Monday, January 17, 2011
Talking about my antique mystery pencil Opel.
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7 comments:
It maybe an optical distortion of the photo, but the hole in the Opel - is it round? It almost looks square. Square leads were used in "the good old days".
Hi Kiwi-d, It is round. Just hard to take sharp photo of it. It is smaller than 2 mm, but bigger than 1.18mm
Still searching the web for analog, but can't find so far.
It is possible to manufacture your own customs leads by rolling them down from a bigger size. Example you start with a 2mm lead and roll it down bit by bit until it fits. Bit of a drama, but might turn out to be your easiest option.
Thank you, Kiwi-d, I thought about it, but it is really painful. It is a chance to get some 1.8 mm from Pendemonium site, but I am still not sure if it 1.8 mm or may be even 1.3 mm what I need for this pencil.
On my blogger profile there is a contact me email address. I have a suggestion but its best off-blog.
Hello - I know this is from years ago but I wanted to ask if you ever found the leads for this pencil. I picked one up today at a pen show and have been scouring the internet for replacement leads.
Regards,
Salman Khattak
Hi, Salman!
I was not lucky, I gave up on my searches, I found some sellers on eBay, but they won't sell it without the pencil. So if you will find something, please, let me know, please. Thank you.
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