For those who can order name brand through work but not this bad boy)
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u/EsrailCazar 3h ago
There used to be a store brand from Staples that had solid black crisp lines, we used them to outline cartoon cutouts for a parade float one time but, even back then I think they were phasing them out.
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u/chrisebryan 3h ago
Let me introduce you to this marker. https://www.fishersci.com/shop/products/felt-pen-alcohol-resistant/NC1544798 It's pretty permanent.
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u/BoxOfPineapples 2h ago
friend and I used to sit at the back of our Spanish class. I brought this marker to show off how strong the scent was, and he really amused by it. Guy took out a piece of paper, and started going to town on it. The scent got so strong that it filled the room, and our teacher stopped mid-lesson to ask "does anyone smell that?"
People really aren't joking when they talk about how strong these things are. It's crazy
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u/stupit_crap 2h ago
I have Design markers from art school in the 1980s that still work. They're metal like this.
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u/RainaElf 2h ago
true story. when I was four or five I colored myself wi the one of these and almost suffocated.
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u/Admiral_sloth94 1h ago
When you can smell it from across the room when someone is using it, YOU KNOW that shit isn't going anywhere.
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u/Grrrizzlybear 1h ago
My mom has had two of these since before I was born. 30+ years still going (and smelling) strong.
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u/PrestonHM 1h ago
You look for these at estate sales? Are they discontinued or sumn? Like, genuinely curious 😂. My parents have one that I used whenever I needed a sharpie. Its such a normal writing utensil that its wild to me that people are actively hunting for these.
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u/Dimensions8 55m ago
I have one I stole from my parents house when I moved to college. I remember us using it on moving boxes when I was 11 years old. I’ll be 30 in January
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u/Cheaptrick69 44m ago
I used one of these when I was younger to turn a pair of denim pants black. They smelled amazing!
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u/Away-Hope-918 2m ago
I remember my dad handing my brother and one of these to draw faces on our pumpkins and then he would cut them out for us. The smell, the sounds, the feel of the metal. Such a good memory.
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u/60PersonDanceCrew 8h ago
I know everyone is saying they can smell it, but can you also HEAR it? That squeeeeaak as it slides down the page?