hello..
my first post is in need for some discontinued items....where can i find CROSS century 0.9 mechanical pencil erasers? THis is for the original centrury pencil that self propelled the lead - CROSS doensn't make this one anymore. im not a user..but have some customers that need...
thanks
inkslinger

Hi.

having not seen what you are describing, merely the modern versions...
Does it have a metal/plastic cap/cannister similar to the modern cross erasers?

I have not a clue on the diameter.. but.. sometimes the pencils of today will take a cut of either an eraser from the Pilot eraser (like click-pencil, but it is an eraser)... or from the Uni Auto-rase... ? (blast.. I work with it and I forget what it is
called). The Pilot is larger than the Uni.

I point it out because it may be possible to re-install a modern plastic eraser into your system?

It's always tough to find erasers for MP's that are no longer made---I've found that erasers used for "Erasing Machines" can be cut down/whittled to fit many MP's---These are generally 7" long in packs of a dozen. The ones I have in front of me are made by "Bruning" and by "Eberhard Farber". One of my "thrills?" when I go to any office supply place is to scan the shelves for eraser packs made by different manufacturers, every once in a while I find some that are an exact fit or are modifiable to fit some MP. Small little triumphs! While not originals, they will work. My other approach is to use borers---home made from thin wall brass tubing from a hobby/model making store or from lab supply places (used for making holes in cork or rubber stoppers) and bore a "Pink Pearl" or some such eraser to custom fit the MP in question. More work but one gets one to fit. I also acquire any I can find in fleas and Junque stores. Lucked into a bunch of Scripto erasers (these fit the Classic transparent colored MP's) that way. Always test to see if they will still erase and are not hard.

replacements are still listed as being for sale on the Cross web site..............