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Ruling pen multipacks

  • Post author:Alan Williams
  • Post published:19 February 2025
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A recent discussion about Stanley's 20th-century "Perma" cases and their ruling pens reminded me of an uncommon four-pen set that I acquired as part of a lot of modern drawing instruments. At…

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Read more about the article Unknown maker, date, country – pretty much everything!

Unknown maker, date, country – pretty much everything!

  • Post author:Alan Williams
  • Post published:16 February 2025
  • Post category:Compasses/Drawing instruments
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"Assume nothing" is my usual mantra when buying off ebay, but occasionally I still make assumptions that turn out to be completely wrong. On this occasion I thought I knew…

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Superbow Sunday 2025

  • Post author:Alan Williams
  • Post published:9 February 2025
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Superbow Sunday is here again, and if there is one thing people like more than the event itself, it's the commercials. So what better way to celebrate the day than…

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Read more about the article Three Brunel compasses

Three Brunel compasses

  • Post author:Alan Williams
  • Post published:5 February 2025
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At long last I got around to photographing my motley crew of three cased Brunel compasses, primarily to compare details with another example of the type recently acquired by David Riches. I…

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Read more about the article Ogle’s aphemetric compass: a mystery solved

Ogle’s aphemetric compass: a mystery solved

  • Post author:Alan Williams
  • Post published:31 August 2024
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A huge thanks to Robert Pilla of the Drawing Instruments group for helping me solve the mystery of my Elliott Bros dial dividers posted back in January. His reference to…

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Read more about the article Höhnig’s square triangle

Höhnig’s square triangle

  • Post author:Alan Williams
  • Post published:19 July 2024
  • Post category:Drawing instruments/Set squares
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Interesting European drawing instruments have been a bit thin on the ground here in the UK over the last couple of years, but occasionally something unexpected still turns up. In…

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Read more about the article Snappy Canada Day!

Snappy Canada Day!

  • Post author:Alan Williams
  • Post published:1 July 2024
  • Post category:Rulers
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As it is once again Canada Day, I dug around in my collection for something suitably Canadian to mark the occasion. As mentioned previously, Canada was not especially known for…

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Read more about the article You say Golmet, I say Golmet

You say Golmet, I say Golmet

  • Post author:Alan Williams
  • Post published:1 March 2024
  • Post category:Drawing instruments/Pencils/Section liners
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As today is St David's Day, the traditional feast day of the patron saint of Wales, I decided to showcase a drawing instrument that was actually manufactured in Wales. The…

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Read more about the article Superbow Sunday

Superbow Sunday

  • Post author:Alan Williams
  • Post published:11 February 2024
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I heard it on the grapevine that today the USA celebrates "Superbow Sunday", apparently an annual national event of great importance - and who am I to argue with that?…

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Read more about the article Rotring’s eccentric Centro

Rotring’s eccentric Centro

  • Post author:Alan Williams
  • Post published:8 February 2024
  • Post category:Compasses/Drawing instruments/Rotring
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In the same vein as Staedtler's Galileo, the 1990s also saw Rotring trying to reinvent the compass, in particular the spindle-adjustment master bow. The resulting design is unusual not only in…

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