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How rivalry between two Japanese companies in the 1950s led to the world's best pencils
Fierce competition between two Tokyo pencil makers led to a "Golden Age" of Japanese pencil manufacturing from 1952-1967. As detailed in this article from the St. Louis Art Supply website, Tombow ...
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Elegant mechanical pencils get straight to the point
Using his aviation background as inspiration, The Pencil is thoroughly engineered from the best quality metals (with no plastic ... the 0.5mm Hexagonal Wooden Pencil is timeless low-cost design. HMM ...