Name that PENCIL or PEN [11]


OK, I don’t know if we are still continuing this game from Round 10, but I was sorting my pencils for another pairing up and found quite the little gem here.

Have at it, folks!
Name the correct brand and model for rights to set Round 12 :smiley:

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Hot dang! This one feels almost impossible unless one has seen it before.

Is that a cap or an ultra-destructive connector between two halves?

1970s-90s style clip (but could be later…) from any of 20 manufacturers.

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I can confirm that this is a top knock button in metal. It is not a radiator or cooling fin!! :winking_face_with_tongue:

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Something about it screams Ballograf or Toz or some brand like that.

Nope. This time we are not in Europe!

Hmmm WWKD ……

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The clip design feels like it could be Tombow or Sailor or something.

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… Or something…

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So now we know it’s a something, we just need the model number.

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“or Other”

Something - or Other

I’ve definitely heard of it Somewhere or Another

Well, I’ve never seen anything like it. It almost looks like the back half of a mechanical pencil and that this grooved bit at the end is some kind of connector. I’m assuming this is some kind of eraser cap though?

So not Europe. Can you confirm it’s Japan, or is that giving away too much? :thinking:

はい!そですね!
Some related pencils in the same family are currently up on Mercari, but they do not have this elaborate top button. Clue: this family of designs is really for the ladies. :woman_dancing:

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Must be Chikyu

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Pilot birdie series?

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Nope. More mainstream!

No Birdie has this elaborate button.

OK, I’m gonna go out on a limb and say… Sakura? But if so, I’d never guess the model name or number.

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Even MORE mainstream!

三菱ですか?

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Wow

YES! This is the Mitsubishi ‘ef’ (lowercase). The ‘EF’ line included a number of designs appealing to the ladies with intricate details in the printed patterns, band, clips and… the button. Somehow, the crazy radiator fins had enough crossover appeal for me.



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