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Originally Posted by Mort1997
Talking about mechanical pencils have you seen this site?
https://hemiwear.com/
I have a collection of these which I have bought through his Kickstarter campaigns - I don't know how this compares with your collection.
I have to admit I have far too many e-readers but I adore them and I love the build quality of the Sony readers especially the early ones. |
No, but they look interesting. Mine are just regular mechanical pencils that are no longer sold. One of my favorites is the PaperMate Cassette Advancer Pencil 1000 (that I've dubbed "a pencil with a sentence, not a name"). The cartridge came with 12 leads and an eraser (both of which can be refilled without buying a new cartridge – which are now hard to find now). These cartridge pencils (this particular cartridge was patented by Kotobuki) with varied features were sold by a few companies. Berol, Sanford, Papermate, Pacer (Australia), Platinum (Asia), Scripto and Shaeffer. (These are all the brands I've discovered so far.) Some of these pencils have plastic ends (but metal "pipes" or "sleeves"). Some had plastic clips, most had metal. Some had spring tips and/or retractable sleeves (so it didn't harm your pocket). All feel a bit different when using. And that's just one line I like to collect.. What's odd about the PaperMate Advancer is that, unlike the PaperMate Pacer Executive (also pictured below, I don't own one of these) is that the "Advancer"
doesn't self-advance, even though it looks just like the Pacer Executive that
does self-advance. The Pacer also has a retractable sleeve, unlike the Advancer.
Sorry for rambling. Another "sickness." (I also do patent searches, trying to pinpoint when these pencil features first appeared.)
Should mention, these PaperMate Advancers can be found on Amazon, eBay or via Montgomery Pen.