tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21675608.post6998342872133404064..comments2024-03-04T04:00:56.272+13:00Comments on DMP - Dave's Mechanical Pencils: Some Sticks From 1971Kiwi-dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04092604091185842213noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21675608.post-91626986752741998582018-04-07T13:07:59.449+12:002018-04-07T13:07:59.449+12:00Crikey. Just noticed on eBay a very recent sale of...Crikey. Just noticed on eBay a very recent sale of 7 of these Creta Laevis pencils in original box for GBP 117 / USD 165.kiwi-dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00711762582915376469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21675608.post-58267187066980743632010-05-18T00:18:35.989+12:002010-05-18T00:18:35.989+12:00This is a bit late, but I remember using Berol Eag...This is a bit late, but I remember using Berol Eagle Jeans pencils when i grew up (through elementary school in Canada in the early-mid 90's). Apart from the novelty of being made (reputedly, at least) out of jeans, I remember them being pretty annoying actually. The whole pencil was this weird, soft, highly bendable (compared to a regular pencil) plastic-y material, and the lead was seemed Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21675608.post-40087143467808530392008-04-24T17:29:00.000+12:002008-04-24T17:29:00.000+12:00Well it looks like my pencil case is a bit of a mi...Well it looks like my pencil case is a bit of a mixed bag. The actual pencil case itself clearly predates the 90's, there's no doubt it was from about 1971. Equally though it looks like its contents are from quite a range of dates. We've got the Berol Jeans from the 90's, the Creta Laevis from...? Possibly the 40's or 50's, maybe much earlier, maybe later. Not pictured in my posting are several Kiwi-dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04092604091185842213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21675608.post-42885991422100940522008-04-24T05:46:00.000+12:002008-04-24T05:46:00.000+12:00For my two-cents worth the Berol Eagle Jeans appea...For my two-cents worth the Berol Eagle Jeans appeared to me to be from the 90s as well. A quick bit of research brought up advertising promoting their release by Berol in "Discount Store News", a U.S. trade publication, in'94.Glen Mullalyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09673128711637788438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21675608.post-70927228229569225342008-04-23T18:39:00.000+12:002008-04-23T18:39:00.000+12:00I must be getting really slow and nearly blind. Ob...I must be getting really slow and nearly blind. Obviously with a join like that, those Creta Laevis can’t have a round core. So I looked yet again, and they don’t. The core or coloured lead is square. " 'Curiouser and curiouser' said Alice..."Kiwi-dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04092604091185842213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21675608.post-36161011603160420282008-04-23T13:14:00.000+12:002008-04-23T13:14:00.000+12:00Pencils are still made out wood? I thought only ca...Pencils are still made out wood? I thought only cavemen used those way back in the day b4 thin lead mechanical pencils became cool?<BR/><BR/>:)~Germhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07924462636784519866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21675608.post-79802239631440680572008-04-23T06:59:00.000+12:002008-04-23T06:59:00.000+12:00Hi r.e. - I should have mentioned that the 1994 ar...Hi r.e. - I should have mentioned that the 1994 article on the Jeans pencil was not from the USA, so it could well have been new to that part of the world, but old in the USA.<BR/><BR/>Did you ever use or sharpen a Jeans pencil?Kiwi-dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04092604091185842213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21675608.post-80319343755434057002008-04-22T22:00:00.000+12:002008-04-22T22:00:00.000+12:00Nice find, Dave! And I recall the jeans pencils, a...Nice find, Dave! And I recall the jeans pencils, as well - my first thought was "Whoa, that's not from '71!" But I thought they first appeared in the '80's.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01442023056785979903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21675608.post-35228468782468113812008-04-22T17:58:00.000+12:002008-04-22T17:58:00.000+12:00A pencil made from jeans!? Top joke! Well actually...A pencil made from jeans!? Top joke! Well actually, it semed so crazy it might actually be true so I had a close look and clearly it isn't wood. A quick Google indicates that it is indeed made from recycled off-cuts from a jeans factory. Crazy! So, thank you very much 'Anonymous' for educating me. The only problem is the article I found was 1994 calling it a new product, which doesn't fit with Kiwi-dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04092604091185842213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21675608.post-61816057179961409972008-04-22T14:07:00.000+12:002008-04-22T14:07:00.000+12:00Those Creta Lævis may be quite old. This item from...Those Creta Lævis may be quite old. <A HREF="http://nq.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/issue_pdf/frontmatter_pdf/s7-VI/155.pdf" REL="nofollow">This</A> item from Notes and Queries in the 1880s mentions their use in the 1840s. Some more <A HREF="http://www.milsom.info/Battersea/TomChampagne/Wolff_Pencils.htm" REL="nofollow">here</A>.<BR/><BR/>As well, they don't look like modern pencils with two halves Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21675608.post-65899653220415946222008-04-22T13:58:00.000+12:002008-04-22T13:58:00.000+12:00Those Eagle Jeans pencils are actually made out of...Those Eagle Jeans pencils are actually made out of recycled jeans.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com