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Field Notes and a Bullet Pencil
Internet sensation Field Notes probably need no introduction. Seen here with another agrarian rooted stationery supply – the bullet pencil – the notebooks are quirky, fun, and useful. What they don’t tell you is that these alternate versions like “Just Below Zero” don’t just have different colour covers – they have different colour rulings!
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Yow! Where can one procure a lovely bullet pencil? (I already have the icy Field Notes)
Hi Jason, this bullet pencil came from Bundoki.com. It appears that it could be a “blank” ready for an advertising imprint.
@Jason. You can buy a variant here ( http://pentopiancreations.com/specialtyframe.html ). I have never used this company and so _cannot_ vouch for them. They use a lathe to turn the pencils using kits from Penn State Industries. I have however used the same kit with buffalo horn to make a bullet pencil that is one of my favorites. You should decide whether you would like the profile to be flat like the image above or rounded like at the external website. Rounded looks nicer IMO but the flat should give better balance.
Modest as it appears, I think the version in the photos does reflect the originals, seen here: http://fieldnotesbrand.com/2008/06/25/long-gone-blues-bullet-pencils/ and here: http://www.acontinuouslean.com/2008/06/23/obsession-bullet-pencils/ .
After a little more searching, the ones from Bundoki appear to be the same as these: http://www.bagwellpromotions.com/bullet-pencils.html
This Just Below Zero line seems entirley suitable to you northern hemisphere types. Don’t think it would sell down under :-)
Rite In The Rain probably more suitable for me :-)
Kiwi-d, I agree! I’ve never used (and I’m ashamed to say, nor even heard of)Field Notes, but I’m a geology major, and I’m a physical scientist by trade, so needless to say, I’m constantly searching for new durable notebooks to try out. I do adore these type that don’t use the dreaded spiral. (Shudders.) I find in my field, and in my climate, rite-in-the-rain paper is the most suitable. We get 52 inches of precipitation annually, and that makes it very difficult to take notes, unless you have the write paper. I must admit, the past few years, my field writing implement has been a mechanical skilcraft pencil, but I’m making the switch to woodcase, as they were always my first love. Now to just get a good quality sharpener that is small enough to fit in my field clipboard!
That’s interesting. On the Bagwell Promotions page, they suggest that the origin was from American Civil War soldier’s using bullet casings as a pencil protector. Penn State Industries (http://www.pennstateind.com/store/PKBFPCLCH.html) suggests that the “Buffalo Bullet” pencil was introduced at the 1901 Buffalo World’s Fair. However, the giveaway pencil from that World’s Fair (http://www.the-forum.com/collect/01PENCIL.HTM) is not at all similar. Thanks for the links.
>>After a little more searching, the ones from Bundoki appear to be the same as these: http://www.bagwellpromotions.com/bullet-pencils.html<<
Unfortunately, you need to get a minimum order of 250 pieces. Now all we need are 250 people who want to buy 'em with a Pencil Talk logo. :)
For anyone interested in Bullet pencils, eBay always has vitage specimens for reasonable prices. I have a few and the original pencils can be replaced.