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Pencil Points: Cumberland Graphite
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A blog about collecting brand name woodcase pencils. Tuesday, 23 November 2010. These are made by Derwent,who refer to them as every-day. Pencils. I suppose that's right, certainly they are not ambitious pencils, but they write perfectly well, these F grades being a little hard for me, I imagine the HB would be slightly kinder to write with. However the paint is solid, the silver cap is smart, if a little wrinkled and these pencils do the job asked of them. Posted by Black Sal. Eberhard Faber Van Dyke.
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Pencil Points: Yes, but what's that pencil he's holding?
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A blog about collecting brand name woodcase pencils. Tuesday, 18 January 2011. Yes, but what's that pencil he's holding? A famous designer who worked at General Motors, apparently) - died recently, and many obituaries featured this picture. Click the picture to enlarge). Great designer, General Motors, passing of an age, shall not see his like again, yes, yes, yes. But what do you reckon it is? A Mirado Black Warrior? It's got a great a point on it - so I am guessing it's his own, not a prop :-). That is...
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Pencil Points: January 2011
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A blog about collecting brand name woodcase pencils. Tuesday, 18 January 2011. Yes, but what's that pencil he's holding? A famous designer who worked at General Motors, apparently) - died recently, and many obituaries featured this picture. Click the picture to enlarge). Great designer, General Motors, passing of an age, shall not see his like again, yes, yes, yes. But what do you reckon it is? A Mirado Black Warrior? It's got a great a point on it - so I am guessing it's his own, not a prop :-). I found...
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Pencil Points: November 2010
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A blog about collecting brand name woodcase pencils. Tuesday, 30 November 2010. Daler Rowney Artists Sketching. A very modern-looking pencil I thing. The paint is thin, and thinly applied which gives the pencil a 'green' feel to it, in the ecological sense of the word. The core is soft and wide, and clearly for sketching, not for writing. The glossy black hood, and silver rim denote quality. Posted by Black Sal. Links to this post. Tuesday, 23 November 2010. Posted by Black Sal. Links to this post. It's ...
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Pencil Points: July 2010
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A blog about collecting brand name woodcase pencils. Tuesday, 13 July 2010. A collection of Hardtmuths. The most common Hardmuth pencils are Koh-I-Noor and Mephisto - but they have made plenty of other pencils. Here is a selection bought in Prague in 2010 including a Colonel. Which I haven't seen before, as well as left-handed Eros. And smart-looking aubargine coloured Dessin. As always there are even more. Hardmuths on Bob Truby's site (but no Colonel. Posted by Black Sal. Links to this post. Not a penc...
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Pencil Points: December 2010
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A blog about collecting brand name woodcase pencils. Tuesday, 7 December 2010. I found this the other day in my pencil pot - I must have bought it in Prague earlier this year. Is it supposed to be African? Posted by Black Sal. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). The original Black Sal was a shadowy figure: an 18th Century smuggler of the finest and purest graphite ever to found: that from the famous wad mines of Cumbria in England. Eberhard Faber Van Dyke. Chuck Jordan (a famous design...
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Pencil Points: Summer Pencil Shopping
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A blog about collecting brand name woodcase pencils. Tuesday, 28 September 2010. Over the summer I went to the south coast - Rye, East Sussex and Canterbury. In each town I found small stationery shops and intrigued the owners by buying two or three of every different pencil they had for sale. Posted by Black Sal. My favorite pencils, though, are special orders from a school supply company. They have slightly thicker barrels and write darker than any I can buy from a store - except maybe an art store.
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Pencil Points: Koh-i-Noor British Graphite
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A blog about collecting brand name woodcase pencils. Monday, 17 May 2010. A pair of interesting pencils. The sharp edges, as well as the intriguing text, suggest they are fairly old. I wonder where that came from, the old graphite mines in Cumbria were exhausted long before these pencils were made. Posted by Black Sal. I wonder how old they really are. Have you tried writing with them or are they too rare (and awe-inspiring) to use? 17 May 2010 at 14:29. 17 May 2010 at 16:58. Most conveniently: you don't...
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Dave's Mechanical Pencils: Reviews and Articles
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My mechanical pencil collection and various related things, thoughts and musings about them, reviews of mechanical pencils and other items, and more. I'm not prejudiced - all forms of pencils and graphite are welcome here, even some ink sneaks in too. You can use the sidebar links to find mechanical pencil reviews and other stuff. Top 10 General Mechanical Pencils. Top 10 Drafting Mechanical Pencils. My Top 5 Mechanical Pencils. My Encyclopaedia - Mechanical Pencil. Wednesday, April 05, 2006. Porsche Des...
