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Hi fisk,
Thanks for the help. Well, I have the PITT extra soft in my pencil box and it is a lovely pencil, it’s a bit waxy. It’s slightly below pierre noire still, I have the Koh-I-Noor too, it’s around the same blackness of the PITT, but also below pierre noire. I found a Koh-I-Noor Progresso, it’s a woodless full graphite lead, the 8B is closest to conté pierre noire I found. I bought a Derwen Drawing Ivory 6700 and it’s ok too.
I also notice that the paper matters a lot, the paper used on this site must differ from me or it’s the camera adding contrast, some high tooth paper like coquille board produce very dark blacks, but I can’t find it anymore.
My reason for wanting a pencil like that is this: http://oi48.tinypic.com/1h3uhf.jpg The artist made very dark lines (it’s pitch black on the original but my flash went off) but it wasn’t on coarse paper, it was on something smooth it seems, maybe the paper used to be different back then, but I can’t reproduce it atm.
Aurelie,
Do you happen to know the name of the artist that created your tinypic?
Regarding your coquille board… I did find some stateside here:
http://www.lenzarts.com/art_supplies/coquille-board-paper.html
There is a comment on this page that says that a smooth surfaced coquille board is no longer on the market but you can order a sample of their existing stock if need be.
I’ve got a pierre noire in my own stash somewhere. Maybe I should give it another shot.
I have a silver 3″ Mordan propelling pencil from the mid 30′s I think…best i can tell from the hallmark.
It has a ring attached for a pocket chain (I think) and I can see the lead and it has a push button top but I cant but cant get it to descend. Any idea to how I can unjam it or how much its worth?
I am a Artillery Detatchement Commander and forward observer in the CF. Big fan of the blog and while my own tastes are pretty humble I am a user of the Tri write in my line of work a reliable pencil has to be within armys reach and am looking for a readily available pencil extender and point protector such as the tohkin penicl extender. If you could lend your expertise I am in Oromocto, NB outside of Fredericton. Looking for something reliable,accesible and durable
Appreciated
SK
Hi.
I would like to print on blank black pencil, but I cant find any nice blank pencil, all of them are with eraser in the end.
I would like to find these, but blank:
http://cdn.hypebeast.com/image/2009/02/neighborhood-black-pencil-set.jpg
any suggestions?
Thanks.
Peter, Perhaps you would be better served by doing a google search for pen/pencil printers, contacting them with your photo, and letting them do some legwork for you. An ALL black pencil might prove a bit difficult to find and be more expensive… but then I’m not in printing these days.
I did for 4 hours!:) but im really desperate, so after I found this site and tryed it here.
Are you doing the printing yourself or are you hiring it out?
What is your required quantity and your deadline?
What is the best email address to contact you?
we want somebody to hire.
we will need maybe 200 pieces, Im not sure. deadline is open.
the best adress to contact me is design@sagmeister.com.
thanks for help.
P.
Peter,
I’m pretty sure that at such a small quantity, nobody will be able to help out with this. You may want to consider getting a larger lot of at least a thousand if this project of yours needs to come together. That is… the impression is more important than the money spent.
I’ve got a few emails out for you and received ONE response saying that the rep is looking first to see if your pencil blank is available. And, this is without even touching the subject of minimum run.
I’ll follow up when/if I know more.
If this works out for you, I’d like compensation/commission.
My price… is two of your pencils. So there.
fisk
Hi,
thanks for your effort.
The price is important, if they wil be cheap and affordable, we can print 1000. We are a design firm, so really want to pencil which looks great, not just ordinary pencil with eraser in the end.
When you will know some news, please let me know. And of course you can have 2 pencils, even more!
Thank you for help
Can someone write a review on Lyra Rembrandt Oil Pencils? So curious to hear what people make of them before investing.
i am trying to find out some info on the grooved pencils from dixon. is there a big market out there for something like this or is it a slow mover purchased by someone who wants something different
What is the best wooden pencil for taking IELTs test? What is the bes handheld sharpener and eraser?
I am trying to find a really large eraser for graphite drawing. I’ve considered using rubber cement to glue several staedtler erasers together. But I would like to find something commercially available. Size could be in the range of 6 x 3 x 3 inches. Any thoughts or leads?
Thanks,
Tony
Seed makes a range of erasers, including this giant: http://www.seedr.co.jp/big/s-10000.html .
I am absolutely stumped why noone makes a mechanical pencil that has a click eraser. You can click to make the lead advance, but you cant click another button to advance the eraser. I love the Pentel P205 and similar pencils that have the tiny eraser because its the perfect diameter, but the moment you wear it down, its a huge hassle to get off and replace it. I have no idea why they didnt just make that eraser advance the same way the lead advances.
I know about the twist eraser types, but they always have big chunky erasers that are way to wide, also some of them start to retract as you use them.
Any suggestions?
thanks
The Pentel QD7 is a nice mechanical pencil with that curved “Zaner-Blosser” grip, but the twist out eraser may still be too big for you. I measure mine at being 5.5 mm across.
Have anyone bought a mechanical pencil called “Wormgrip mechanical pencil”? It is manufactured by a Japanese company.
It’s been kind of quiet lately, so I thought that I’d relate a “Cedar Pointe” story from last night. I went to a “Hobby Lobby” store here in the U.S. to buy a suction cup hook for Christmas decorations and couldn’t find any. Since I was there, I decided to buy another box of 1 dozen General’s Cedar Pointe #2 pencils. I’ve enjoyed using the initial set that I bought – directly from them I think.
Hi, I love the Prismacolor Col-Erase pencil but I read that Prismacolor’s production moved to Mexico and since then the quality of their Turquoise pencil fell down. So, I’m wondering if the same fate can happen to the Col-Erase or the quality stays the same as the ones made in the USA ?
If somebody used both types (made in the USA and in Mexico) enough to make a good statement, I’d be glad to read thoughts about it. Thanks !
Greetings fellow pencil enthusiasts,
I’m writing today in hopes that someone will be willing to comment a bit on just how their stock/collection/hoard is kept organized and put away. For some time I’ve been trying to find an economical but attractive method for keeping my ever-growing supply of drawing materials. Until now, I’ve used mismatched cigar boxes, flat jewelry boxes and an assortment of shoe boxes to keep things together. As I grow older I find that keeping things in such a higgledy-piggledy manner is more challenging… because when I can’t recall exactly which box something is hiding in… I simply run along and buy a new one, or go without. My memory has certainly been sharper. What can I say?
I’m hoping that members of this site’s community will share solutions that work well for them.
(I probably have enough paper to start my own shop as well, but that is for another day.)
I have database for pencils and duplicates list on my web.
…and I try to put pencils to my database with scanned pictures
Thanks Jüri for responding. May I ask how you store them?
If anyone else would like to chime in as well, I’m all ears.
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lastly keep your pencils sharp
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I have special plastic so called belts with pockets as bandoleer.
See my utility model discription on my web.