Month: December 2014

Staedtler 925 25-07 mechanical pencil review

22 December 2014 By ian

The Staedtler 925 25-07 is a metal barrelled mechanical pencil available in 0.3, 0.5, 0.7, 0.9 or 2mm versions. They can be found for around £16 in the UK or $20 in the US. This is a very well constructed pencil. There is a slight wobble to the knock but other than that everything is […]

General’s Cedar Pointe wooden pencil review

18 December 2014 By ian

The General’s Cedar Pointe is a wooden hex pencil available, as far as I can tell, just as a No. 2/HB. They’re available for $6 for a dozen. The natural finish looks and feels fantastic. Just one side is printed on, in simple black lettering. They are mercifully barcode free. The black ferrule is looks […]

Wednesday Weekly 17 December

17 December 2014 By ian

Brad Dowdy was kind enough to feature me in his Three Questions with… series on Saturday. Thanks Brad! From around the web: Pens And Pencils: Pentel GraphGear 1000, “The Hunchback” in 0.3mm A wonderfully detailed review of an interesting pencil. Pira Urosevic on Twitter: Today’s Ink Test Tree: Diamine 150th Anniversary ~ 1864 Blue Black […]