Archive for November, 2006

Tombow Mono 100 Photos

Saturday, November 25th, 2006

To complement a previous post on the Mitsubishi Hi-Uni, here are some photos of another pencil legend, the Tombow Mono 100.

The packaging has an outer layer - a silver and black cardboard sleeve. One end is fully rounded, which is not really that much of a flourish, but still untypical. It’s no ordinary pencil box.

The […]

paper and pencil 1st anniversary: The Rhodia Pencil

Wednesday, November 15th, 2006

This blog is now one year old! The first post was on an iconic stationery item: the Rhodia pad. A year later, we’re happy to welcome an accompanying Rhodia pencil.

The pencil is painted in Rhodia’s famous orange. It’s very distinctive, with a triangular body, black dyed wood, black ferrule and black eraser. The imprinting […]