Gorgeous Concrete Writing Instruments

After years, earlier this month I finally took a vacation. I traveled into the Appalachians to take a one-week hand-tool-only timber framing course with Mr. Chickadee. It was absolutely fantastic.

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Under MC’s instruction, cutting the joinery is straightforward, but relies on precision measuring and marking. That in turn calls for a sharp pencil. I was constantly sharpening the thing with a chisel. And because you’re using heavy hand tools and the pencil is fragile, you’ve really gotta be careful with where you place it; civilization and stationery supply stores are miles and miles away.

After I got back, out of curiosity I searched for durable, permanently sharp pencils. The Asian timber framers whose techniques MC teaches use sharpened bamboo shoots dipped in ink: What’s a more convenient, modern-day solution? What I found was this awesome Module Mechanical Pencil, by Taipei-based design firm 22Studio:

A stainless steel cap protects the tip in transit. The Béton brut (French for “raw concrete”) aesthetic is beautiful. The company has designed an entire line of writing instruments using it.

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Each piece takes 14 days to make with their curing process, and the prices are correspondingly high: The pencil is $80, the rollerball $100, and the fountain pen $150. A bit out-of-reach for me, but maybe someday….

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