Commemorating 130 years, the Mitsubishi Pencil Company has issued limited-edition sets of their Uni and Hi-uni pencils.
The quality of the finish is as high as it has ever been, though these are made a little more special with the inclusion of my name in Katakana. So if I happen to lose one of these on the train to Tokyo, the odds that it will be returned to me have now dramatically improved.
The Hi-uni art set has also received the anniversary treatment:
The range of this set encompasses 22 discrete grades of hardness.
Each of the three sets comes with a small lined notebook, whose paper is incredibly smooth and rather thick—it’s a shame they are not offered separately.
Special thanks to my friend Yumiko!
Contrapuntalism 
Drool. So beautiful!
(Maybe too beautiful, so the odds of getting it back might not have improved afterall ;^). )
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Wonderful, especially your personalized Hi-uni pencils!
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I’m drooling too. Is there a U.S. Retailer?
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The gold stamping’s come out really crisp, Sean. Beautiful! 🙂
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