|
||||||
 |
Here is a giant novelty pencil found at the Pottery Barn store, along with a regular pencil for comparison. The photo was taken during the summer. Here’s that same picnic bench a few days ago: Its been a tough winter. Does anyone remember these? I have only one in HB, and a few in F. It has that classic unrounded hexagonal shape. The varnish hasn’t completely survived though the decades, but the pencil’s writing ability is unimpaired. Dixon purchased Versailles, Missouri based Wallace in 1982. Image used courtesy of isu at the uncomfortable chair. The Tortoise Lead Pointer is a remarkable all-in-one unit for blade sharpening of leads. It can handle: 1.18mm: Traditional mechanical pencils (pre-1950?), and today, Yard-O-Led, some Autopoint, and some Retro 51 pencils. 2.0mm: A standard lead diameter. 3.15mm: A standard lead diameter. 3.8mm: Less common – [...] With thanks to Staedtler staff in Canada, Germany, and Thailand, there is further news on the EE grade pencil. After the EB and EE grades were withdrawn, Staedtler Malaysia continued making those versions for their market, with graphite cores supplied from Germany. This production ended in 2005. At present, some of the 8B pencils made [...] My apologies. Fighting a stubborn cold has delayed pencil talk updates. Don’t worry, there are a lot more pencils to soon discuss! The Pilot S20 is a very special pencil. It could be classified in many ways – as a drafting pencil, a mechanical pencil, or as a luxury pencil. The S20 has the shape and features of a drafting pencil, and it is a drafting pencil, but it’s also perfectly usable as a general purpose mechanical [...] |
|||||
|
Copyright © 2005-2012 pencil talk - All Rights Reserved 
|
||||||
