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That Fixpencil 0.9! A real unicorn. Amazing. Is it a fixed or cushioned pipe?
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It’s fixed. I’m so unbelievably happy with it. I look at it almost daily, oddly enough I only scribble so far, I don’t think I’ve ever written a single word with it.
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Yes. Such a treasure. Enjoy!
Amongst legendary 0.9… you’ve got to have at least one vintage Platinum Press Man! 
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I do, I have one black one, BUT I honestly am not too impressed by it. It doesn’t see much sunlight. I have another 0.9 picture I’m posting today, it’ll be in that one.
(edited: ALL are now posted)
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They are definitely all beautiful spectacles, a feast for the eyes.
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So many great names, and so many boxes checked. Exquisite selection.
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Thank you, I didn’t intend to bring them all out, hence the initial single picture.
I’m glad I did because I haven’t seen them all out together like this, @Pdunc67 mentioned how it should be made into a poster like the bird species posters.
SPECIES OF 0.9 MECHANICAL PENCILS
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Is there K +E " Draftsman’s ‘036’ Thin Lead " in there? (.036"= .9 mm, essentially)
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Good call…. There is now
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Admittedly a bit niche, but you might also want to keep your eyes open for Perry & Co’s number 2 size pencils from the second half of the 19th century.
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Woah
I for sure will but where is their market primarily?
(edit) I see, the UK region
I’ll keep an eye, I’m sure they have a style I could get on board with… at least to cover the 0.9 field
Yes, I would imagine most were sold in the UK, but Perry did export widely. The number 2 size pencils are fairly uncommon even here, being at the thinner end of their range. They are sometimes marked with a small “2” near the point, but unfortunately not always (hence the need for metal lead gauges).
This particular size appears to have been introduced by Perry & Co, as their 1881 price list states:
Pure Cumberland Leads, sizes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8. No. 1 Leads correspond to Letter H. [No.] 3 [Leads correspond to Letter] M. [No.] 2 is a size between these two.
(H and M being two of Mordan’s original lead sizes.)
It measures up as pretty much bang on 0.9 mm. It would be interesting to know if the .036" size was based on this earlier number 2 gauge, or if it developed independently.
I see a Scripto double end pencil (red and blue) that has an add-on Eagle pocket clip. I am guessing this pencil takes 1.18mm leads!
I also guess that the first-from-the-top Autopoint twin-point with the green and yellow ends is a checking pencil (takes 1.9mm leads)
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You may be right, I may be crazy….
I did check one of them because I didn’t want to be wrong and it was definitely 0.9 on the red side, I can’t remember which it was.
I took a risk putting them in there, the pencil king would never let that slide!
Edit: the oldest eagle clip and the yellow green are in fact, NOT, 0.9 as I purported them to be.
The remaining two double ended Autopoint ARE 0.9
Just these pencils are on my side of experience
like…wow 
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