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Looking at those two reminded me of these:


Mild-mannered leadholders…
That step onto a drafting board and:
Boom…




All German…the black one, made by Compass (LOL) holds a 1.18 or a 1.0 mm lead in a spring clutch operated by the side button. The others are twist locks for 2 mm lead made by Tecnocomp (silver) and Tecnostyl (found the “L”)…pretty sure those two came from the same maker. In the black one, the pin slides out and on the others the pin rotates out of the compass leg…

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I think it’s Tecnostyl (final “L”); Italian maker of some of the best drafting boards we’ve produced (but an expert I know maintains the very best were made by Neolt).

Tecnostyl is still around, but finding its drafting tables on the online shop is harder and harder, as the company has transitioned into one mostly working in visual communication. I remember their full range of solutions, it was majestic — ginormous light tables with integrated orthogonal drafting arms, fully customisable — and they even rebranded some leadholders from the 5611 and 5616 KIN lineup…

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Took a minute to organize my 2025 buys


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Yet another in a long list of successful purchases from Allen @DarkwingDuck

Let’s just put it this way, I did t make it too far into the new year before I started buying pencils again.

Edit: BTW this Nestler is crazy :zany_face:

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I’ll join the club with this successful trade with @DarkwingDuck . The PSD5 is the star of this show, but I’m most impressed with Microlette. It gives me heavy PG5 vibes.

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Are those 4-dot Pilots multi-pens?

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Technomatic video when? kkkkk

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oh - it’s coming soon.. TBH I never thought I’d get my hands on one so never took serious notes on it. I need to do some homework, but it’s definitely on the list and near the top. (I have some requests from subscribers in queue, plus a few others I am half way finished with).

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You’ll have the full lineup on display for it, right? I’m expecting some Excaliburs. :winking_face_with_tongue:

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Here are my Excalibur (Crown) and related pens & pencils.

I am missing 2 that I can think of off hand.

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Amazing! :star_struck:

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Amazing collections! I asked and I received. Kudos!

What I was half-jokingly referring to were the Excalibur Technomatics.

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I had forgot about those - sadly I don’t have any (yet :face_with_raised_eyebrow:)
I just get excited and wanted to share my favorite executives whenever I hear “Excalibur” :squinting_face_with_tongue:

lmk if u want a breakdown of the internal mechanisms, I could look into it sooner and get back to you in 2-3 weeks :slight_smile:

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Yes

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That would be awesome- thank you

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There are 3 that I am missing.

  1. The original SV Sharp Silver. I know a collector who has a box of these.
  2. The prototype R10 Silver Excalibur Rolling Writer. This is shown on the back of the 1973 Excalibur brochure. A prototype P1005 is in the collection above.
  3. And the inferred SG5. I have never seen or heard of one, but all other Crown Excalibur pencils had a Japanese and Worldwide version. It also explains why they jumped to SG15 for the non-Excalibur pencil.
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Separated at birth… reunited at last!

Too bad they weren’t real twins and one of them grew larger than the other :pensive_face:

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