Goodies for the Pelikan Hubs 2018
My kind Pelikan Hub master let me have a sneak peak at the goodies for this year’s Pelikan Hubs.
Have a look. I think they are even better than last year’s stuff.
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It takes a Pencil to create a Fountain Pen
It takes a pencil to create a fountain pen.
It’s nice to know that the humble pencil always seems to find its place and that even the big boys (highly priced fountain pens) can’t be without the pencil.
(..but I don’t think this specific pencil has seen a lot of use. If you open the image link in a new tab you will see that the pencil is still factory sharpened.)
The image in this blog post has been taken from the Parker website, specifically http://www.parkerpen.com/en-GB/world-of-parker-the-art-of-pen-making. I believe that the use of the image shown in this blog post falls under “fair dealing” as described by the UK Copyright service.
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Lamy specs vol. 2
Volume 2 of Lamy’s free, augmented reality (AR) magazine is out.
In case you wonder how long ago vol. 1 came out: it was in March.
Much more exciting than the augmented reality 3D Lamy pens, at least for me: Little videos in the articles that will come to life in the AR app, e.g. a video showing different pages in travel diary or a time-lapse video how Lamy’s store in New York is being set up.
Fitting with the article about the Lamy Safari there’s also an AR ‘artefact’ where you can change the colour of the Safari.
You can order a free copy of the magazine at https://specs.lamy.com/.
Stationery Factlets #5: The Staedtler Foundation
Time for another stationery factlet – the last one was a while ago, in March.
Since 1997, all shares in the Staedtler Group have been held by the Staedtler Foundation.
The Staedtler Foundation supports
- scientific research projects that pursue innovative approaches or that apply pioneering methods
- as well as cultural projects.
Next time you use a Staedtler pen you know that your purchase wasn’t just a contribution to a company’s profits but did something for the common good.
The image shown in this blog post has been reused. It was first shown in my Staedtler Factory Visit blog post from 2016.
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DELI-SH(arpeners)
If you’ve followed my blog for a while you might have noticed that I’m fond of Deli’s crank sharpeners, particularly the Deli 0635.
It’s nice to see that the quality of the Deli seems to be good enough for the big and well-established brands, too. Faber-Castell offers a sharpener, the 952500, that seems to be a Deli 0635 in disguise.
Koh-I-Noor, too, picked a Deli as an addition to their line: the 0668, but they call it the 9095. The 0668 has been resold by a few other companies, too, including Kikkerland.
Here’s are the Delis used by Faber-Castell and Koh-I-Noor in their ‘Deli looks’. The photo is from a previous blog post. Left to right: 0668, 0620, 0635.
If you are interested in finding out more about the Delis have a look at other blog posts in the Deli category.
You might also like this video:
I would like to thank Gunther for telling me about the Faber-Castell 952500.
The images in this blog post have been taken from Bundoki and ZC77. I believe that the use of the images shown in this blog post falls under “fair dealing” as described by the UK Copyright service.