Pencil Pot Of The Month – March 2016
Description: A noodle pot
Price: <£2 (~<$2.90; <€2.50)
Material: Polypropylene
Further information: Comes with a free lunch/dinner, just like the Pencil Pot from October 2015.
Price and Exchange rate: March 2016
Description: A noodle pot
Price: <£2 (~<$2.90; <€2.50)
Material: Polypropylene
Further information: Comes with a free lunch/dinner, just like the Pencil Pot from October 2015.
Price and Exchange rate: March 2016
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.
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.
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).
Description: A tin of spam
Price: <£2 (~<$3; <€2.70)
Material: Metal
Further information: Made in Denmark. Comes with a free lunch/dinner – unless you are a vegetarian or don’t eat pork for religious reasons.
Price and exchange rates: October 2015