FYI....White pencils
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FYI....White pencils
Hi everyone...I found these today at my local newsagent. I was in there to buy a couple of white Chinagraph pencils to mark dark woods. The thing that I hate about Chinagraph pencils is that they get blunt after about an inch so they dont last very long....
...anyway I found these....they are called a white charcoal pencil and they are much harder and take a nice sharp point and make a nice clear mark....just what the luthier ordered I think!
I hope its useful...
John
...anyway I found these....they are called a white charcoal pencil and they are much harder and take a nice sharp point and make a nice clear mark....just what the luthier ordered I think!
I hope its useful...
John
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I'll have to keep an eye out on this side of the Tassy John, I had a white pencil once but had to by the whole bleedin colouring set for it ( I think it was a Faber Castle set, not cheap but was the only one that had white in it) & the lead/core was very soft & became a stub in short order! I'm using a yellow now but it's very waxy & doesn't show up very well even on the Blackwood I'm working with at the moment.
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Nick, I found mine at the local news agent but there are some on eBay out of the States....I paid $3.50 AUD for mine so these ones would be a bit more exe....
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Art-Drawing- ... 3cc02768a6
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http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Art-Drawing- ... 3cc02768a6
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In the UK get mine from an Artist supply shop that behave like ordinary pencils and can be sharpened using an ordinary pencil sharpener. There are some advertised specifically for wood here that look similar:
http://www.rutlands.co.uk/cgi-bin/psPro ... atura%2025
http://www.rutlands.co.uk/cgi-bin/psPro ... atura%2025
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Ask & ye shall receive Thanks for the links chaps.
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G'day Dave!
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G'Day John!
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"Did you hear about the constipated Luthier? ..he worked his problem out with a pencil..."
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Re: FYI....White pencils
Hi Nick
You have a Gordon Harris store in your fair city, at 34 Southwark Street, Christchurch 8011. I havent been in that one, but I would hazard a guess that you will find all sorts of white pencils (pretty sure I have seen them sold individually) in there plus many other wonderful goodies that you will find hard to resist. You have been warned!
Cheers
Richard
You have a Gordon Harris store in your fair city, at 34 Southwark Street, Christchurch 8011. I havent been in that one, but I would hazard a guess that you will find all sorts of white pencils (pretty sure I have seen them sold individually) in there plus many other wonderful goodies that you will find hard to resist. You have been warned!
Cheers
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John
I found exactly the same ones in my local newsagent last weekend - after looking for months for a good white pencil. I agree, they are just the go.
Well spotted!
Mark
I found exactly the same ones in my local newsagent last weekend - after looking for months for a good white pencil. I agree, they are just the go.
Well spotted!
Mark
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Cheers Mark!....I really like how they dont go blunt almost instantly like the Chinagraphs!....Enjoy!
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Thanks Richard, I did a bit of surfing after John brought this thread up & found an online kiwi artists supplies that stocked these, so I ordered a dozen. Funny though, if I'd been offshore the delivery estimate was quicker than I'll get them in the South Island.seeaxe wrote:Hi Nick
You have a Gordon Harris store in your fair city, at 34 Southwark Street, Christchurch 8011. I havent been in that one, but I would hazard a guess that you will find all sorts of white pencils (pretty sure I have seen them sold individually) in there plus many other wonderful goodies that you will find hard to resist. You have been warned!
Cheers
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I've been shopping this week for white pens or pencils with no luck, thanks for the heads up on this one. I've got a tray of ones that don't do the job.
Taff
Re: FYI....White pencils
If you can't find them locally, you can get them from Cheap Joe's in a 12pk. http://www.cheapjoes.com/prod/GPC558/
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You are the queen of finding stuff Lillian, don't know where we'd be without you nose for ferretting out sources!Lillian wrote:If you can't find them locally, you can get them from Cheap Joe's in a 12pk. http://www.cheapjoes.com/prod/GPC558/
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John,
Good find , I have looked everwhere of late, was going to buy them from the ebay site you posted.
Will go back to local news agent store and look again.
Good find , I have looked everwhere of late, was going to buy them from the ebay site you posted.
Will go back to local news agent store and look again.
cheers wayne . . .
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Cheers Wayne....thats why this forum is great...sharing info is what its all about...it makes luferie just that little bit easier....
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Dunno about that!woodrat wrote:Cheers Wayne....thats why this forum is great...sharing info is what its all about...it makes luferie just that little bit easier....
John
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I found these at my local newsagent. $3.00 each. They don't have any left now!!!
Re: FYI....White pencils
Officeworks list these pencils in their online catlogue as a special order, $12.48 for a box of 12.
Eckersley's art and craft http://www.eckersleys.com.au sell them in a two pack plus sharpener, wow! for $5.95.
Eckersley's art and craft http://www.eckersleys.com.au sell them in a two pack plus sharpener, wow! for $5.95.
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Cheers Bruce.....I tried to find it on the Officeworks website but I was obviously not putting in the correct search key words.....
....would love the link you found....
John
....would love the link you found....
John
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Re: FYI....White pencils
I can recommend Derwent colouring pencils from the Lake District in Old Blighty. They show up great on rosewood and they don't wear down too quickly. They are not cheap though, as colouring pencils go.
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