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Superbow Sunday

  • Post author:Alan Williams
  • Post published:11 February 2024
  • Post category:Compasses/Drawing instruments
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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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