Aketsubaki reveals the hardware behind its five-year pencil redesign
A mechanism designed for quieter writing, threaded brass support and maker-performed conversion put the engineering beneath Aketsubaki’s decorative barrels in focus.
Small makers
Handwood readies aluminum rear barrels for its modular pencils
The A6061 rear barrel moves beyond five early samples. Handwood expects to list the incoming batch after lathe adjustment and finishing.
Steef’s ST Draft Black Model pairs a brass grip with a sliding sleeve
A sliding guide sleeve, revised pushbutton and brass grip feature in the maker’s October 18 reveal. Price and release date are still to come.
Setsu opens a lottery for wood-barrel pencils from ¥5,000
Twelve numbered pencil lots cover seven wood choices in the October 15–18 sale. Setsu discloses outlet grading, random allocation and Japan-only delivery.
Nohara sets October 21 reservations for 2027 deliveries
The next Japan-only order window covers January–June deliveries. Store sales pause October 14, and no opening hour is fixed.
Craft A previews a slimmer MP204 for November
A 10 mm grip, a 9.5 mm wooden barrel and November event plans—plus a separate case for spare leads.
Stilform’s AEON Gravity puts a magnetic ring in charge of 2 mm lead
The new Kickstarter pencil pairs a sliding-ring control with standard leads, five aluminum colors and a titanium DLC option. Delivery is estimated for December.
Speedgraph puts lead refilling on the side of the pencil
Arctefact’s 0.5 mm preview pairs a side-access reservoir with a ring-operated retractable tip. The mechanism is the attraction; launch terms remain unsettled.
Wingback brings Oxford Blue to its mechanical pencil
A £195 brass pencil, three lead sizes and a 20-micron ceramic coating; Wingback says the first Oxford Blue batch has 25 of each item.
590&Co. commissions a fresh run of Lucio Rossi clutch pencils
The Kobe retailer says it requested renewed production after a two-year break, then travelled to Italy to collect the finished clutch pencils.
Kakimori adds a wooden pencil with brass built to age
Toshimasa Kawamura’s handmade 0.5 mm pencil joins the collection, with custom brass parts and a ¥22,000 nigaki version.
Nohara’s gold-finish pencils cost ¥1,100 more
The August increase targets gold-plated hardware. Nohara is separately pointing to late October for reservations covering the first half of 2027.
IJ Instruments’ pricing dilemma: one price worldwide, or a US surcharge?
Lindsay Wilson’s August update reveals the shipping-cost choices behind a handmade pencil.
Hemingway adds copper and brass anniversary leadholders
Three models in brass and copper, £15,685 pledged, and a July delivery target for the anniversary production run.
