That eight-jaws clutch with fluted pushbutton is so cool! I had no idea there were eight-prongs mouthpieces around, as my KIN 48 comes with a perfectly standard 4-jaws grip system. I think I have one clutch pencil with more jaws, but I am unsure it is just a 6-jaws model or something weirder — will have to check.
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Early Leadmaster for 8 leaf collet…too wiggy though..wobbly centering
So there were R-Z’s with wood barrels… As noted, I know they had hard rubber ( O: Simichrome will shine them…), then plastic (Bakelite?), but wood? That’s interesting..
I only know of R-Z with plastic or hardrubber barrels, nothing wooden as far as I know — but I know veeeery little about Renta; we need a German collector with a large catalogue to help pinpointing the right conclusion. Also, leadholder/Dennis B. Smith only mentions hardrubber or plastic.
Multi-leaf collets:
Leadmaster had 6 (not 8) for a while… R-Z did have eight…and evidently did some private label examples as well
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Fixpencil 44 museum too correct?
Private label pencils are the wildest corner of the arena. Delightful specimen!
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Private label was all that K+E ever did for pencils…starting way back pre-1900
It does clutch the crayons so I hope this qualifies, it is a three colored bundle of slide holders. What makes them even more interesting is their use as map markers in the WWI germany but they were even found used in the chinese military from the 2nd sinojapanese war. The red and blue holders being longer than the white one are the best indicator of their use. Lexikaliker has a collection of a number of map marking pencils. A today niche topic that I found was worth sharing
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E Faber made a series of map marker sets for the “German” market…the TAKTIK series…before, during and after WW2
Yes, indeed: it is an eight-jaws chuck.
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… and a few more colours. Renta definitely had a ‘thing’ about having lots of colours. It seems as though government departments were their biggest marketing target as many of my Rentas & Fedras were marked either ‘Bundesbahn Eigentum’ or ‘Plankammer’ like the ones in the image. A kind of circular economy of the day.
Does anyone know if the imprint says ‘Renta Zeichner 20’ or ‘Renta Zeichner 2D’ or something else?
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Very nice, simple but functional.
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Yes, the transition for Renta from a propeller to the “K”, being a combo propeller + twist lock so that it could truly be used for drafting…
This person converted what I assume is a ballpoint pen to a clutch pencil. I know it is simple, but I wonder if there was an actual dedicated clutch pencil like this in the past. Could there be any advantages? Was there ever a ‘convertible’ leadholder-ballpoint pen type?
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Are my Caran d’Ache Fixpencil prices too low? Or do some eBay sellers know something I don’t?
I wonder what everyone else here thinks, of course there are many leadholders (IMO) that can justify very high prices if they’re extremely rare or old and/or immaculate. There’s nothing quite like a 100 year old wooden leadholder that’s still in the box and hasn’t been used.
Some new Fedra listings online now, Criteriums coming very soon. https://allanmac.com
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That’s funny
That’s my junior for sale
And I wish I could sell it for $35 but I paid more than that. And further, eBay takes almost 20% after everything in fees is paid for.
Here is the one I bought which is roughly $55.
So after fees I’d be lucky to make a profit of a few doll hairs!
Short answer, charge whatever you’re comfortable with.
Are you too cheap? Idk… are your items selling or sitting?
Will my junior sell? Idk…. I’ll sell it for $50 in a heartbeat on PayPal. On eBay though? I have to sell it for more!
Small tidbit… I LOST $75 on my sale of my excellent Fixpencil 77 yesterday selling it so, too cheap? Too expensive?
I’ll sell you mine for $35 if you spend at least $400 with me?!
That’s my best answer
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