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The Mitsubishi Pencil Company's Kuru Toga model is a couple of years old and features a gear inside that rotates the pencil lead every time it's put to paper, continually keeping a sharp, centered point on it:
An amusing piece of belated overengineering--I could've really used one of these back in the days when we actually did hand draftings. This is kind of like making a carbon-fiber T-square.
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Still very handy for most people who design, not too sure when i'm going to start the process of design with a rendering. I think you are missing a few steps of the process by saying pencils are no longer used.
In days gone by, we twirled our pencil or lead holder to extend the life of a sharpened lead as we drafted.
This was slightly after the days of clay tablets, but coincident with papyrus scrolls.
I, for one, still do quite a lot of concept drawings. Judging by the number of mechanical pencils still sold these days I suspect if the price is reasonable this will be a popular item.
I have to say that I found the music so inspiring, and powerful, that I considered going back to a pencil.
Wow - pretty ingenious idea. I need one. The predicting the demise of pencils is like predicting the paperless office.
What some of the other commenters said: your cultural blindness is showing. I think Japanese culture -- drawing/manga, even simple written notes -- still shows some value for the handwritten character. I'll be looking for one of these at my local Kinokinuya book store.