In my last shipment from Japan. This has the old logo and sharp grip grooves. The grip is lighter than some of the later red grips.
Here is a comparison with a slightly newer S59.
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Noted.
I don’t ever want to hear about you shopping in Japan again.
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Nice! I am having questions about the color codes for these. For simplicity with these I’m calling the turquoise one “blue” (C), the sage one “green” (D), but the pink and burgundy ones? I don’t know. The burgundy one I had as red before. Maybe the other one is “red” (B). Still thinking about this. None of the colors seem to fit with the later standardized color codes.
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Do you guys know why the early versions of the S59 have ‘5’ on the barrel instead of a ‘9’?
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I don’t think that anyone here really knows. I suspect that early on that the 5/Five was a model name and not an indicator of lead size.
Or, it was originally a size indicator. But it was popular and they decided to add .7mm and .9mm to the lineup.
I would like to know if anyone has a first generation S5x with sharp edge grip that is not .5mm.
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It looks like there is one on Yahoo auctions now.
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Duh. Of course! I am watching that one.
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I have a sharp ridged maroon 0.7 with 5FIVE markings:
https://twitter.com/drifand/status/909270459333599234?s=46&t=ncj-s38SHjzq7OD7k-uhEA
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I love this group! Make a statement that you want to see something and they show up with the receipts.
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