My new Pentel Sharp Kerry P1037C 0.7 mm Blue #MechanicalPencil arrived today,. I immediately loaded it up with the Uni Nano Dia Color 0.7 mm Blue leads, and I'm very happy.

The Kerry fits nicely in the elastic loop of my #Filofax, unlike my TWSBI ECO #fountainpens, but I need to find a way to carry both.

Next up: Pilot Color EnoX 0.7 mm Blue leads. I haven't seen any direct comparison videos, but the little I've seen suggests they are similar to the Uni Nano Dia Color. #stationery

The packet of Mitsubishi Uni Nano Dia Color 0.7 mm Blue leads was delivered today, so of course I immediate emptied my vintage Koh-i-Noor Rapidomatic 0.7 mm #MechanicalPencil to test the new leads, and WOW, are these things *awesome*.

If I'm honest, I think I actually like general writing better with the Nano Dia 0.7 mm Blue than I do with the Emott 0.9 mm blue-black. The color is a more vibrant blue that matches my normal fountain pen ink more closely.

I couldn't resist temptation, and ordered a box of Mitsubishi/Uni NanoDia Color 0.7 mm leads in Blue to test againt the Uni EMOTT 0.9 mm blue-black. They should be here tomorrow. If those go well, I will order a new Pentel Sharp Kerry P1037 0.7 mm #MechanicalPencil for them.

Such a shame Pentel doesn't make a 0.9 mm Kerry. It's the most beautiful pencil ever made.

“Science explains how things work, it doesn’t always answer why they exist”*…

Still, it’s cool to know how things work. In a continuing series of “tear-downs,” Bryan Macomber obliges in the most elegant of ways…

Are you curious why a clicky Pen… clicks? How a Zippo Lighter flips open? Or what lives inside a Pez Dispenser?

I’ve illustrated tear-downs and break-downs of everyday products that you may have taken for granted. Let’s take a look inside and understand how they work. Click around, have fun and maybe learn something new!…

An illustrated celebration of the engineering around us: “Mechanical Pencil.”

* (Paraphrase of) Isaac Newton

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As we muse on the mechanical, we might recall that it was on this date (according to most sources, though a few cite the 12th or the 19th of June) in 1902 that Philadelphia restauranteurs Frank Hardart and Joe Horn opened the first Automat in the U.S. A cavernous, waiterless establishment that was a combination of fast (but fresh) food, vending, and a cafeteria. Customers put nickels into slots beside small glass-doored compartments in the Automats and turned a knob. In the compartment next to the slot, food revolved into place for the customer to receive through the glass door.

Horn & Hardart Automats expanded into a chain reaching Manhattan in 1912. With their uniform recipes and centralized commissary system of supplying their restaurants, the Automats were America’s first major fast-food chain.

For more on how they worked, see “Meet Me at the Automat” and the charming documentary “The Automat.”

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I recently received these two AWESOME Japanese stationery gems from @ottaross for my Birthday. The uni mechanical pencil is a joy to use. The lead rotates a little every time you lift and press it to the paper leaving a crisp, smooth line. The Harinacs “Staple-less” stapler is A-mazing! It clips folds and tucks a little tab of paper into a slot for up to 10 sheets of paper (Take THAT, BIG staple!). I LOVE THIS STUFF!

#StationeryFromJapan
#MechanicalPencil
#NoMoreMetalStaples

So I bought this pencil on Friday. Today I went back to the art store where I got it, and bought their one last stock of 0.35mm refill.

#mechanicalPencil

New year, new rabbit hole.

This is my very first time buying and using a mechanical pencil. Definitely won't be the last.

#mechanicalPencil