Pilot Gimno ¥500

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Young GIMNO HBR-50R

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Nicely done! Pleasing color array.

I’ve the all black models (MP+BP), and one black with chrome accents.

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Thank you.

I think that one is the one Pearson calls the “Batman”

I don’t recall seeing it before

I do really like this model pencil though

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You’re welcome.

Btw, had you scored this one 4 months back?

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No, that’s the pen

The problem with this model was before the other day, the only time I EVER saw a red was in @pearsonified collection and the only time I EVER saw a yellow was in @Pdunc67 collection….

Now I only know of two places for each of those colors

Somehow The Seven showed me grace and sent me this…

https://zenmarket.jp/mercariproduct.aspx?itemCode=m18717222435

Now I have all these other things I need to sell though…. Always things to sell…

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Nice. Do you like the Staedtler Infinitum?

I have the Lignum model in plum wood. It’s a very short pencil, but still feels pretty ergonomic.

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I haven’t tried it but I think I’d like your model better. I’ll try it out.. I imagine they’re similar just one is shorter

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It’s a twist ratchet mechanism, so it takes a little getting used to. But I really like the taper and the material of the barrel and satin finish of the grip helps avoid slippage (at least for me, hands/fingers rarely sweat).

I had slowly been collecting the Gimno lineup for a while, without much sense of urgency. First, finding out about the 2020 Kaku with the Gimno-style clip put a little pep in my step, so I snatched a NOS example when I saw it pop up on Mercari. Then I found an opportunity to grab the all black, stealth variant. Finally, in my never-ending search for Korea Pilot’s unique offerings of the last, I found out that they released a version called the 黒馬, or “Black Horse.” I’ve slowly accumulated three of these, now. Notably, the black one has a different style clip than the other two.

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Those ‘colorful’ black horses are really cool!

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I think so too :blush:

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Never seen the 3 on the left!!

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Nice GIMNO collection!

I don’t recall seeing this one before, the one stickered at ¥2000.
Is it stamped “GIMNO” or with a “G” anywhere?

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No, it’s not stamped with a “G” like the ¥1000 one.

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Was this your auction win? The wording by the seller made it sound like only 1 pencil was included, the other GIMNO for comparison purposes.

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No auction escapes your gaze. Yes, that was mine ^.^

And you’re right, the black ¥1000 Gimno in pictures 3-6 were just for comparison, just like the description said. I still need to get that black ¥1000 one.

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Lucky guess, because the logged winner showed as Buyee. :smirking_face::grin:
I have one of the black ones with silver colored furniture (clip, nose cone, etc.) but it’s missing the rear plunger. It’s loaded with red lead. And it has a rather abrupt tip. No little extension acting as a kind of pipe guide. Then the 1988 catalog confirmed it. It’s 0.9 mm!

So the ¥1000 GIMNO are HBR-100R. I take it the ¥2000 GIMNO is HBR-200R. It’s not in the 1988 catalog. Maybe it came out in the 1990’s?

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By the way, Elton (Singapore) has a trio of the GIMNO HBR-200R up for sale, in lead sizes 0.5, 0.7, and 0.9 mm. A rather high asking price. The massive shipping & import duty costs make it prohibitive too.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/307084478603

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Oh yeah, I don’t even consider his listings because they’re just way too much. eBay in general is a no-go for me.

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