I used to sell a nice quantity of Cross products to my clients back in the 80's & 90's. After one particular large order of Cross ballpoint pens, the Cross rep gave me an award of a sterling ballpoint/pencil and soft tip marker. Each engraved with my name and the phrase "STERLING IS BEAUTIFUL" The one at the top is a 12K gold filled ball-point that was an award from my first sales manager for exceeding my monthly quota selling copy machines back in 1966. Nice pen but I was actually using my first Parker 75 back then and all the other salesmen thought I was really strange.