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Thursday, December 17, 2009

Kuru Toga 0.7

Whats wrong with this Kuru Toga picture?
Uni Kuru Toga mechanical pencil

Here's a hint.
Kuru Toga 0.5 and 0.7

Uni Kuru Toga 0.5mm mechanical pencil with 0.7mm lead refills?
Kuru Toga modified 0.7mm

Way up there in Japan, Isu has been at it again. Out with his micro tools, modifying away, trying to make ever fatter Kuru Toga's. Thanks Isu, a unique addition to the collection.
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12 comments:

  1. SlywyFriday, 18 December, 2009

    I normally prefer .7, but with the Kuru Toga I can live with .5. Great, great mechanical pencil.

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  2. Ravindranath ChigurupatiFriday, 18 December, 2009

    I could not read the way he did it because it is in japanese. Can somebody translate to how it is done?

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  3. isuSaturday, 19 December, 2009

    I have added a little information as a footnote in English.
    It will be happy that you can understand how to modify the KuruToga.
    http://chair.blog4.fc2.com/blog-entry-82.html

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  4. Matthew RSaturday, 19 December, 2009

    So do you like it in 0.7mm?

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  5. Kiwi-dSaturday, 19 December, 2009

    Do I like it? Good question :-)
    Well I did award the inagural supreme DMP to the Kuru Toga so I hold it in high regard as an innovative idea, etc. I personally don't mind some chisel edge effect when writing etc so I don't really feel the Kuru Toga is solving a problem for me personally. But clearly many like the constant line thickness and I can see it being beneficial for writing small script and Asian characters, etc. So with that in mind it seems to me that the Kuru Toga concept would be more beneficial with thicker leads - I'd really be quite interested in seeing a Kuru Toga 0.9, 1.18, 1.3 and 1.4mm. I find it hard to imagine Kuru Toga adding anything to 0.3mm but thats what they release. So, within that context, yes I like it. I'd be more likely to use the 0.7 than the 0.5.

    Hmmmm, a 1.18mm Yard-O-Led Diplomat with Kuru Toga engine - now there's a challenge for you Isu !!!

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  6. resceu25Sunday, 20 December, 2009

    I'm not sure if I can post a .jpg. I have been looking for a pen and pencil that I loved in the eightys. I call it a space truss pen and pencil.

    I have a jpg to post to see if they still make this.

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  7. Ravindranath ChigurupatiMonday, 21 December, 2009

    Thanks for the foot note on how to modify the kuru toga. I will try that during this weekend.

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  8. Time WasterTuesday, 22 December, 2009

    I tried to modify a Helix .5mm Korean pencil and turn it into a Leadholder like uncomfortable chair does I just totally botched it up I was drilling a larger hole and bent part of it the vice it just wasn't going to work out =)

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  9. Ravindranath ChigurupatiMonday, 28 December, 2009

    Isu,
    Is there an idea of marketing these kurutoga 0.7mm, 0.9mm. If so I am interested.

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  10. GermThursday, 07 January, 2010

    wow. Isu certainly has some patience and some skills. Lets see him take a Pentel QS55 and make it into a 2mm? ;) a challenge if you will. And a clicsharp/rolly

    Crazy stuff

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  11. ShikiFriday, 15 January, 2010

    Recently love this one~~~especially the color and the fat shape~ I prefer the a little fat shape because the feeling of holding is great,haha~ I'm thinking of to get one, maybe from China~ This one can be much cheaper if I buy it in China~

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  12. Pilot LoverSunday, 17 March, 2013

    Yay!! This is now made by Uni in 0.7mm! http://www.jetpens.com/Uni-ball-Kuru-Toga-Mechanical-Pencil-Starter-Set-0.7-mm/pd/10372

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