I am contemplating putting together a Pentel P200 Family Book, similar to the Pentel Pencils ID Book, but more focused and digging into details and limited editions. To me, this would be easier to update than the blog. For example, I wrote my post on the Sliding Sleeve pencils (PS315 & PS523) in 2019, but a couple of years ago, I found a Gray PS315 that I previously did not know about. With the Book, it is just updating the article and a few page numbers, then reprinting the book.
First question: Would people think this is a worthwhile endevour?
If so, I have other questions about organization.
I plan to split this into 3 sections:
Section 1: Base P200 pencils, including the P210, P320, P533, PF330, PF500, PS315 & PS523.
Section 2: Limited Editions and Other Colors - All of the Limited Editions out of Japan and Europe, plus the Brazil colors.
Section 3: Articles - I would rewrite the articles from the website, plus a couple more that did not make it there.
For Section 1, I plan to do a page per Generation of each pencil (P203 with Generations 4, 4.5, 6; P205 with Generations: 1, 1b, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; etc.)
This would be about 63 pages, and allow me to go into a little more detail on them.
For Section 2, since they are all Generation 6, I plan to do them in groups by Color Code. I thought about putting them in order by Release Date, but decided to do they by Color Code order with a page (or two) at the front of the section with the Release Dates.
What do you guys think?
