What's Up At Christof's

[christof]

My newest catch is not a fountain pen but a super rare Caran d'Ache Fixpencil 23. You don't see this short version of the number 22 very often.

 

 

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-go_-xrursU8/UIjRIM79SwI/AAAAAAAAQLQ/ppTJIsbslLY/s1600/aran14.gif

 

As I do not really collect pencils and leadholders, this on will move on to the Museum of design Zurich (Museum für Gestaltung Zürich) and will be part of the new permanent exhibition (opens march 2018).

 

C.

Edited July 25, 2017 by christof

[Chrissy]

I'm not sure I could write with that pencil without breaking the point of the lead off.

[christof]

Fixpencils are designed rather for drawing purposes than writing. When you're drawing plans, you have to sharpen the lead after about every fifth line to get uniform line width. For sharpening the lead, the Gedess lead sharpener is the best choice:

 

http://sammlungen-archive.zhdk.ch/view/objects/asitem/People$004031118/2;jsessionid=CA244220F644CE5C75C8CC515710EF6F

 

...good old days. Sigh.

 

C.

Edited July 25, 2017 by christof

[fountainbel]

Fixpencils are designed rather for drawing purposes than writing. When you're drawing plans, you have to sharpen the lead after about every fifth line to get uniform line width. For sharpening the lead, the Gedess lead sharpener is the best choice:

 

http://sammlungen-archive.zhdk.ch/view/objects/asitem/People$004031118/2;jsessionid=CA244220F644CE5C75C8CC515710EF6F

 

...good old days. Sigh.

 

C.

 

Indeed Christoph , "the good old days"

I've used the CD drawing pencils - the standard longer version - during the seventies en eighties drawing mechanical designs on an A0 size "ISIS" drawing board .

And the Gedess sharpener was indeed a real breakthrough compared to the sandpaper covered wooden strip and/or the integrated sharpener inside the pencil actuating top !

Those were the days….

Thanks for shearing!

Francis

[christof]

 

Indeed Christoph , "the good old days"

I've used the CD drawing pencils - the standard longer version - during the seventies en eighties drawing mechanical designs on an A0 size "ISIS" drawing board .

And the Gedess sharpener was indeed a real breakthrough compared to the sandpaper covered wooden strip and/or the integrated sharpener inside the pencil actuating top !

Those were the days….

Thanks for shearing!

Francis

 

Thank you Francis. The standard longer version of the 22 is called 77. I made this sketch a couple of years ago to explain a friend what FIXPENCILS are. As a young architect, I used them daily to draw drafts of construction plans. I still have them all in different sizes beside my desk. Will take a picture when I find the time.

 

 

C.

 

(honestly, I do not collect them!! ...but when I see one at the fleamarket or thrift shop for nothing, I can't withstand.)

Edited July 26, 2017 by christof

[christof]

here we go, the photographs:

 

 

C.

 

PS: ...but really, I DO NOT COLLECT them.

Edited July 26, 2017 by christof

[AL01]

Were did that Lamy safari logo come from?

 

Eye candy!

[christof]

Were did that Lamy safari logo come from?

 

Eye candy!

It's a sticker.

C.

[Chrissy]

 

Thank you Francis. The standard longer version of the 22 is called 77. I made this sketch a couple of years ago to explain a friend what FIXPENCILS are. As a young architect, I used them daily to draw drafts of construction plans. I still have them all in different sizes beside my desk. Will take a picture when I find the time.

 

C.

 

(honestly, I do not collect them!! ...but when I see one at the fleamarket or thrift shop for nothing, I can't withstand.)

 

I would buy one if I saw one at a thrift shop for virtually nothing too.

[Soot]

here we go, the photographs:

 

 

C.

 

PS: ...but really, I DO NOT COLLECT them.

 

C, that's a pretty cool set there.

[slippery when wet]

I like the stand the clutch pencil sits in, I would certainly take that home with me

[christof]

I like the stand the clutch pencil sits in, I would certainly take that home with me

 

It's not a desk stand. It's a lead pointer. Here's the original patent drawing by Georges Dessonnaz:

 

http://hans.presto.tripod.com/scan/us2242458.gif

 

And here a picture of a demonstrator model:

 

Edited July 27, 2017 by christof

[Chrissy]

I would like one of those lead pointers.

[christof]

They're not expensive: https://www.cultpens.com/i/q/DX42792/dux-the-gedess-rotary-lead-pointer

C.

[Chrissy]

They're not expensive: https://www.cultpens.com/i/q/DX42792/dux-the-gedess-rotary-lead-pointer

C.

 

Oh, thank you. I thought they looked like they were antique.

[AL01]

Are those stickers from the 80s?

 

How did you get them?

 

(Sorry for the interrogation...)

[christof]

Are those stickers from the 80s?

 

How did you get them?

 

(Sorry for the interrogation...)

Yes, I think so. There are still some left on ebay....

c.

[AL01]

I like 'em.

 

Thanks for lettin' me know...

 

Thanks Again, Al.

[christof]

Recently, I found a quite uncommon Parker "51" nib. A right foot oblique Broad.

During the past years I had several oblique "51" nibs, but never a right foot shaped.

 

 

 

 

 

Needless to say that it writes marvellous. The only other right foot oblique nib I have is a Pelikan 400 nib which also matches my handwriting quite well.

 

 

Completely the opposite to regular obliques which are not comfortable with me....

 

C.

Edited August 1, 2017 by christof

[DrCodfish]

Oh that is a dandy find, and in a P51 no less! As a lefty the RF oblique is a great nib for me. That 51 looks like a vey oblique angle, I have found that less than 15 degrees is best for me. I had Mr. Masuyama grind two nibs for me with this orientation and I quite like them, There is something for every one, .... but not enough for some of us.