Eagle-eyed Bleistift reader Tomasz Maped [1]I didn’t realise that Maped, the name of a French stationery company, is a surname. from Poland contacted me after he noticed a Lamy Safari in the first episode of the second season of Solar Opposites.
I must have missed that detail when I watched this episode so am especially thankful to Tomasz for pointing this out.
The screenshots in this blog post has been taken from Season 2 Episode 1 of Solar Opposites. I believe that the use of the screenshot shown in this blog post falls under “fair dealing” as described by the UK Copyright service.
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Hello!
Thank you for including that on your blog. That’s one way to get immortalized. :>
I use my nickname “Maped” for over 20 years and it was passed on me from my uncle who was a pioneer in digital cartography. In the early 90s I was also creating maps… for a game Unreal Tournament, so there’s that.
But also once during pencil factory visit in France I heard that “MAPED” is an acronym of ~”precise tools for cutting and drawing” which is also funny because I used to cut out mural sized stencils back then and I still work as an illustrator.
I constantly receive MAPED branded gadgets from my friends. This joke will never get old.. :>
Ooh, what color/edition is that Safari??
Thank you for your comments.
Maped, thanks for the information for this post and the explanation of your nickname which is great.
Linda, I think is is just a white Safari. I don’t think it’s the grey version, often referred to as Griso, as that one is matt, not shiny.
Thank you!