The first of them is the paper manufactured by Mitsubishi Paper Mills, of the Mitsubishi keiretsu. This company mostly manufactures hi-tech papers for a variety of applications, which do not seem to include hand-writing. However, Mitsubishi Paper Mills is the maker of the Bank Paper marketed by Life Stationery Co., which is also behind the school notebook Tsubame.
The Life Bank Paper writing pad.
The quality of the Life Bank Paper has already been tested by fellow blogger The Unroyal Warrant, and I have nothing to add to his text. Suffice to say that this paper is fountain-pen friendly, and that it seem to be the only example of such included in the Mitsubishi Paper Mills catalog.
The revealing watermark.
The second product belongs to the company Mitsubishi Pencil Co. The UNI series of lead pencils was launched in 1958. Then, in 1966, the higher quality HI-UNI were marketed. And in 2008, 50 years after the initial UNI series, the gamut of pencil grades reached the amazing number of 22—from 10H to 10B, plus F and HB. In that same year of 2008, a box with all those 22 grades was available. It is called the HI-UNI Art Set.
The HI-UNI Art Set box.
The 22 grades.
On the occasion of the 130th anniversary of Mitsubishi Pencil Co to be celebrated in 2017, a limited number of sets of pencils and notebook have come for sale in this year of 2016. Three are the options: boxes of 12 UNI pencils of grades HB, B ord 2B, plus a notebook (JPY 1080, plus tax); boxes of 12 HI-UNI pencils of grades HB, B or 2B, plus notebook (JPY 1680, plus tax); and a metal box with all 22 grades of HI-UNI pencils plus, of course, the notebook (JPY 3300, plus tax).
One of the anniversary boxes. It is a limited release, but the number of units has not been declared.
The maker of the notebook is not revealed.
Platinum Platinum pocket pen – Aurora Black
Bruno Taut
Nakano March 30th, 2016
etiquetas: Mitsubishi Pencil, Mitsubishi Paper, papelería, Life Stationery
Bruno Taut
Nakano March 30th, 2016
etiquetas: Mitsubishi Pencil, Mitsubishi Paper, papelería, Life Stationery
4 comments:
Excellent and informative post. Thanks
Thank YOU, Saltire Turquoise.
As you can see, these past texts had little to do with fountain pens, and I was afraid that nobody would see them as informative.
Thanks for passing by and commenting.
BT
Indeed informative - as always. I am pleased to see that Kirin beer, which I first enjoyed over 50 years ago, is in good hands. As I recall, also, was not Mitsubishi a maker of fighter planes used during WWII?
Right, Paul Bloch! That was the Mitsubishi A6M Zero, made by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.
Thanks for passing by and commenting.
BT
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