VINTAGE PILOT MECHANICAL PENCIL 0.5mm JAPAN | eBay?
Anyone have any idea of the model number or year of manufacture of this one?
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This is strange for so many reasons:
- I’ve never seen that style of Pilot sticker before
- The body shape looks nearly identical to a Platinum executive
- I can’t think of any other Pilots with 0.5 sliding sleeves and that style of tip
My best guess is this was produced by Pilot Korea, and that’s why I’ve never seen it before.
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Yes, there’s some hangul written on the sticker, so it must be made by Pilot Korea.
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Why are Korean pencils a) so cool and b) so hard to find?
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It does seem strange that Korean pencils don’t seem to have ventured outside of Korea (even on secondhand markets).
I’m curious where Damdeok & Co. find their specimens 
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do we even have proxy access to their auction sites?
Do they even have auction sites? (Probably, but I’m not aware of any of them.)
there’s several sites you can purchase from, but the seller is the shipper. A lot of shippers do not offer overseas shipping. The solution is a package forwarding site that receives, consolidates and ships overseas. Basically you establish a local address for the forwarder to receive your purchases. I have no experience with this, as I am reluctant to jump down another rabbit hole.
Gmarket is a site that seems good, and they have a filter you can set to show only items with overseas shipping.
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