Comments on: Steno pencils: pencils with a job

By: Hramm

Hramm — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 00:17:48 +0000

Don’t believe that with all the Triangular Pencils they produce, they will stop the production of steno pencils. Those ones are still available on german and french amazon too.

By: Gunther

Gunther — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 06:08:49 +0000

Thank you, Adair and penciladmin :-) Unfortunately I don’t have any official information.

By: penciladmin

penciladmin — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 01:36:41 +0000

Hi Adair, thanks for the news. While the great Lexikaliker may indeed know something, I’ve also sent a brief enquiry to Staedtler about this.

By: Adair

Adair — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 10:50:06 +0000

I was in Berlin recently and as usual went to “MacPaper” to stock up on the Staedtler Stenofix. To my horror, I was told that this pencil will no longer be manufactured! What a pity. I then went to KaDeWe (quite simply, the world’s greatest department store, with a whole floor devoted to stationery and writing instruments)and sought to purchase some of the Faber Castell steno pencils, and found they were in short supply…Are steno pencils about to become extinct? There is something about the round barrels of the Staedtler and Faber Castell stenos that makes them perfectly fitting in the hand, and the leads are superb. Perhaps the great Lexikaliker has some inside knowledge of what is happening to these wonderful German pencils.

By: Lexikaliker - LYRA 664

Lexikaliker - LYRA 664 — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:56:46 +0000

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By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:05:06 +0000

I am looking for WHSmith Shorthand pencils that were available around 10+ years ago in the UK. Have had no luck with WHSmith, they are a yellow pencil with code EAN5159 stamped on them.

Down to my last four, please help! ;o)

By: penciladmin

penciladmin — Tue, 12 May 2009 00:05:23 +0000

This must be a compelling pencil – Empire Pencil Co. was acquired over twenty years ago.

By: Chuck

Chuck — Mon, 11 May 2009 23:45:20 +0000

Coleen,

I’m wondering if you were able to find a supplier for the Empire Pedigree
Steno 7419 ? We have and love it but can’t find any more. Any help would be appreciated.

By: Nick Hayes

Nick Hayes — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:28:28 +0000

Unable to find a supplier, I contacted Staedtler UK
‘Cheryl’ sent me her regards with this ‘helpful’ reply:

“The Stenofix pencil is not part of the product range that gets brought into the UK, Some products that can be found on our website are only available in other countries, As the website is our worldwide site apology.

By: colleen

colleen — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 01:44:24 +0000

I’m looking for Empire Pedigree Steno 7419 pencils,they are thin and light green and my grandmother used them.
Colleen

By: Jim Barnes

Jim Barnes — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 13:57:31 +0000

Adair, thanks for the information. I searched the Dixon/Ticonderoga site and couldn’t find any reference to it. But, I will definitely keep my eyes open. For now, I’m going to try to find a source for the Stenofix or Steno.
Thanks again,
Jim

By: adair

adair — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 10:54:47 +0000

Jim—did you know that Ticonderoga makes a round-barrel version of its flagship yellow pencil? It isn’t widely distributed and in fact is only sold individually, dispensed from big plastic containers at certain university bookshops and such. It is quite a decent, solid pencil, in some ways superior to the hexagonal version. Why Ticonderoga/Dixon doesn’t make it available more generally is a mystery to me.