Round barrel, painted metallic red, green, unsharpened, NO END CAPS.The
pencil will not have an eraser, of course. The lead is manufactured in
Europe. The pencil is made in the USA. Indelible ink pencils also are
know as: copying pencil, railroad pencil, copying-ink pencil, transfer
pencil, log scriber pencil.
The bad news is that Sanford discontinued producing the excellent NOBLOT indelible ink pencil. We have none on hand and cannot obtain more from Sanford or its distributors. For reference purposes only, the now-discontinued Sanford NOBLOT Ink Pencil 705 "A Bottle of Ink in a Pencil" may be seen in the "Click for more images" area.
The good news is that our own indelible ink pencils have arrived. The lead writes as if it were ordinary smooth dark grey graphite lead, but it is indelible. In fact, it is a seductively smooth-writing "graphite" pencil, and you must be careful to separate it from regular graphite pencils. If you write very lightly and erase very carefully with a vinyl eraser in a dry environment, the markings will erase. The indelibility is due to the dyeing of the surface written upon, which is "fixed" by writing firmly, by the rubbing action of mechanical erasure, and further intensified by dampening or exposure to humid environments (your "hot, foggy" breath close to the markings will do). This lead does not break as easily as our Veritas indelible pencil leads, but a little more easily than the Sanford Noblot pencil did. The aniline dye component weakens the lead slightly as compared with usual clay/graphite leads. The Select™ Indelible pencil writes more darkly and with a slightly broader line than the Noblot did. We suggest sharpening it to a short point, rather than a long one. The body is round, which assists you in continuously turning the pencil during use to keep the lead pointed. We have not yet imprinted it with the word "indelible" so please, keep it separated from your all-graphite non-indelible pencils. And note that libraries forbid them from even crossing their threshold!
Supply will be feast or famine because the special lead has to be manufactured and purchased in very large batches. We have an adequate quantity of our prototype indelible ink pencils on hand now. The prototype lead and wood is the same as the final product. The sample or purchased pencil you receive may be hexagonal or round, may be painted various colors. Because this pencil lead is not identical to the Sanford Noblot 705 pencil it replaces, we encourage you to obtain a test kit before purchasing a substantial quantity.
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