Just a quick Interlude (or should that be Interlead) before I continue with the blog posts about the Insights X 2016.
The first edition of the James Bond novel “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service” from 1963 features a hand sharpened Mars Lumograph.
(Image from www.raptisrarebooks.com)
For comparison: here’s a similarly sharpened Mars Lumograph.
Hand sharpened Mars Lumograph
The photo of the James Bond book has been taken from the article about James Bond First Editions from Raptis Rare Books. I believe that showing the picture of the book in this blog post falls under “fair dealing” as described by the UK Copyright service.
In my opinion the Guardian is one of the better papers, but they do write odd things every now and then, like the one above or worse [1]Yes, it is a bit funny. At least it’s not offensive, like their Thinking the wurst article, which was rather anti-German, like the stuff you could read in Murdoch’s News of the World … Continue reading.
Yes, it is a bit funny. At least it’s not offensive, like their Thinking the wurst article, which was rather anti-German, like the stuff you could read in Murdoch’s News of the World when it was still around …especially around the time of football world cups.
The Mongol is the pencil that was used for taking notes at the surrender in Reims (ending WWII in Europe), while the Parker 51 was used to sign the actual documents.
There also more Mongol spotting going on at Orange Crate Art, actually so much that I only picked one to link to. Michael has some great Mongol ads, too. This one is on my wall in the office.
