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A previous post took a look at paper wrapped pencils, specifically the ones known as grease markers or china markers. Did you know (and are you surprised?) that the Mitsubishi Pencil Company of Japan makes a grease pencil – and in a dozen, vibrant colours. The “Dermatograph” No. 7600, marked “For Glass, Metal, Plastics”, seems [...] At pencil talk, we love red and blue pencils! But sometimes one needs a red pencil or a blue pencil – not both at once. Or, you’ve found that a double ended pencil gets unusable a bit too quickly. Here is a red/blue pair of very impressive pencils. Hailing from the venerable Mitsubishi Pencil Co., [...] From Mitsubishi and Faber-Castell, we have pre-shortened versions of the Uni and Castell 9000 pencils. They are meant for use in pencil holders from these firms. The Uni is unsharpened, while the 9000 has a factory sharpening. Both are sold in packages of three. The Mitsubishi Pencil Company has announced a limited edition set of 240 colour pencils! There was a question about how the PaperMate Exam Standard compared to other black erasers, so I thought I’d try a small side by side comparison. As was done with previous eraser tests, the Staedtler Mars Lumograph 100 and a Rhodia pad were used as our reference pencil and paper. I also added in Pentel [...] So far, we’ve seen two examples of red and blue pencils from Japan – the first rate Kita Boshi 9667, and the very unusual finger-jointed Mitsubishi 2667. Let’s continue our exploration of this interesting pencil format by looking at the mainstream offerings from Japan’s largest pencil manufacturers, Tombow and Mitsubishi. Tombow makes the round 8900 [...] |
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