tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1304925401727358614.post935676012528415561..comments2024-01-17T18:01:14.088+00:00Comments on Stationery Traffic: Staedtler Noris HBUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1304925401727358614.post-11194707049693329762011-01-18T21:32:26.125+00:002011-01-18T21:32:26.125+00:00I do have some Made in GB traditions and they'...I do have some Made in GB traditions and they're very nice pencils; my local stationer still has a load in the uncommon F grade.Stationery Traffichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18330657534212309939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1304925401727358614.post-11219575779272764522010-12-23T12:13:23.643+00:002010-12-23T12:13:23.643+00:00Thanks for this great review of the humble Noris. ...Thanks for this great review of the humble Noris. I've read somewhere that there used to be Tradition "Made in Great Britain" but not any more. I see in the photo you've got a "Made in Britain" Noris... <br />By the way, I've got the impression that the Faber Castell Dessin 2001 is a common school pencil in Greece.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1304925401727358614.post-57219158767583936052010-12-23T12:06:50.411+00:002010-12-23T12:06:50.411+00:00I don't know about the non-German Staedtler pe...I don't know about the non-German Staedtler pencils – maybe they have different leads<br /><br />Thank you for the details about the Faber-Castell Grip 2001; I must admit that I haven't noticed that yet but on this occasion I remembered the <a href="http://www.penciltalk.org/2009/04/maped-blackpeps-pencil" rel="nofollow">Maped Black'Peps pencils</a> – their grey stripes correspond to the hardness grade too.Guntherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02949844752239205341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1304925401727358614.post-1962358289338081292010-12-23T11:53:03.681+00:002010-12-23T11:53:03.681+00:00Gunther, I did not know the tradition and the Nori...Gunther, I did not know the tradition and the Noris use the same lead (perhaps I should). I noticed a definite difference between the two that I have, though I did not do a scientific A/B comparison. Any differences between them must be due to manufacturing issues.<br /><br />The F-C Grip 2001 also uses colour-coding to identify the grade of lead; in this case, a shade of grey or black.Stationery Traffichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18330657534212309939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1304925401727358614.post-55699202544153532512010-12-23T09:13:21.672+00:002010-12-23T09:13:21.672+00:00There is at least one more pencil with colour-code...There is at least one more pencil with colour-coded caps, namely the <a href="http://www.lexikaliker.de/2008/11/vorne-schwarz-hinten-bunt/#dessin" rel="nofollow">Faber-Castell DESSIN 2000</a>. A simpler coding with only three colours for HB, the softer and the harder grades can be found on the newer <a href="http://www.lexikaliker.de/2009/06/robinson-am-freitag/" rel="nofollow">LYRA Robinson</a> and was also part of the turquoise variant of the Pentel Black Polymer 999 (which is no longer in production).Guntherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02949844752239205341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1304925401727358614.post-65195530771313434982010-12-23T09:12:31.532+00:002010-12-23T09:12:31.532+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Guntherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02949844752239205341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1304925401727358614.post-76931106891340776932010-12-22T23:22:15.907+00:002010-12-22T23:22:15.907+00:00what is perhaps unique (?) about these pencils is ...what is perhaps unique (?) about these pencils is that each different grade has a different coloured cap.... which I do like.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1304925401727358614.post-71763652797895963982010-12-22T19:48:01.628+00:002010-12-22T19:48:01.628+00:00Thank you for your post about that classic pencil!...Thank you for your post about that classic pencil! To me it is almost a design icon.<br /><br />I would like to add that the German-made Noris 120 pencil has the same lead as the German tradition 110 and Lumograph 100; only the wood of these pencil (jelutong/cedar) differs.<br /><br />The finish of the Staedtler pencils is very lavish. The lacquering is done in several steps and includes - in the case of the Noris 120 - four layers of yellow lacquer. If you look very closely you can notice the transparent lacquer that is applied to the cap and ends about two millimetres below the white ring.Guntherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02949844752239205341noreply@blogger.com