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Did you know that Stabilo has been making the Boss highlighter since 1972? Again thanks to Quo Vadis Canada, pencil talk has received samples of the famous Boss and newer Swing Cool highlighters. The highlighter colours are rich and vibrant. The Boss comes in a traditional wedge form factor, which the Swing Cool’s dimensions are …
In March, we looked at the Lyra Mega Liner highlighting pencil. The offerings in this category are few, but there is at least one alternative. I just discovered that Staedtler Austria also manufacture highlighting pencils. The ones I found are packaged in a “blister pack” and are sold as “Bible Highlighters”. The pencils are round, …
At just 155 years old, Stabilo is the youngster among the Nuremberg (Nürnberg) pencil companies – Faber-Castell is the eldest at 249, and Lyra and Staedtler are in the middle at 204 and 175 respectively. A pencil maker in origin, Stabilo now includes cosmetic products and backpacking gear in their corporate umbrella. Their stationery products …
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 …
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Let’s take a second look at some of the items we saw last year. Today we’ll recall notebooks and stationery items. The Rhodia pad was the topic of the blog’s first post, back in 2005. I still use the A3 sized No. 38 at my desk. As 2009 begins, Rhodia now produces all sorts of …
A specialty pencil for highlighting, the Lyra Mega Liner 96 is a woodcase pencil with a fluorescent wax core. It is oversized, with an oversized core. I have yellow and blue versions, but it also comes in green, orange, and pink. The diameter is about 11mm, so they just fit in most large hole sharpeners. …