Here we have some new old pencils that I got from Germ over at pencils 11. The pencils are Tombow and the bat is Pentel. I have seen a Pentel bat that was a pencil but not a lead holder. All of these are nice. The two outside pencils are orange and the one in the middle is pink. All work and appear to have never been used. I do not think they are new because they have green erasers like the older Pentels do. Great additions to the collection. It is however sad to see Germ's collection being broken up. I don't know why but his expertise in the pencil area is all ready missed. He was one of the first friends that I made when I started blogging and I never got a bad deal buying or trading with him. I do not know of anyone who could come up with that hard to find pencil like he could. As I posted this I was thinking of the best pencil that I have gotten from him. Did not have to think about it. The Pentel PD 505 metal side clicker. I consider it one of my best pencils.
So, he is not collecting pencils anymore? His blog was always fascinating... how he found all those nice, old NOS pencils.
ReplyDeleteI do not know what is going on but he is already missed. Germ was the man when it came to Pentels and the rest.
ReplyDeleteDitto on Germ. One of the awesome pencil dudes that really jump started my collecting back in late 2007. That's when you could get great deals on vintage Pentel/Pilot for reasonable prices. Not so much any more :(
ReplyDeleteIt is sad. Germ is a great guy and knows his pencils.
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