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The Golden Age of Japanese Pencils (2022)

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Re: The Golden Age of Japanese Pencils (2022)

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Post by kps »

jerieljan wrote: post #47

> Masaki had the idea to register a three-diamond trademark, along with the "Mitsubishi" name, which means 'three diamonds.' (It may surprise you to learn that this was ten years before the much better-known Mitsubishi Group of heavy industry companies registered its name and identical mark. Mitsubishi Pencil has no connection to the numerous other Mitsubishi companies in Japan; it is and has always been a manufactur…

This post was probably inspired by yesterday's “One Logo, Three Companies” https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43245315

Re: The Golden Age of Japanese Pencils (2022)

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williamdclt wrote: post #77
jerieljan wrote: post #47

> Masaki had the idea to register a three-diamond trademark, along with the "Mitsubishi" name, which means 'three diamonds.' (It may surprise you to learn that this was ten years before the much better-known Mitsubishi Group of heavy industry companies registered its name and identical mark. Mitsubishi Pencil has no connection to the numerous other Mitsubishi companies in Japan; it is and has always been a manufactur…

Nobody could blame you, Japan famously does have conglomerates making completely different products under the same brand. If Yamaha makes motorcycles and pianos, why wouldn't Mitsubishi make cars and pencils?

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Re: The Golden Age of Japanese Pencils (2022)

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Post by fallinghawks »

WithinReason wrote: post #83
fallinghawks wrote: post #28

My most treasured tools when I used to draw were Pentel 0.3 sliding sleeve pencils, model PS523. The sleeve let me put a lot of pressure on a very fine lead without breaking. And of course the lead was wonderful to use, very smooth. B was the softest lead available in that diameter, so it was hard to get a really dark black, hence the need for pressure. I've bought a number of mechanical pencils since the model was d…

Here is an article from the same blog about mechanical pencils: https://paperwhisper.com/blogs/blog/write-smarter-the-hidden... Seem like the Uni Kuru Toga Dive is the peak mechanical pencil.

Ooh, thanks for finding that. I'll definitely want to try out the Orenz models and the Uni as well.

Re: The Golden Age of Japanese Pencils (2022)

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Post by teddyh »

jerieljan wrote: post #47

> Masaki had the idea to register a three-diamond trademark, along with the "Mitsubishi" name, which means 'three diamonds.' (It may surprise you to learn that this was ten years before the much better-known Mitsubishi Group of heavy industry companies registered its name and identical mark. Mitsubishi Pencil has no connection to the numerous other Mitsubishi companies in Japan; it is and has always been a manufactur…

Fascinating. This shows, beyond any doubt, why BIMI is such a scam.

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Post by julienchastang »

julienchastang wrote: post #25

You know what is great about that blog post? The pictures. There is something so pleasing about those shallow depth of field macros of carefully laid out pencils and other stationary. (I found some of those items on Amazon, BTW.)

[I missed the HN edit window so I am replying to my own comment.] Note that you can get the stationary items from stlartsupply.com. No need to go to Amazon.

Re: The Golden Age of Japanese Pencils (2022)

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Post by Brajeshwar »

plagiarist wrote: post #59
Brajeshwar wrote: post #56

About 7-8 years ago, I fell in love with Japanese stationery, starting with a simple brand—Muji. I’m never going back. For pens, I’m with Lamy and Kaweco for now, but I’m eager to try a bunch of Japanese brands. Recently, I caved in and bought a few Midori MD notebooks.[1] Try them, mainly if you write with a fountain pen. The tactile feedback and the subtle scratchy sound become the music that fills the silent room…

That notebook looks like it opens all the way flat. That's something which has been difficult to find in my experience.

And the video from Jetpens explains how Midori Notebook can lay flat. Check out just around the 1-min mark at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLbGJ-NCR0o

Re: The Golden Age of Japanese Pencils (2022)

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Post by gwern »

ics wrote: post #12

This article reminded me of another great website which sadly has been offline for several years now. Thankfully it seems to be pretty well archived. Leadholder - The Drafting Pencil Museum: https://web.archive.org/web/20170617140127/http://leadholder... Example: https://web.archive.org/web/20160629142925/http://leadholder...

One interesting thing about your archive is that I notice the site got hacked and used to distribute spam.

The line " A special shout to our limo service San Diego for that one! " is a spammer insertion in https://web.archive.org/web/20170430095756/http://www.leadho... which makes no sense, and indeed, if you jump back over the gap of a few months to https://web.archive.org/web/20170121041802/http://www.leadho... , it was the much more logical in context " For collectors it doesn’t take long to fill out your collection of them with..." preface.

I wonder if it went offline because they couldn't deal with the security and maintenance?

Re: The Golden Age of Japanese Pencils (2022)

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Post by Henchman21 »

teddyh wrote: post #94
jerieljan wrote: post #47

> Masaki had the idea to register a three-diamond trademark, along with the "Mitsubishi" name, which means 'three diamonds.' (It may surprise you to learn that this was ten years before the much better-known Mitsubishi Group of heavy industry companies registered its name and identical mark. Mitsubishi Pencil has no connection to the numerous other Mitsubishi companies in Japan; it is and has always been a manufactur…

Fascinating. This shows, beyond any doubt, why BIMI is such a scam.

Apologies, but what is “BIMI” in this context? I am unfamiliar with this acronym.

Re: The Golden Age of Japanese Pencils (2022)

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Post by WaitWaitWha »

vjust wrote: post #62

I have a bunch of these pencil brands Tombow, Mitsubishi. I usually buy them on ebay. Its an amazing experience to write with them... I usually use the H, HB to write, and its fascinating, how the premium ones H differs from an ordinary H. There is some paraphernalia that goes with it - sharpners, erasers. I had lost the writing habit..coding invariably takes you to the keyboard. Gradually I'm writing more, and it sl…

I used to write code with pencil on grid paper as it was faster to re-write than in the systems themselves.
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