--- title: "Tools to Liveby Dual-Tip Ballpoint Pen: Yutu Two-Color Pen" canonical: "https://stationerytimes.com/guides/tools-to-liveby-dual-tip-ballpoint-pen/" description: "Tools to Liveby Dual-Tip Ballpoint Pen explained: a two-color, oil-based pen made with Taiwan's Yutu, reviving its 1966 F220 look, at NT$120 (about US$3.70)." category: "Pens" type: "Double-ended ballpoint pen" published: 2026-11-05 updated: 2026-11-05 author: "Ellis Penhale" publisher: "Stationery Times" sources: 3 products: - name: "Tools to Liveby Dual-Tip Ballpoint Pen, Black and Blue (made with Yutu)" brand: "Tools to Liveby" brand_origin: "Taiwan" made_in: "Taiwan" price_band: "$ (under $5 per pen (multi-packs divided by the count), typical US retail, October 2026)" manufacturer: "Yutu (Taiwan) for Tools to Liveby" url: "https://www.toolstoliveby.com.tw/en/stationery/ball-pen-roller-pen/tools-to-liveby-dual-tip-ballpoint-pen-black-blue/" --- # Tools to Liveby Dual-Tip Ballpoint Pen: Yutu Two-Color Pen > The Tools to Liveby Dual-Tip Ballpoint Pen is a double-ended pen made with Yutu, a Taiwanese maker founded in 1947. It revives the look of Yutu's 1966 F220, Taiwan's first ballpoint, with a yellow barrel and a different ink at each end, black and blue or red and blue. It cost NT$120 (about US$3.70) on November 5, 2026. - URL: https://stationerytimes.com/guides/tools-to-liveby-dual-tip-ballpoint-pen/ - Category: Pens - Author: Ellis Penhale - Published: 2026-11-05 - Updated: 2026-11-05 ![Tools to Liveby dual-tip ballpoint pen with an orange barrel, a black cap at one end and a blue cap at the other](https://stationerytimes.com/images/raster/tools-to-liveby-dual-tip-ballpoint-pen-illustration-16x9.png?v=73bf5a0b) *The pen drawn by eye (the maker gives no length); colors sampled from the maker's photo.* Original illustration made for this guide. © Stationery Times. Original drawing (SVG): . Drawings © 2026 Stationery Times, reusable with credit under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). ## Product facts | Product | Brand | Brand origin | Made in | Material | Released | Price range (typical US retail, October 2026) | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | Tools to Liveby Dual-Tip Ballpoint Pen, Black and Blue (made with Yutu) | Tools to Liveby (by Yutu (Taiwan) for Tools to Liveby) | Taiwan | Taiwan | – | – | $: under $5 per pen (multi-packs divided by the count) | - Made in (Tools to Liveby Dual-Tip Ballpoint Pen, Black and Blue (made with Yutu)): Taiwan. The product page lists the origin as Taiwan and says Yutu proudly upholds its Made in Taiwan tradition. It does not state where this particular pen was made. Source: https://www.toolstoliveby.com.tw/en/stationery/ball-pen-roller-pen/tools-to-liveby-dual-tip-ballpoint-pen-black-blue/ - Good for: Everyday writing. Skip it if you need a stated tip size or refill: the maker gives neither, and we have not tested it. ### Tools to Liveby Dual-Tip Ballpoint Pen, Black and Blue (made with Yutu) colors - Body colors (3 standard, 0 special edition): Barrel; Black end; Blue end. - Per Tools to Liveby (maker's page and lead photo) (https://www.toolstoliveby.com.tw/en/stationery/ball-pen-roller-pen/tools-to-liveby-dual-tip-ballpoint-pen-black-blue/), checked 2026-11-05. The maker's text calls the barrel yellow; the lead photo reads orange-amber, and we sampled the photo. We sampled only the black and blue combination; the red and blue version is listed but not sampled. Shops stock different colors; check the listing. ## Key takeaways - It is a collaboration: the Taipei shop Tools to Liveby sells the Yutu Double-Ended Ballpoint Pen, which Yutu made in the style of its 1966 F220. - The shop says Yutu created Taiwan's first ballpoint pen in 1966; the F220 is named for the 220 workers at the factory then. - It has two tips in one pen; two combinations are listed, black and blue or red and blue, with oil-based ink and Taiwan as the origin. - The maker gives no length, weight, tip size or refill type, so none appears here. - It cost NT$120 (about US$3.70) on November 5, 2026, in our $ band (under $5). ## What is the Tools to Liveby Dual-Tip Ballpoint Pen? **It is a two-color ballpoint with one color at each end, in the style of a pen Yutu made in 1966.** Tools to Liveby is a stationery shop in Taipei that also develops its own products. This pen is sold as the Yutu Double-Ended Ballpoint Pen, a collaboration with Yutu, which the shop describes as "Taiwan's National Treasure in Stationery". We read the shop's English page on November 5, 2026. The shop's text says Yutu was founded in 1947 and is symbolized by a rabbit logo, and that in 2008 it opened the Yutu Pencil School, a tourist factory where visitors can try pencil making. The pen "revives this nostalgic design" with a classic yellow body and dual-color tips: "two colors in one pen, perfectly suited for both work and creativity". ## What is the Yutu F220? **The F220 was Taiwan's first ballpoint pen, per the shop.** It says Yutu made it in 1966 with "a distinctive yellow barrel and blue cap", and that it took its name from the 220 employees working at the factory then. We could not check that history against a Yutu page, so it is the shop's account of its partner. ![The two ends of the pen drawn by eye: a pointed black cap on the left and a rounded blue cap on the right, joined by an orange barrel](https://stationerytimes.com/images/tools-to-liveby-dual-tip-ballpoint-pen-two-ends.svg?v=0d3ba299) *The two ends of the black and blue version, drawn by eye and not to scale. Original illustration made for this guide. © Stationery Times.* ## What colors and ink does it have? **Two combinations: black and blue, or red and blue, with oil-based ink.** The shop lists the ink for the black and blue pen as "black&blue / oil based". It does not give a tip size, a refill model or whether either end can be swapped. The photo shows a black cap at one end and a blue one at the other on an orange-amber barrel; the text says yellow, and we drew the photo's color. ## How do you switch between the two colors? **You use the other end: the shop describes a pen with a different color at each end.** A click multi-pen holds two refills in one barrel and switches with a button. This one, from the shop's description, puts a color at each end, so you flip the pen to switch. The page gives no cap or mechanism details, which is why we cannot say whether the ends are caps, knocks or fixed tips. ## Tools to Liveby Dual-Tip Ballpoint Pen specs | Spec | Value | |---|---| | Maker | Yutu (Taiwan) for Tools to Liveby | | Mechanism | Two-ended, one ink color at each end | | Ink | Oil-based; black and blue (red and blue also listed) | | Barrel | Yellow per the maker's text; orange-amber in its photo | | Length, weight, tip size, refill | Not stated | | Origin | Taiwan | | Price band ($ = under $5) | $ (NT$120 (about US$3.70), on November 5, 2026) | ## Who is the Dual-Tip Ballpoint Pen for? **It suits Everyday writing: anyone who wants a cheap ballpoint with a bit of Taiwanese stationery history.** The maker pitches it as retro charm with everyday practicality, and at about US$3.70 it sits in our $ band. Two colors in one pen helps with marking up a page: one end for text, one for corrections. Skip it if you need a stated tip size or a refill you can replace: the page gives neither, and we have not tested the pen. If you want a compared list of everyday pens, see our [best ballpoint pens](https://stationerytimes.com/guides/best-ballpoint-pens/) and [best multi-pens](https://stationerytimes.com/guides/best-multi-pens/). ## What does it cost, and where is it made? **NT$120 (about US$3.70) on the maker's own shop on November 5, 2026, in our $ band.** The product page lists Taiwan as the origin. The shop adds that sole-distributor regions are outside its delivery area, so check shipping before you order from abroad. Prices change; we did not check other sellers. For another Taiwanese design pen, see the [HMM Ballpoint](https://stationerytimes.com/guides/hmm-ballpoint/), a 22 g twelve-sided aluminum click pen. ## Frequently asked questions ### Who makes the Tools to Liveby Dual-Tip Ballpoint Pen? The shop sells it as a collaboration with Yutu, a Taiwanese stationery maker founded in 1947, as the Yutu Double-Ended Ballpoint Pen. The shop does not say who built the pen's parts. ### What is the F220? The shop says Yutu made Taiwan's first ballpoint pen in 1966, the F220, with a yellow barrel and blue cap, named after the 220 people working at the factory then. This pen revives that look. ### What ink colors does it have? Two combinations are listed: black and blue, or red and blue, one color at each end. The maker lists the ink as oil-based. ### How long is the pen, and what size is the tip? Not stated. The maker gives no length, weight, tip size or refill model, so we give none. ### Can I replace the refills? Not stated. The page does not say whether a refill is sold or which size fits. ### What color is the barrel? The maker's text says yellow. The lead photo reads orange-amber, so we drew the sampled color and flag the difference. ### How much does it cost? NT$120 (about US$3.70) on the maker's own shop on November 5, 2026, in our $ band (under $5). Prices change. ### Where is it made? The product page lists Taiwan as the origin. ## Sources - [Tools to Liveby (maker's shop): Dual-tip Ballpoint Pen, black and blue (Yutu story, F220, colors, ink, origin, price; read November 5, 2026)](https://www.toolstoliveby.com.tw/en/stationery/ball-pen-roller-pen/tools-to-liveby-dual-tip-ballpoint-pen-black-blue/) - [Tools to Liveby (maker's shop): Dual-tip Ballpoint Pen, red and blue (second combination; read November 5, 2026)](https://www.toolstoliveby.com.tw/en/stationery/ball-pen-roller-pen/tools-to-liveby-dual-tip-ballpoint-pen-red-blue/) - [Tools to Liveby (maker's shop): About us (select shop that also develops its own products; read November 5, 2026)](https://www.toolstoliveby.com.tw/en/about/)