Like the darn yellow Fuji Corona!
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I have an unidentified Lion fineliner in one of their drawing instrument sets.
The fixed clip looks like those seen on the 31XX/32XX above, so presumably a lower-end model. I wonder why they didn’t include something with more obvious drafting credentials.
The set also contains a nifty 0.5 mm compass insert, similar to the type sold by Staedtler in the 1980s (likewise made in Japan).
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I like it. That’s a really good looking pencil. It surprises me how sometimes the drafting sets are sold for cheaper than the individual pencils themselves from inside of them. That’s a beautiful pencil. I like the style of it. Simple and functional.
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I acquired most of my Uchida pencils through drafting sets and now have more compasses than I will ever need lol
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Cursed with the search for unobtanium.
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Even with stickers you may be in trouble. I have a mislabeled Lion. 3250 sticker on a 3230.
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Just one 3550 in 2019 (LINK) and not one single 3530.
Do you see the auction price at aucfree? Those links never work for me, unfortunately.
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Fortunately for whomever won it… ¥4700
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Stupid Instant buy obviously :-/
Back in 2019 it was still a good price… if you knew about LION. I think a lot of people outside of Asia didn’t know anything about that brand.
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What are these for? Marking on metal, wood, clay? Leather work maybe?
https://buyee.jp/mercari/item/m84368694768?conversionType=Mercari_DirectSearch#group=nogroup&photo=2
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I’m pretty sure it’s this…..
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I prefer the lack of print. A much cleaner design (though I only get 0.3mm, so know exactly what I have).
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I think their primary destination is “embossing” on paper: by using the various tips on a piece of paper, it is possible to get an effect of “raised ridges” which can be used to create motifs, abstract graphics, or flowery decorations.
I wonder if there’s some browser issue… or country restriction?
There’s two sites: Aucfree and Aucfan (Aucview.aucfan.com). Aucfree has better searching capability and shows ending prices but has a 10 year database limit. Aucfan doesn’t seem to have a year range limit, but you have to pay to get pricing. Bidding info is charged on both.
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Must be a Country restriction, since I cant access regardless of device or browser.
Yes, sounds like it. Sorry to hear that. VPN maybe?
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Yahoo Japan uses geoblocking which means that visitors from the EU can’t access it. VPN works but I don’t know if registrations from the EU are accepted.
Yes, probably the errors from aucfree are linked to the annoying geoblocking from Yahoo. Aucfan does work, however.
I have to try aucfree with a VPN.