Last minute gift idea: Draft/Matic Pencil
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December
12/18/2009:
Small, but thoughtful & practical!
Hard to believe but true, but even in today’s almost fully automated world, many of us still use mechanical writing instruments of some kind.
In my case, I use a pencil daily to keep notes, keep a schedule, and write down gobs of information. After going through many different mechanical pencils with frustrating results, I happily stumbled across the Draft/Matic line of drafting pencils. They have a great grip, excellent “bounce,” and are very reliable.
This would make a perfect gift for the person in your life that still uses this “archaic” method of note-taking. They’ll thank you all year round!
Note: the one drawback to this pencil is the eraser, which falls out easily. Accompany this gift with a great Pentel High Polymer eraser – which is the best out there!
8 Responses to ** Last minute gift idea: Draft/Matic Pencil **
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December 18th 2009 - 17:29:28 |
I hope I do not get this pencil as a gift. Let’s open the boards so we can share the awful gifts we once got. I once got a shirt from caldor from my uncle glen. I didn’t like the color of it so I wanted to get another shirt. I didn’t have the receipt so I went to Caldor to do an even exchange. Turns out the shirt was on a dollar clearance rack. I wound up getting a 10 pack of wrigleys instead. Cheap uncle
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December 18th 2009 - 18:59:44 |
On the subject of stationary and crafts, paper-cube models make great stocking stuffers if you have access to a color printer and some thicker-than-copy paper. See:
http://www.cubeecraft.com/
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December 18th 2009 - 20:23:16 |
I’m getting the pencil for midtown.
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December 18th 2009 - 20:23:18 |
I like those metro card buildings people make in the city where they bend metro cards and make replicas of mini buildings and subway cars.
In response to jmikola who said:
http://www.cubeecraft.com/
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December 22nd 2009 - 14:17:39 |
Only problem with those pencils is the sharp end, it’s so small it’ll poke a hole in your pocket, or even you.
http://www.draftingsteals.com/21666.html
Used to use one of these for sketching when I was out. The lead retracts and the end is blunter.
Let’s pitch in and get Midtown and pencil and a leopard skin snuggie.
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December 22nd 2009 - 14:43:16 |
That’s freakin’ funny. He’ll look like the 80’s rock version of an alien council member on “Star Trek” in that leopard Snuggie
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December 22nd 2009 - 14:55:30 |
Get a pocket protector and a subscription to the nerd monthly and your all set
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December 22nd 2009 - 16:48:40 |
You do not disappoint. I had been waiting for the other shoe to drop after that “sweater / seater” slam yesterday.
In response to escaped68 who said:
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