And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Nice assortment of mechanical pencils. The third one is actually a "lead holder", used for drafting or drawing.
The Japanese invented mechanical pencils and dominate the field but the Germans are very good too. My daily writer is a Staedtler in aluminum (https://www.amazon.com/Staedtler-Mechanical-Pencil-925-25-05/dp/B002BNRGZ6) that I've had for probably 20 years.
I use .7mm, anything smaller is too prone to breakage.
I use .7mm, anything smaller is too prone to breakage. So true. I have used Pentel P207 for thirty plus years. They use to come with a pin on the eraser metal for clearing short broken leads in the cone. No longer. You just use a piece of .7 lead and push out the lead backwards.
Memories of my 1958 High School mechanical drawing class. T-Squares, various triangles, a tilt drawing table top, large pink eraser, several sized protractors, a K&E Keuffel & Esser slide rule and a mechanical pencil or two.
When I was in middle school, my dad pulled out his drafting tools (from the same era as yours). He had an ink pen too, with a set of lettering guides and a pantograph to drive the pen.
All those tools were great helps when taking drafting and engineering graphics.
Nice assortment of mechanical pencils. The third one is actually a "lead holder", used for drafting or drawing.
ReplyDeleteThe Japanese invented mechanical pencils and dominate the field but the Germans are very good too. My daily writer is a Staedtler in aluminum (https://www.amazon.com/Staedtler-Mechanical-Pencil-925-25-05/dp/B002BNRGZ6) that I've had for probably 20 years.
I use .7mm, anything smaller is too prone to breakage.
Mars Staedtler erasers are the best.
I use .7mm, anything smaller is too prone to breakage. So true. I have used Pentel P207 for thirty plus years. They use to come with a pin on the eraser metal for clearing short broken leads in the cone. No longer. You just use a piece of .7 lead and push out the lead backwards.
ReplyDeleteMemories of my 1958 High School mechanical drawing class. T-Squares, various triangles, a tilt drawing table top, large pink eraser, several sized protractors, a K&E Keuffel & Esser slide rule and a mechanical pencil or two.
ReplyDeleteAnd eraser shields.
DeleteWhen I was in middle school, my dad pulled out his drafting tools (from the same era as yours).
DeleteHe had an ink pen too, with a set of lettering guides and a pantograph to drive the pen.
All those tools were great helps when taking drafting and engineering graphics.