Can anyone recommend me a brand of lead that still makes 2.60 mm diameter or similar (2.50 mm or so)? I need them for my sweethearts…
If anyone has these leads from Staedtler in hardness B or harder, I would be interested in too.
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Have you considered Faber-Castell? I think their 5B and 6B lead cores (TK 9071 in 3.15mm) are a bit fatter than the ones in the H/HB-/F- and low-B-range, and they are even sold in different containers. Apart from those, I think Caran d’Ache had its Technalo lineup (article no. 6379), but those lead cores are even bigger, and need some 4.4mm clutch pencil — their own Fixpencil 44 Museum.
Also, I remember that KIN had slightly larger lead cores for their Toison d’Or series of lead holders, but I am far from sure the cores are still sold today. Will look into it soon.
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Many construction pencils are 2.8, if that works for yours.
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These leadholder can not be filled with leads 3.15 mm… they are soo thick. It has to be lead with almost 2.6 mm, so 2.5 mm K-I-N leads (works, today available in 3B only) or 2.8 mm (?), but I have not tested yet because I have not them…
I think I found an incomplete box in the back of an art supplies shop here in Trieste years ago, they are somewhere in a drawer, maybe I can at least retrieve the model number, and also look for other diameters compatible with those Mars Technico’s. Will let you know what I can discover.
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There is a brand called M&G which makes these simple plastic MPs with colored leads for kids, diameter written on the package is 2,6 mm:
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