Though appearing to be a regular hexagonal pencil, the Tajima pencil is aimed at the construction trades - carpentry in particular. It is definitely a different interpretation of this pencil style than seen in North America or Europe.
The product website indicates that this pencil is highly humidity-resistant.
With a sophisticated red lead, the pencil has a […]
The Eyeball Pencil Co. makes these extreme miniature pencils.
Impractical as they may be, they work.
The Dong-a World Best Black Wood pencil is the last in our series on the pencils of Korea.
This pencil has a black matte finish and black dyed wood. To my eye, it has a very powerful minimal design. I’m told that this pencil is very hard to find, even in Korea. Though I considered setting […]
Just a quick picture of some very nice pencils sent to me by blog reader Steve:
Apsara Platinum
Apsara Triangle
Apsara Beauty
Apsara Grip Liner
Apsara Gold for executives
Nataraj 621 (with eraser)
Nataraj 621
Yesterday, I mentioned pencils made from wood scraps.
Well, I just found another - the Mitsubishi 2667 EW red and blue pencil.
Mitsubishi’s product page is here, and the page includes a small diagram that appears to mention the construction method.
The pencil has a very nice woodgrain finish. The text is in green, with colour […]
My first blogging injury.
pencil talk reader Joshua kindly sent me some Mega Brands SRX pencils. Mega Brands has been mentioned here before as the owner of the RoseArt brand, which is a longtime U.S. pencil manufacturer.
They now have some pencils in the Mega Brands name, with RoseArt unmentioned. One of these is the “USA […]
This new post at Timberlines discusses the recent acquisition of Lyra by Fila.
Here is an Italian language business article on the subject. Several more can be found online.
Given that American-made Dixon pencils seem to have disappeared under Fila’s ownership, one has to wonder if the German-made Lyra pencil has a future.
Photo (L-R): Leads in 0.2mm, 0.3mm, 0.4mm, 0.5mm, 0.7mm, 0.9mm, 1.18mm, 1.3mm, 1.4mm, 1.5mm, 2.0mm, 3.15mm, 3.8mm, and 5.6mm diameters
Mechanical pencil users have a lot of choice in lead diameters. Between thin leads used for drafting and wide leads used for sketching, most of us should be able to find something suitable.
0.2mm
That’s not a typo! […]