Aus dem STAEDTLER-Katalog des Jahres 1982: Eine Illustration zu zwei Leistungsmerkmalen der Fallminenstifte1 MARS TECHNICO2.
Links die Klemmzange3 , die die Mine – so der Katalog – unverrückbar festhält, und rechts die „Zwingchen“ genannte Metallhülse4 auf dem Ende der Mine, die verhindert, dass die Mine bei geöffneter Klemmzange herausfällt.
Mir gefällt diese Kombination aus künstlerischer und technischer Darstellung, und ich denke, dass sie bei der Zielgruppe ebenfalls gut ankam.
Ob der Entwurf dafür mit einem MARS TECHNICO gemacht wurde?
Vielen Dank an Andreas Praefcke für den Katalog!
- Im Katalog werden sie „Zeichenminenhalter“ und „Zeichenstifte“ genannt.↩
- Neben dieser im Jahr 1951 eingetragenen Wortmarke gab es von 1960 bis 2000 noch „MARS-PAN-TECHNICO“, genutzt für den Fallminenstift 787, der Minen mit Durchmessern von 2 bis 3,15 mm aufnehmen konnte und bis Mitte der 1980er Jahre erhältlich war. – Den Namen „Technico“ finde ich gut, erinnert er doch an das griechische technikós (kunstvoll, kunstgemäß, sachverständig, fachmännisch).↩
- Zum Ursprung der Klemmzange siehe „Markenware“.↩
- Zunächst war diese Hülse fest angebracht, doch später ließ sie sich abziehen, so dass die Minen auch in andere Minenhalter passten. – Das Zwingchen gab es bis 1991; hier ist es im Detail. Es wurde abgeschafft, weil es in der oberen Öffnung der Klemmung einiger anderer Fallminenstifte hängen blieb.↩
Bitte! :-)
Sehr gute Darstellung eines sehr guten Minenhalters. Ästhetisch finde ich die Minenhalter der 48000er Serie auch sehr schön.
AndreasPraefcke: Natürlich sind die anderen Kataloge von Ihnen ebenfalls sehr interessant, und ich denke, dass ich auch aus diesen das eine oder andere Detail zeigen werde.
Baktasch: Die 48000er-Reihe ist auch sehr ansprechend, doch mir gefällt die Art, wie der Clip angebracht ist, wegen der Löcher im Schaft nicht.
Masterful illustration!
Uní leads still use a similar system to prevent mines from falling off to the ground when the clamp is open. It works pretty well on my Staedtler, Kitaboshi and Rotring lead holders, but it does gets stuck on my Faber TK9400 (70’s vintage) and it won’t go inside the TK4600 -a decade or so old.
I’m happy to hear that you like these illustrations too.
Yes, uni leads have something similar, namely a short plastic tube. And yes, it works very well in certain leadholders but not at all in some others. – By the way: Recently I got some very old STAEDTLER Mars Lumograph leads where these small metal tubes were even marked with the hardness grade.
Do you use leadholders very often? And: Do you have a favourite one?
Would love to see pictures of those old leads. I’ve seen some, but none showing that nice detail on the metal stops.
I do use lead holders pretty often. Have several uses for them: my Kitaboshi usually accompanies me to work meetings; my drafting units are outfitted with different lead grades for drawing, and my beefy Kaweco Sketch Up Brass 5.6mm is usually on duty while doing calligraphy or lettering work.
Favourite? That would be a tough call. I love the Rotring 600 weight and feel, but on the other end, I prefer to do extensive shading with either, the Staedtler 780 or the TK9400 because they are lighter and better balanced. And yet, I love how the Caran Fixpencil combines sturdiness with light weight, but unfortunately, my Fixpencil is the 3mm version and leads are not as easy to come by in different grades.
What about you?
Let’s see – maybe I will show these leads here.
Thank you for these details! It’s been a long time since I have used a leadholder but I especially like the Uchida 1-848-5100, the Tombow Monotech 500 and the Caran d’Ache Fixpencil 22.
So, did you ever published those lead photos with the metal stoppers showing hardness-degree?
So far, I’ve managed to get a couple of old Staedtler leads with metal stoppers, even a red-colored one. But none have any degrees imprinted on the metal.
BTW Been using the Noris F leads this past week and I’m happy to report that they do differ a tiny bit from the Mars Lumograph leads. I find them a little smoother than HB or H leads (don’t have F to compare directly), yet, they have a tiny bit of grit on them. While doing some shadowing tests, I’ve found the behaviour of the Lumograph leads to be better and more uniform. Another notable thing, is that the Noris leads lack the longitudinal striated-pattern found on the Lumo leads.
Not entirely sure how many lead degrees were available for the Noris lead lineup, my first guess was that it was limited as it stands now, but just today I found some more leads advertised for sale that claim to be 6H, putting them squarely into Lumo territory. Yet, the pictures on the publication display 2H leads. Will buy those and will keep you updated.
So far I have only seen the hardness grade on the stoppers of the STAEDTLER № 1904 leads. I assume that this marking was discontinued quite early.
Thank you for the details regarding the Noris leads. I am surprised to learn that these are smoother than the HB and H leads. Since they don’t have the striated pattern I suspect they are identical to the leads which went into the woodcased pencils.
Unfortunately I don’t know about the hardness grades which were available back then but since the Noris brand was mainly used for school supplies I doubt that there were Noris leads in 6H.
I am curious to learn more!