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Black Parker 51 Special. Finally decided it has sat in the box long enough.

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Cathy L. Carter

 

Live. Love. Write.

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A silver Rotring 600.

The current setup

1. Conid Regular AntwerpPen/Naginata Cross Concord- Sailor Nioi-Sumire (two years and counting!)

2. 1920-something Wahl-Eversharp BCHR Oversize Gold Seal/Manifold- Aurora Black

3. Pelikan M800 Tortoise/O3B- Kobe Ginza gold sepia

1936 Vacumatic Oversize Brown Pearl- Rest in (several) pieces. You will be missed!

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I was reunited today with this 0.7 mm Pentel Kerry, which I hadn't been able to locate in some months (I do have a second one). Today, someone at work found it in our rarely used technical library, which is mostly obsolete or seldom used technical manuals. He figured it must be mine. It helps to have a reputation. :)

 

[EDIT] Afterthoughts.

 

I think it must have been back in July that I'd lost this, when I was looking up the specifications for some of our older RF amplifiers.

 

I'd been really annoyed with myself, as I usually don't just leave my "nice" stuff lying around at work and forget where I put it.

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"So convenient a thing it is to be a reasonable creature, since it enables one to find or make a reason for everything one has a mind to do."

 

- Benjamin Franklin

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A Kuru Toga from Uni:

 

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It's got a self-rotating lead! (There's actually a small window near the tip where you can observe the rotating mechanism). Apparently, the lead also slides down automatically - both mechanisms are triggered by pressure. It only has a 0.5mm lead (I prefer slightly bigger ones), but it's durable and writes a nice, fine line without breaking so far.

 

Plus, it only took 7 days to arrive here from Japan. I'm constantly impressed with Japanese products and services. :)

 

 

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Re: Koru Toga Try: Jet Pens. They carry multiple versions and at least one is available in 0.7mm (No affiliation, just long term satisfied customer.)

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...my Pentel Kerry, one of the coolest mechanical pencils in my opinion.

 

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But I didn't like the knurled middle part (joint) too much, that's why I made a little modification on my lathe...

 

C.

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What's Up At Christof's: http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/353841-whats-up-at-christofs/?p=2337615

 

 

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...my Pentel Kerry, one of the coolest mechanical pencils in my opinion...But I didn't like the knurled middle part (joint) too much, that's why I made a little modification on my lathe...

 

C.

 

Interesting. I was thinking that I'd never seen a Kerry that looked like that. You did a very neat job. :thumbup:

"So convenient a thing it is to be a reasonable creature, since it enables one to find or make a reason for everything one has a mind to do."

 

- Benjamin Franklin

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Today was a day of editing a draft with a Mitsubishi Vermilion/Prussian Blue editing pencil, which is great to use, but is probably no different than a pencil crayon (?)

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On 10/16/2020 at 12:21 AM, ISW_Kaputnik said:

I was reunited today with this 0.7 mm Pentel Kerry, which I hadn't been able to locate in some months (I do have a second one). Today, someone at work found it in our rarely used technical library, which is mostly obsolete or seldom used technical manuals. He figured it must be mine. It helps to have a reputation. :)

 

[EDIT] Afterthoughts.

 

I think it must have been back in July that I'd lost this, when I was looking up the specifications for some of our older RF amplifiers.

 

I'd been really annoyed with myself, as I usually don't just leave my "nice" stuff lying around at work and forget where I put it.

Kerry.jpg


I bought one last week . . .
Oh my! Smaller than I'd thought but way nicer than I thought too.

It has that un-put-downable quality about it. Pure joy.

Glad you were re-united with yours.

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Alvin "Pro-Matic" MC5 2mm lead holder with lead I extracted from a USA Gold pencil.

 

I'm starting to see 2mm mechanical and clutch pencils in more stores. I hope the format is becoming more popular. It's been my favorite for years.

 

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