From the back row to the front, left to right.
Some old Pilot. Does the second from left container look familiar? The Neo-Xu and Eno are the same containers just relabeled. Colour coded tops by diameter.
I like the yellow container with its little window. Ecomate and BeGreen, more relabeling.
Good old Staedtler. The bulk injector dispenser holds 40 leads. Then Mars Micrograph 'Super Hi Polymer'... sounding a bit Pentel-ish there. Then just 'Super' and finally 'Carbon'.
Up above I asked if that Pilot container looked familiar. At first glance the Pilot container looks identical, but upon close inspection it is merely exceptionally similar, clearly someone is copying someone.
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Ahh, the leads: the best friends of every mechanical pencil!
Collecting mechanical pencils, I also found myself accumulating a considerable number of different leads.
The vintage containers you showed are beautiful, especially Pilot and Staedtler whit their retro-style labels!
Not just best friends, but crucial to the functioning of the pencils. A mechanical pencil is almost nothing without the leads!
I have only the followings leads:
(India)
Camlin Hi Par 0.5 B, 0.7 B
Uni Nano Dia blended 0.5 HB
Tombow Mono Graph 0.5 HB
Classmate 0.7 B
Faber-Castell 0.5 HB (75 mm len)
You're absolutely right, Mayur.
I also find that even the best mechanical pencil doesn't offer the best writing experience without a good lead!
I prefer soft leads (mainly 2B) and Nano Dia are one of my favourites.
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