It’s not really a pencil and it’s not really a pen. The Beta Inkless Pen designed by Axel Weinbrecht, is a writing tool with a tiny metal tip made of lead that unlike regular lead pencils, will not wear down with use. It lays down a grey line that doesn’t smudge or erase and can be used in any temperature or weather. You can get one of your own for $27.95 at Jac Zagoory.
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Never needs “sharpened”?
We look at a similar one back in 2007:
http://www.rainydaymagazine.com/RDMWorkshops/RDMWSOHO2007.htm#MetalPen
Leonardo da Vinci actually used something similar to make some of his drawings. If you want to know how silverpoint medium works, check out this link:
http://www.silverpointweb.com/index.html
I’m kind of hoping they change “runs” to “runned”.
Swell idea. Brings new meaning to the term “poison pen.” Hey, how about a version that uses depleted uranium instead of lead? We could start using up all those nuclear waste products lying around.
Lead is far to soft for this use.
You can’t simply create matter – if something is being deposited on the paper, then something is being worn off the tip of the pencil.
Unless you believe in alchemy.
Eric is, of course, correct.
Eventually the tip will wear down, but just very very slowly when compared to graphite/clay pencils.
BTW…lead was used, along with gold and silver, for the same purpose.
@Eric so the energy to matter replicator I purchased from the Needful Things store doesn’t work? I hope I can return it!
Seriously, I can’t believe the tip is lead…at least not pure lead as that would wear out pretty quickly and also have some other issues…including health safety concerns.
Of course, when I was a child I thought I was supposed to get chips for my lunch from the windowsill…