The FILA 795 BE is contained in a box whose artwork has a simple yet powerful portrait.
The details are striking - the red factory windows, the carefully rendered plumes of smoke, the uber-smokestack that is a red and blue pencil, and FILA’s name in red and blue.
Bravissimo!
The Tombow LV-KEV is an absolute delight of a pencil. Though similar in concept to the red and blue pencils we have seen - this is a mix of HB grade graphite (a.k.a lead) at one end, and red at the other - though not in equal measure. The black lead end is 70% of […]
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 […]
Here is the first triangular format red and blue pencil I’ve seen.
Oversize, with a 6.25mm diameter lead, this pencil is part of the Lyra Super Ferby Duo lineup of double-ended two colour pencils.
Lyra makes a very wide range of products, but like everything else in their “Ferby” brand, these pencils are first rate. Though […]
We’ve seen red and blue pencils from both the US and Europe - and now thanks to the kindness of fellow pencil aficionado isu from the uncomfortable chair, I am able to present some pencils from the estimable Kita-Boshi in Japan.
These aren’t just red and blue pencils - they are vermilion and prussian blue pencils! […]
There is a notable new post over at the uncomfortable chair.
A vintage L. & C. Hardtmuth No. 43B leadholder is featured. One end holds a red lead, and the other a blue lead.
Though unusual, there are other examples of this category. Leadholder.com shows a 1948 red and blue Caran d’Ache Fixpencil 33 at the bottom […]
The red and blue pencil concept also exists in the mechanical pencil realm. The Autopoint Twinpoint is a mechanical pencil with lead at both ends!
Each end is colour coded red or blue, and dispenses a corresponding lead. Though the product is named the “Twinpoint”, this pencil type seems to be popularly known as a “double […]
Must a successful pencil manufacturing business be part of a multinational conglomerate? Is there any room for smaller firms in the current marketplace?
Many of us may not have heard of Viarco. They are a 94 year old pencil company from João da Madeira, Portugal, who produce a wide range of pencils - writing pencils, drawing […]