User:Endroit/Japanese pens and stationery
Japanese pens and stationery are pens and stationery which are designed and/or are manufactured in Japan. The include pens with very narrow nibs which are suited for writing Chinese characters (kanji) used in Japanese, especially complex ones with a high number of strokes.
Pens[edit]
Uniball Signo Bit 0.18 mm
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Pilot Hi-Tec-C
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Pilot Petit1
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Uniball Mitsubishi Alpha Gel Pen
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Brush Pens[edit]
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Pencils[edit]
- Dr. Grip Pencil
- Pilot 2020 Shaker Pencil
- Alpha Gel Shaka Shaker
- etc.
These pens are known for using a shaking device to get lead out.
Manufacturers[edit]
- Mitsubishi-Uniball-Uni http://www.mpuni.co.jp (Japan) http://www.uniball-na.com (USA)
- Ohto http://www.ohto.co.jp/ (Japan) http://www.ohto.jpn.org/ (English)
- Pilot http://www.pilot.co.jp (Japan) http://www.pilotpen.us/ (USA)
- Pentel http://www.pentel.co.jp/ (Japan) http://www.pentel.com/ (USA)
- Zebra http://www.zebra.co.jp/indexf.html (Japan) http://www.zebrapen.com/ (USA)
Common Pen/Pencils[edit]
- Mitsubishe-Uniball-Uni Alpha Gel Pen/Pencil (Regular, Slim, Regular HD, Colored HD, Shaka Shaker, Multi(2+1))
- Mitsubishi-Uniball-Uni Signo (Signo Pen, Signo DX, Signo Broad, Signo Bit, Signo Erasable Gel Pen, Signo RT, Signo silver metallic)
- Ohto Pure Sharp
- Ohto V-Gripper
- Pilot Dr. Grip Pen/Pencil (Regular, Mini, Ltd, Gel Ink, Center of Gravity(Soft Grip or Normal Grip)(USA), G-Spec(Japan), Neon, Multi(4+1))
- Pilot Hi-Tec-C Pen (Hi-Tec-C Coleto (now 2 or 3 colors per pen),Hi-Tec-C Pen, Hi-Tec-C Knock, Hi-Tec-C Riche, Hi-Tec-C Cavalier,Hi-Tec-C Putimos, Hi-Tec-C Waragi)
- Pentel Ergonomix
- Pentel Tradio
- Zebra Ptimeca
- Zebra 4 in 1 Pen and Mechanical pencils
Erasers[edit]
Kokuyo Kadokeshi eraser
One eraser from Japan is the Kokuyo Kadokeshi eraser. It is a 28 corner eraser that won the 2002 Kokuyo design award. It uses a design to stack multiple cubes upon each other, which was sued so that a corner surface always be available.
Novelty eraser
In Japan, a wide variety of novelty erasers are sold. Most of them resemble food items, such as sushi and sashimi. Others include shrimp cracker chip bags, sake bottles and soda cans.