I am trying to find the brand and model of a mechanical pencil I used to own back in the 1990s. It was probably the best pencil I ever owned. I suspect it was made in japan but cannot be certain.
It was a .5mm pencil with a blue rubberized grip that covered the entire length of the shaft. Using CAD, I’ve drawn up what, to my memory, is a close rendition of what the pencil looked like. Though the proportions and dimensions may not be perfect, this is pretty close to what I remember.
The defining feature was the full-length, matte finish, rubberized grip. Please let me know if you think you know the brand & model of this pencil. I would love to find one to put back into service…
The closest match could be something from the Polo line but idk, it’s not a rubberized grip. The only rubberized grip I can think of close to that era is the Hi-Matic but the “design” doesn’t match.
These pencils were mass produced in the 80s and 90s for advertising purposes. They came with rubberized grips (a la the famous Papermate pens with grooves cut into the grip), and they all featured the open-ended, large erasers like your drawing.
I don’t recall seeing any with the tip design you mentioned (the ones I remember were simply black plastic cones), but I suspect this is more or less what your special pencil was.
So, presumably mass produced by Papermate then? I do remember the groove cut pens you mentioned & yea, the pencils I’m thinking of had a similar matte rubberized finish. Maybe they were nothing fancy, but I definitely recall enjoying the unique grip texture.
