Random photos April 2025


Thinking of… QUATRO

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From a user I follow on X @pitasumin

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So cool! All of those electric pencil sharpeners. :open_mouth:

For a moment, I thought that they were coffee bean grinders. :rofl:

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Easter flower is in full bloom

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Looks like a P200 with a different clip.

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Pentel Smash clip.

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Man, this looks so amazing. Wonder if you could do a full blackout…

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Because it’s matte black and matches the Smash clip.color, which is also matte black. They’re very similar. It’s a Brazilian matte black P203. There’s a matte black P200 on Amazon. I understand that’s Japanese? It costs around $13. I think it’s prettier than the Brazilian one; this has less attractive lettering, including the word Collection, along with the 0.3mm Pentel P203 serial number. The short lettering version is prettier and also has Pentel Japan, while the Brazilian one just reads Pentel. The matte black finish is very good; it reflects much less light, and the surface feels unpolished. I think the plastic they’re made with is different. How do they achieve the matte finish on these pencils?

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I wonder if Nero cap fits P200.

I know some folks who made their own metal molds to produce soft vinyl toys. If the mold is highly polished, the output is shiny. If the mold is unpolished, the output is ‘matte’.

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Yep. @drifand is right. It’s mostly from the mold surface. For matte they typically either bead blast or chemically etch the inner mold.

You can also add matte specific additives to plastic.

In the plastics world there is a surface finish chart provided by SPI (society of plastic industry) and DPI (insert German words here).

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Sorry, couldn’t help myself

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What is 3rd from the right? Looks like a current release ballpoint. Reminds me so much of a PILOT H-2105. Would make a nice companion. :smirk:

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I think that might be a Penac Protti PRD105 double-clutch

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Negative: the Nero’s cap, Graph1000, and Protti don’t fit; they’re all too narrow. The Graph1000 clip can be attached to the P200; it’s smaller than the Smash’s and fits better. I haven’t found a matte black cap that fits the Sharp. The cone would have to be painted.

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Bummer. Still a worthy project. A blacked out P200 would be stellar.

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