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Just a quick picture of some very nice pencils sent to me by blog reader Steve: Apsara Platinum Apsara Triangle Apsara Beauty Apsara Grip Liner Apsara Gold for executives Nataraj 621 (with eraser) Nataraj 621 Yesterday, I mentioned pencils made from wood scraps. Well, I just found another – the Mitsubishi 2667 EW red and blue pencil. Mitsubishi’s product page is here, and the page includes a small diagram that appears to mention the construction method. The pencil has a very nice woodgrain finish. The text is in green, with [...] My first blogging injury. pencil talk reader Joshua kindly sent me some Mega Brands SRX pencils. Mega Brands has been mentioned here before as the owner of the RoseArt brand, which is a longtime U.S. pencil manufacturer. They now have some pencils in the Mega Brands name, with RoseArt unmentioned. One of these is the [...] An unexpected package arrived yesterday with no note and only a partial name on the outside. I’ll reply to the postal address directly, but I also wanted to say thank you here. Filled with fantastic looking Nataraj and Apsara pencils, I’ll take a wild guess that the package came from a reader of this blog. [...] This new post at Timberlines discusses the recent acquisition of Lyra by Fila. Here is an Italian language business article on the subject. Several more can be found online. Given that American-made Dixon pencils seem to have disappeared under Fila’s ownership, one has to wonder if the German-made Lyra pencil has a future. Photo (L-R): Leads in 0.2mm, 0.3mm, 0.4mm, 0.5mm, 0.7mm, 0.9mm, 1.18mm, 1.3mm, 1.4mm, 1.5mm, 2.0mm, 3.15mm, 3.8mm, and 5.6mm diameters Mechanical pencil users have a lot of choice in lead diameters. Between thin leads used for drafting and wide leads used for sketching, most of us should be able to find something suitable. 0.2mm That’s [...] |
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