Pencil Pot of the Month

Pencil Pot Of The Month – February 2016

SUCK UK sharpener desk tidy
SUCK UK sharpener desk tidy

Description: A pencil pot looking like a huge handheld sharpener.

Material: Wood (rubberwood) and metal (stainless steel)

Further information: I first mentioned this pencil pot in in a blog post from 2009. Well it took five years or so until I bought one myself: I got the dark version when Tesco sold them very cheap, probably to get rid of old stock – and then, another year or so later I got this one from to of my colleagues. They know I am into stationery, so  they bought me this sharpener for my birthday. How nice of them.

 


I took this photo with my mobile phone (didn’t bring my camera to the office) and have to say: the photo is lying. It looks as if the phone removed the lead point of the pencils on the right side… Click on the photo to enlarge or even better, right click and open in a new tab to see the problem.

Here’s a link to the desk tidy on the manufacturer’s page.

I’m already looking forward to see what Lexikaliker’s pencil pot of the month will be. You can find his previous pencil pot of the month here.

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Pencil Pot Of The Month – January 2016

My Pencil mug
My Pencil mug

mypencil-happyhour

Description: A glazed ceramic mug

Material: Ceramic

Further information: I bought this mug in December in Carrefour in Shanghai’s HongKou Dragon Dream Shopping Centre for ¥14.90 (~$2.25; £1.60; €2.10). The print on the mug says “My Pencil” on one side and “Happy Hour” on the other.


Price: December 2015

Exchange rates: January 2016

Please also have a look at Lexikaliker’s pencil pot of the month.

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Pencil Pot Of The Month – December 2015

Jade pencil pot

Description: A pencil pot made from jade

Material: Jade

Further information: I got this and another jade pencil pot when I was in Shanghai a few years ago. Compared to other pencil pots it is unusually heavy and the walls and base of the pot are rather thick. I assume this one was supposed to be used for a brush (because of its tall, slim shape).

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Pencil Pot Of The Month – November 2015

Mars Tiegel (crucible) from Aug. Gundlach / Graphit Kropfmühl

Description: A pencil pot made from graphite

Price: €11.90 (in 2011) (~$12.70; £8.40)

Material: Graphite [1]Plus silicon carbide, aluminium oxide and silicon dioxide (according to Lexikaliker).

Further information: Lexikaliker bought this “Mars Tiegel” from the museum of the Graphit Kropfmühl PLC, now part of AMG Mining PLC. Now it’s mine and ever since I got it it is my most treasured pencil pot, storing my ready to be used pencils [2]You can see this pencil pot in the background of the previous pencil pot of the month.. It is made by Aug. Gundlach, who describe their company as one of the world’s leading manufacturers of crucibles [3]According to Wikipedia a crucible can withstand very high temperatures and is used for metal, glass, and pigment production as well as a number of modern laboratory processes.. Apparently clay-graphite crucibles, like this one, are a thing, which means that a clay graphite [4]Graphite has actually been used for thousands of years, i.e. before the famous deposit in Cumbria was discovered in the 16th century. mix is also used for manufacturing items other than pencils.


Price: 2011

Exchange rate: November 2015

Lexikaliker wrote about this black gold crucible in 2011. (Bing translation, Google translation)

There is also a great looking Graphit Kropfmühl pencil, previously shown in this blog post.

References

References
1 Plus silicon carbide, aluminium oxide and silicon dioxide (according to Lexikaliker).
2 You can see this pencil pot in the background of the previous pencil pot of the month.
3 According to Wikipedia a crucible can withstand very high temperatures and is used for metal, glass, and pigment production as well as a number of modern laboratory processes.
4 Graphite has actually been used for thousands of years, i.e. before the famous deposit in Cumbria was discovered in the 16th century.

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