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Tombow Mono Zero Stick Eraser Review
Tombow Mono Zero Stick Eraser ReviewInsanely useful.The End.The shortest review ever on DMP? Well, I could just leave it there, and I have found the Tombow Mono Zero 2.3mm diameter stick eraser so...
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Wörther Slight 1.18mm Mechanical Pencil Review
Here we have the last of the feedback from the Dave Turns Five Giveaways. The Grand Finale Prize, a shopping spree at Cult Pens to the value of £150 was won by "Stell" and here now is an article she...
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Koh-I-Noor 5608 Notebook Pencil
From far away, and an embarrasingly long time ago, a parcel arrived in my letterbox. Amongst the contents was this interesting little fellow. The Koh-I-Noor 5608 Notebook 2mm mechanical pencil.The...
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Pantone Pencil and Notepad
I seem to be tripping across more and more Pantone stationery these days. It’s certainly not commonplace, but it’s not exactly uncommon either. Do you ever see any Pantone products in your part of the...
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Mitsubishi Novelty Pencils
Germ sent me these ages ago. A bunch of NOS "novelty message" mechanical pencils made by Mutsubishi Pencil, i.e. Uni.As mechanical pencils they are just lightweight aluminium bodied push top ratchet...
View ArticleBlog Holiday
Hello FolksWell I write this with some trepidation, but my muse has deserted me. Gone. It happened around the time of my 5th Birthday celebrations. Suddenly it sort of hit me...5 years of nearly twice...
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Cryptic Jeopardy
Well, a big international event is coming soon to my hometown and country, so here's a little brain-teaser for you. Kind of a cryptic Jeopardy. Instead of a normal Jeopardy where I give you the answer...
View ArticleBook Alert
Some of you will have previously visited Jonathan Veley’s pencil museum (link in the sidebar). Well, Jonathan recently contacted me to tell me his book on American Pencils will soon be published. You...
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Packaging
I have been silent for a long time now. I would like to say that the rest has refreshed me, and that my muse has returned, but it hasn’t. However, I get occasional flashes of inspiration, like last...
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New Home
A few folk wanted to see the collections new home, so here it is -Down in the garage in a nice freestanding cupboard, about 1.8m high x 0.8m wide. There's also some spill over into the cupboard next to...
View ArticleWish List
The Christmas holiday season is fast approaching for me, and a reader has suggested a "What pencil would you chose for Christmas' money no object competition? survey? thing?" Thats seemed like a...
View ArticleDMP 2011 Awards
Well, 2011 is nearly over, and despite my recent lack of activity I thought I should make an effort for the 4th annual DMP Awards...but not too much effort! So, there is only going to the one...
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Full Circle
There’s an old saying, “All roads lead to Rome”. Well for me it seems “All graphite trails lead to Southern Illinois University”I live a quarter of a world away from SIU Carbondale, but it seems I am...
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Eversharp Dollar Mechanical Pencil Review
Eversharp Dollar Mechanical Pencil Review Many years ago I did a silly thing. I visited the “Website That Must Not Be Mentioned”… I didn’t have adult supervision… I was quickly ensnared. When I...
View ArticleThe Magnificent Seven
Starting soon, for each of the next seven weeks I will be featuring a mechanical pencil from the collection of fellow New Zealander "Pencil Paul”. Pencil Paul originally hails from England but he...
View ArticleKickstart A New Blog
I've recently received two communications that I'll pass on.First a new blog that might interest you.Drafting and Mechanical Pencils by Vittorio from Italy.Second, a new project on Kickstarter. Let me...
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Parafernalia Revolution Mechanical Pencil
The Magnificent Seven - Part 1 Parafernalia Revolution Mechanical PencilBy Pencil PaulWe will start this Mini-review series of some of my favorite pencils with an Italian product.Parafernalia has been...
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Pelikan No 1 Mechanical Pencil
The Magnificent Seven - Part 2 Pelikan No 1 Mechanical PencilBy Pencil PaulThe Pelikan No.1 pencil designed by Luigi Colani, a brave move by Pelikan at the time of its introduction in the 1980s....
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Tombow Zoom Espana
The Magnificent Seven - Part 3 Tombow Zoom Espana Mechanical Pencilby Pencil PaulThis has to be one of my all time favorite Japanese pencils, again a 0.5 mechanical pencil. For me 0.5 is almost a...
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