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Hmmm...can't precisely recall the last time I used a pencil, particularly for writing...

 

Whenever it was, it pretty much had to have been a Faber-Castell Vario or a good ol' Ticonderoga, #2 or equivalent. Don't think there are any others in the house.

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A Ritepoint in a kind of swirly gold and red, with 1.18 mm lead*

 

 

*I note this because this morning a packet of ordered leads arrived and I see that I have ordered 0.9 mm, which was a bit stupid as I don't have a pencil that fits this size! Will have to get one now. :)

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Staedtler Mars Lumograph HB. I've decided that this is one of my favorite pencils for writing.

 

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Have been using my Pelikan 600 pencil a lot lately.

 

 

D.ick

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KEEP SAFE, WEAR A MASK, KEEP A DISTANCE.

Freedom exists by virtue of self limitation.

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I have a good sized stash of USA Dixon Oriole pencils. They are the best I've ever used. Now if I could only find one of those Boston 2 (or 3?) cutter head hand cranked sharpeners. These electric ones I've got access to are junk!

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I have a good sized stash of USA Dixon Oriole pencils. They are the best I've ever used. Now if I could only find one of those Boston 2 (or 3?) cutter head hand cranked sharpeners. These electric ones I've got access to are junk!

 

Get yourself the KUM 1-hole long point sharpener. It's the best sharpener I've ever used.

 

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Craft Design Technology item 17 and Blaisdell Special Grade Calculator.

"No one can be a great thinker who does not recognize that as a thinker it is his first duty to follow his intellect to whatever conclusions it may lead. Truth gains more even by the errors of one who, with due study, and preparation, thinks for himself, than by the true opinions of those who only hold them because they do not suffer themselves to think." -J.S. Mill, On Liberty

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Craft Design Technology item 17 and Blaisdell Special Grade Calculator.

 

Is buying a box of one dozen the only way to try a CDT 17 or does someone sell them in singles or pairs?

 

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I've been using a 1940 Striped "Man" Duofold 1.18mm pencil that came with its fountain pen counterpart several days ago. Blue/Silver/Black. I like it so much, I think I need to find it a clip and new jewel.

 

And my E+M "Sketch" 5.5 mm lead clutch in Zebrano wood arrived today, so I've been doing some sketching with it. I am quite enamored by it's size, weight, and shape.

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I've been using a 1940 Striped "Man" Duofold 1.18mm pencil that came with it's fountain pen counterpart several days ago. Blue/Silver/Black. I like it so much, I think I need to find it a clip and new jewel.

 

And my E+M "Sketch" 5.5 mm lead clutch in Zebrano wood arrived today, so I've been doing some sketching with it. I am quite enamored by it's size, weight, and shape.

Pictures please! The Duofold sounds interesting...

 

;)

 

I've been tempted to buy a lead clutch by E+M many times but I always remember my Wörther's waiting for me at home and never take the chance. The Zebrabo wood must look good...

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Pictures please! The Duofold sounds interesting...

 

;)

 

I've been tempted to buy a lead clutch by E+M many times but I always remember my Wörther's waiting for me at home and never take the chance. The Zebrabo wood must look good...

 

 

I have my eye on a Wörther hexagonal 3.15 clutch in plum wood! Trying to get all different sizes of clutches in different woods because... well, because. Here's a picture of the pencils, plus an E+M 2mm X-Change in Light Oak. I'm really digging the zebrano, far more than I thought I would! The Duofold pencil is a bit beat up, but I like it. Too slim for sustained use, but great for quick notes and underlining.

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Hmmm, Lovely Duofold pencil....

 

 

D.ick

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KEEP SAFE, WEAR A MASK, KEEP A DISTANCE.

Freedom exists by virtue of self limitation.

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Is buying a box of one dozen the only way to try a CDT 17 or does someone sell them in singles or pairs?

 

--flatline

As far as I know, it is the only way to try this pencil.

"No one can be a great thinker who does not recognize that as a thinker it is his first duty to follow his intellect to whatever conclusions it may lead. Truth gains more even by the errors of one who, with due study, and preparation, thinks for himself, than by the true opinions of those who only hold them because they do not suffer themselves to think." -J.S. Mill, On Liberty

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Pelikan 600 is next to my lounge chair, the Porsche Design P3120 is on my desk.

 

 

D.ick

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KEEP SAFE, WEAR A MASK, KEEP A DISTANCE.

Freedom exists by virtue of self limitation.

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