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| 25/Jan/2010 |
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Platinum Pen Co. Reproduces One of Japan's Initial Mechanical
Pencil Models Made by Hayakawa, Founder of Sharp Corp.
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In 1915, Tokuji Hayakawa, who established Sharp Corporation, started making
the first mechanical pencil in Japan. Then he made 15 mechanical pencil
models only.
One of the models is EVER READY SHARP PENCIL, from which Sharp took its
company name. That is why a mechanical pencil is called a Sharp pencil
in Japan. As you know, Sharp is one of the leading electronics manufacturers
in the world now.
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Platinum Pen has released the reproduced version of the EVER READY SHARP PENCIL
for limited sale. The mechanical pencil has patterns engraved on its body,making
users feel good old Japanese culture and representing a novel design even
today. |
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In a related move, Platinum Pen released on Jan. 15, 2010, a ballpoint
pen which has the same design as the reproduced mechanical pencil.
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Mechanical pencil Hayakawa Type Model M-10000B
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Price: 10,000 Japanese yen
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Body: Brass body with silver coating
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Lead: 0.5 mm
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Size: 135.5 mm (full length)*12.4 (max diameter)
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Weight: 22.3 grams
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| Limited sales: 10,000 pcs (a combined total of mechanical pencil and ballpointpen) |
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About Platinum Pen Co., Ltd.
President: Toshiya Nakata
Address: 2-5-10
Higashi-Ueno, Taito-ku, Tokyo 110-8622, Japan
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Source:
Platinum Pen Co., Ltd. |
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