Comments | samblob: A different kind of propelling pencil

samblob

A different kind of propelling pencil

Mar 07, 2009 10:27

( Ever seen a pencil like this? )

propelling pencil, nostalgia, as not seen on the internet

Comments 4

rayof_sunshine March 7 2009, 17:32:45 UTC

We went through a phase of using those in junior high school =]

samblob March 8 2009, 14:29:44 UTC

So they have them in the US, then. I was wondering if they were only sold in the Third World. ^^;

It doesn't seem like anybody talks about them on the Internet, though. I wrote this entry because I couldn't find any information.

I used these so long ago that I can't remember why I stopped.

rayof_sunshine July 27 2009, 10:03:23 UTC

I used them when I was a kid in school, some 30 years ago. Mainly, they were a pain, especially if you lost one of the little plastic bits and thus the exposed point would be loose. I don't think we ever called them anything but 'blowguns', mainly because once the tip wore out a bit and wouldn't securely hold the point anymore, we'd just shoot the pieces at each other like blowguns.

I got here from your post on Wikipedia, and agree with you that this belongs on the mechanical pencil page, although without a proper name for it, I've got no idea where to start looking.
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Pop-A-Point, Push-Point, Non-Sharpening Pencil anonymous October 10 2010, 17:07:38 UTC

Useful post. Thank you ( ... )