A tree used for pencils

Pencils are mainly used in North American incense Cedar (Hinoki). Wood is a natural recycling resource and environmentally friendly material. Trees used for pencils are also planted and managed well....

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Clay used for the core of a pencil

Pencils use Germany clay. Although the clay can be taken Japan, there is plasticity suitable for the molding of the pencil core, the crystallization proceeds at a relatively low temperature, the physi...

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Graphite used for the core of a pencil

Graphite (graphite graphite) is also known as a stone ink and is naturally produced as a companion of Diamond and Coal (allotrope). Unlike the same fellow coal, it has a layered structure and is slipp...

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Pencil Paint

In general pencils, oily paints are used. I use the undercoat paint to flatten the surface of the tree, the middle coating to color, and the clear which produces the gloss of the surface and finish it...

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Is there a lead in the pencil?

Lead is not included. The core is made of graphite and clay. Graphite is made of carbon and is a fellow of coal and Diamond (allotrope). In addition, lead is not included in the paint of the surface....

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The inventor of the pencil with rubber

In 1858, an American Mr. Lippmann was invented with a rubber pencil. He thought that the eraser which had been put Plastic Eraser on by the side during the drawing disappeared soon, and it was trouble...

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History of the pencil industry

In the Meiji era, a civilization enlightenment was created, and it was imported in large quantities. In 1885, 25,750 Gross, and in Meiji 38, statistics that were imported about ten times remain. The ...

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History of Colored pencils

The oldest colored pencil of the Japan remains the handwriting written with a red pencil in the ancient manuscripts of the Himeji shrine, but the red pencils themselves do not exist....

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History in pencil Japan

It is said that the oldest pencil in the Japan was presented to Tokugawa Ieyasu and was used. It is now stored in the Toshogu Shrine of Kunnoh Mountain. It is said that Ieyasu actually used it, but i...

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History of pencil paper

An epoch-making manufacturing method such as a paper pencil was born by the climate not caught in the tradition and the history of the United States. At that time, the tree which suited the pencil was...

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History of the pencil axes

The age only of the stone ink seems to have used the lump of thinly sharpened graphite by using the thread and the wire, and sandwiching it by the board of the tree, and covering it with something lik...

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Background of the core improvement

The discovery of graphite chunks made a huge sensation in European society, which was struggling to write drawings and letters at the time, and was hit explosively. The price was soaring, and the lump...

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History of the Pencil core

Graphite (graphite) was discovered in the Cumberland Mountains of the Elisa Vèbes in 1564, England. In the beginning, the vein was dug up, and the improvement research was advanced although the graphi...

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The etymology of a pencil

The core made of graphite and clay is called "pencil" in the Japan the thing which sandwiched with the tree. In English it is wood cased pencil, and it is pencil to omit it in the Japan. It is though...

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Is there any harm to lick the pencil lead

Pencils are made by baking graphite (coral mate) and clay. Tombow's products meet the standard value of hazardous substances such as heavy metals according to the safety standards for heavy metals spe...

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How to remove accidentally dropped glue

If it is dropped on clothes, please wash the part with water at about 80°C. If it is dropped on floor or wall, wipe it with hot water as well....

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When you want to peel off the glue

The ingredients of the glus become soft when it is exposed to the steam of the hot water boiled in the kettle. Peel it slowly when it becomes soft....

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How to use PiT Multi

PiT Multi is multipurpose liquid glue that can be used as strong glue before getting dry and a temporary tape when dried.It was released in 1986 as a completely new office adhesive. As it is made of w...

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Concept of Tombow

Tombow is at your side, always. If stationery had not been by the side of people, neither verses of famous poems nor the world-changing inventions might have ever been born. If station...

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Corporate

About Tombow Company Profile Message from CEO Company Histo...

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What is the replacement cartridge list

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What is the time limitation of pencils

The barrel and the lead of pencils do not get rotten, but pencil's condition gets worse in extremely dry or humid environment. The better the storage state, the more semi-permanently available. The ol...

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How to refill the cartridge

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Why does the written part get dirty after erasing

The theory of pencils is that as the lead touches the surface of paper, its black powder adheres on the paper and remains as handwriting. It is possible to erase the lead powder by erasers, but please...

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How to refill the cartridge

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Why is the lead broken

Same as pottery, the lead of a normal pencil is made strong and does not break easily. However, the lead might be broken by a sharpener with deteriorated blade, strong press to the hole of sharpener, ...

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How to refill the cartridge

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What to do when stained by oil-based ink

In the case of skin Please wash it with soap immediatery. It may not remove immediately, but it is washed repeatedly, and it remove gradually by bathing, etc. In the case of paper The ink penetrate...

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What to do when stained by water-based ink

In the case of skin Please wash it with soap immediately. It may not remove immediately, but it is washed repeatedly, and it remove gradually by bathing, etc. In the case of paper The ink penetrate...

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How to refill ink of marking pens

For Kei Coat marking pens and Kei Coat 80 marking pens, ink can be refilled by Kei Coat Charger....

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