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Mr. Rafieh’s Tehran Pencil Shop

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Re: Mr. Rafieh’s Tehran Pencil Shop

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Wonderful gallery! Interesting sharpening technique in image 7 with a blunt writing tip. Typically you'd seen a more angled cone [0] and a sharper end, but I guess this means no color is wasted when doing the initial sharpening?

Anyone note a list of his brands? I think I see some Faber-Castell but can't ID anything else.

[0] https://unsharpen.com/the-parts-of-wooden-pencil/

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post #2

It's a colorful stall, that's for sure. Does he make the pencils there? I can't read the writing in the photos but it looks like there are no prices (I don't see any numbers). Can someone who is able to read this chime in?

https://media.ana.press/old/1399/09/24/637435502248341625_lg... [R to L]: White Pencil. Tailor's White Pencil. White Oil Pencil. One the side it says "single colored pencils 250 Tomans". The front matter appears to be a verse from Qur'an and below it in Farsi he declares he has 'entrusted all matters to God, the same God that is the protector of its creation'.

God (of your choice), I wish I was multi-lingual.

Re: Mr. Rafieh’s Tehran Pencil Shop

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post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

https://media.ana.press/old/1399/09/24/637435502248341625_lg... [R to L]: White Pencil. Tailor's White Pencil. White Oil Pencil. One the side it says "single colored pencils 250 Tomans". The front matter appears to be a verse from Qur'an and below it in Farsi he declares he has 'entrusted all matters to God, the same God that is the protector of its creation'.

God (of your choice), I wish I was multi-lingual.

Do you mean more than two or one?

Re: Mr. Rafieh’s Tehran Pencil Shop

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Here's a rough translation for anyone interested in the text in the article:

The world of Colored pencils

Going through the narrow alleys of the stationary bazaar, there's a name that's familiar to all and an address that's hacked on all the tradespeople's minds. If you're looking for colored pencils, everyone'll point you to Mr. Rafieh's shop. "It's been thirty years that I get my energy from setting up kids with their colored pencil box. At the moment I have one of the biggest collections of colored pencils.", he says. Beginner and professional painters alike come to him for recommendations on colored pencils. The rare old models from the west or the ones produced in the country, he has them all. Mr. Rafieh's colorful stall has been drawing the attention of passerby for many years now.

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post #2

It's a colorful stall, that's for sure. Does he make the pencils there? I can't read the writing in the photos but it looks like there are no prices (I don't see any numbers). Can someone who is able to read this chime in?

I put a translation in another comment. I don't think he makes them, or at least there's nothing that suggests that in the text. He's more of a collector.

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post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

https://media.ana.press/old/1399/09/24/637435502248341625_lg... [R to L]: White Pencil. Tailor's White Pencil. White Oil Pencil. One the side it says "single colored pencils 250 Tomans". The front matter appears to be a verse from Qur'an and below it in Farsi he declares he has 'entrusted all matters to God, the same God that is the protector of its creation'.

God (of your choice), I wish I was multi-lingual.

خواستن توانستن است

[[R to L]: Khaastan (To desire/wish) Tavaanestan (to have ability) Ast (is)]

That's a popular Iranian saying. It means "To desire/To will is to achieve." (Where there is a will, there is a way.)

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