Non-Drafting LeadholdersThis gallery includes sketching leadholders and other writing or drawing media holders with functional similarities to leadholders.  |
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Porte-Crayons |
This type of holder is the oldest type of leadholder. They're not really designed for precise drafting, but some can be used as drafting pencil extenders. |
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Sketching Leadholders 
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Any leadholder could be used for sketching, of course, but the leadholders in this category are distinguished from "hard line" drafting leadholders by the larger diameter of their lead or characteristics that enhance their usefulness as freehand drawing pencils. |
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Photo Retouching Leadholders
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Photo retouching leadholders are really drafting leadholders used for a unique purpose. This category is therefore really a collection of drafting leadholders that were marketed to photographers. (Here is a short discussion of the negative retouching process.) |
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Chalk, Pastel, Etc. Holders
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These tools don't really belong on a site devoted to tools of the draftsman, but because they are mechanically identical to leadholders, differing merely in scale, I just can't help but dig them. It's not impossible, anyway, that you could find one lying around in an architectural office. |
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Erasers
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A few large leadholders will work with certain eraser sticks. Koh-I-Noor made some sticks specifically for one version of their No. 48 Holder. Other makers have offered specialized eraser holders using clutch mechanisms similar to leadholders and more recently some using push-advance mechnisms similar to thin lead drafting leadholders. |
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Office Use
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A few examples of clutch pencils of both the pushbutton spring type and twist-lock varieties are included in the collection that would have been used for writing. Accountants, I gather, were regular users of leadholders and pointers for fine leger work. I cannot think of any examples of leadholders specifically marketed to accountants, but I would not be surprised to discover such a thing. Many of the models in the Drafting Leadholder Galleries would also be used for writing in an office environment. |
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Industrial Markers
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Specialized leadholders for grease pencil leads, carpenter pencils, and other uses which fall outside the typical drawing or office settings. |
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Other Special Uses |
Some additional uses leadholders have been applied to but for which no specific example is included in the gallery include: holding a carbide scribe point; holding engraver's tools; and as a holder for specialized fine cutting blades, in particular by the Ulano tool company. | |
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