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Stabilograph 8-5C

Schwan Pencil Co., Germany

available lead diameter(s)
mechanism
composition
variations
production date
origin

0.5 mm
pushbutton incremental advance
plastic barrel, metal mechanism
unknown
1970s
Germany

cleaning pin

Early micro-thin lead drafting pencils (0.5 mm) often came with a separate cleaning pin. The practice of including the pin as part of a removable pushbutton or eraser had not yet been developed.


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