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Regular pencil talk readers have seen a few train-themed pencils from Japanese manufacturers. Take a look at the kossy-RS4 blog (in Japanese) for even more examples! The transportation theme continues, this time with destination signs from London buses used as the inspiration. I like them! (The post title is borrowed from the early 1970s hit [...] A recent trip to a large city didn’t allow for much stationery shopping. All I managed to bring back was this pencil. The pencil has no markings, but was in a display that claimed the pencil was made of “recycled bamboo”, and the eraser of “recycled rubber”. The pencil surface is rough – very rough. [...] The highlighting pencil is one of those specialty pencils that never really worked for me – the idea is great, but the ones I’ve tried from Lyra, Staedtler, and International Arrivals had weak pigmentation, and were not very effective. I’m very happy to report that I’ve finally found a woodcase highlighting pencil that works as [...] The last two weeks, we’ve looked at a few pencils from France. Or to be more precise, pencils from French companies. Let’s take a look at them together, and see how they compare. I am including these pencils from this month: Conté à Paris Graphite 601 pencil Bic Mentor 2223 pencil Bic Gilbert 33 pencil [...] The Conté à Paris Graphite 601 pencil is a great find, as well as a rarity, being possibly the only woodcase pencil currently manufactured in France. I was very pleased to discover that a small local bookstore had tins of these pencils on their modest art supply shelf. The pencils come in a range of [...] The Bic Mentor seems to be Bic’s budget line. Unlike the Critérium and and Gilbert lines, it is available in a single grade – HB. The pencil is hexagonal with an unfinished end. It has gold lettering on a bright red finish. The lead seems to be somewhat scratchy. I’m not sure if these are [...] |
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