uni 5B

Name: uni 5B by Mitsubishi Pencil Co. | Brand Name Pencils
Brand: Mitsubishi Pencil Co.
Price: 6.50 USD
Availability: InStock

Brand: Mitsubishi Pencil Co.

Made in: Japan

BLACK OUT! Rare find. We are all familiar with the color of the uni. It's maroon right. Well, you won't see many uni pencils made in black. Appears to be a special order made exclusively for the Society for Penmanship Education in Wakayama Prefecture. Includes the JIS symbol, dating this pencil to pre-2008. (Read more on the BNP blog.).

also,

Characters on the reverse translation: middle line of kanji

“For the use in pen copying”

but it needs explanation of background.

The government issues official certificates to

people who pass official exams in which they are required to

hand-copy a printed material either by brush (of calligraphy) or

by some kind of pen (fountain pen, pencil, ball-point pen, etc.)

This pencil says it fits the use in the exam of the latter.

The lead will be thicker then the normal uni 5B.(specially made)

$6.50

In stock

About Mitsubishi Pencil Co.

Founded in 1887 and formerly known as Masaki Yomato, Mitsubishi Pencil Co., Ltd. is best-known today for its “uni” brand of quality writing instruments sold worldwide. Curiously, this Tokyo-based business is unrelated to Mitsubishi Motors and other brands within the Mitsubishi Group. Same name, same logo, completely different company.