Here are a couple of amazingly thin erasers.
The Tombow Mono zero is a 2.3mm diameter cyclindrical eraser, dispensed by clicking the cap. It really does seem like a mechanical pencil in both form and function.
I thought this eraser was probably a borderline novelty, but it worked quite well over a period of days. You […]
KUM is a well known pencil sharpener manufacturer. Though inhabiting a very specialized market, they have an enviable reputation as a quality manufacturer with international distribution.
What may not be as well known is that KUM sells pencils - three by my count, all part of larger product offerings.
Today we’ll look at the KUM Blue Ocean. […]
I can’t read much of it, yet it seems to speak very well to many interests of mine.
Red and blue pencils, leadholders, quirky office accessories - they’re all here, and featured prominently.
The magazine is in Japanese, with about 150 glossy pages crammed full of photos of woodcase pencils, mechanical pencils, leadholders, erasers, sharpeners, staplers, hole […]
Let’s take a look at some popular pencil erasers.
When I’m taking notes at a meeting, I rarely use an eraser. There just isn’t time. I strike out the error, and carry on. But at my desk or at home, the ability to correct one’s writing, charts, and drawings is a major benefit of the pencil. […]
A fascinating eraser from Japan.
This eraser is a 2 x 2 x 5 block of 10mm sided cubes, with half the cubes scooped out.
There is apparently a “big brother” U800 with 15mm cubes, and a version with a strap, for attachment to a cell phone. I’m not making that up.
It is intriguing and geometric. […]
Here is a fun eraser from Staedtler. The triangular wedge shape goes very nicely with their triangular Ergosoft line.
This site now has an index page. I’ve tried to put links to most of the past pencil and stationery content, organized by topic. I also created links to the most popular posts (so far). Please let me know if there are any problems.
Link: pencil talk index
These are a set of nine “L”-shaped erasers from Seed of Japan. (Shown on Strathmore 400 Series Artagain black paper.)
The nine erasers together form a 3×3×3 cube. If you search the web, you’ll see that this is an example of a range of tiling/puzzle/cube problems that have attracted interest over the years. Mathematician John Conway […]