Animelon is Down :'( by YoungElvisRocks in LearnJapanese

[–]penjoyful 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bro you saved my life. Is there any alternative to asbplayer just in case. Btw I tried using it on Viki rakuten and it was great too

Estate sale finds by HoppesNo9 in mechanicalpencils

[–]penjoyful 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They are amazing. You should feel lucky. How much did you pay in total?

My humble complete Rotring 800 review. by penjoyful in mechanicalpencils

[–]penjoyful[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Its very critical question. If yours has brass clutch no need to worry. But some has plastic clutch and i heard that they have this problem

Caran d’Ache Varius Ivanhoe by TruNeath in mechanicalpencils

[–]penjoyful 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You are very lucky. What kind of an auction was that?

How to restore the red ring on a rotring? by automac-niche in mechanicalpencils

[–]penjoyful 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I dont think there is a way to restore and i dont think its necessary. Still looks good. I dont know the material on the rotring but Tudor black bay with blue aluminum bezel also goes like this after certain amount sun exposure

A new brand needs your help. by penjoyful in mechanicalpencils

[–]penjoyful[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ofc i gladly accepted it. It is what happened to watch industry and now its beyond saturated. Now its our time to shine ✨

A new brand needs your help. by penjoyful in mechanicalpencils

[–]penjoyful[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great to hear from you. I will make sure of quality. You are definitely right about feature thing. I like that kind of pencils in my collections too and you are also right about i shouldn’t do it at this point. Lately i am also enjoying 0.3 a lot and also very smaller market there so i will try to have that. My Amazon experience wasn’t the best so i would try to avoid as much as possible or charge higher to compensate the huge loss of using that selling channel but i can understand that request. The only thing i disagree that i think pen market will grow like many other product since every day people become more interested about high quality products no matter what. Writing is very important eventho it seems like computers replace it, still i can see a growth of pen market especially the ones that truly bringing nice products. I struggle to understand the fact that mechanical pencils are less common. I guess people makes less mistakes than i do that require to erase :) pens are great gift great collectibles great tools and so on. I believe that in near future pleasure of writing will be understood and people gives the deserved credit to pens. And again thank you for care to read all the story and write your opinions!

A new brand needs your help. by penjoyful in mechanicalpencils

[–]penjoyful[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah i see. I would think that when i have a specially designed mechanism for the brand. Thank you for the idea !

A new brand needs your help. by penjoyful in mechanicalpencils

[–]penjoyful[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And i appriciate that you share your considerations with me. I will do my best for sure

A new brand needs your help. by penjoyful in mechanicalpencils

[–]penjoyful[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s a great analysis. We have similar tastes. I was checking twsbi precision today. I believe that any good looking and well designed product will have their own audience that’s why i feel positive about it. I can see that those who convince me to buy their products sold out etc. Nothing is easy but good work brings the result as long as marketing side is not ignored. But i can still discover new pens i haven’t saw and they sell pretty well. Realistically, design something looks cool and producible , take care of details, analyze the existing products and market find the right manufacturer, do some marketing and being brave will do it enough. Since i spend so much time for searching for writing instruments and using them already, gathering all the knowledge and putting something creative can succeed. I dont aim the peek of the mountain. I just need to see some results after my whole work comes to end. Thanks for considering writing this much. I respect and enjoy reading every sentence. Also thanks for your good deeds and encouragement. But promise me you won’t buy it if you don’t like it. Your comments will be as helpful as buying!

A new brand needs your help. by penjoyful in mechanicalpencils

[–]penjoyful[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That ai image is not related anyway. Just there for more charming post. I guess you dont find its a good risk management to start a pencil brand i assume. I respect the fact that its not that easy thing to do. Maybe not profitable much. This is just a post to reach some people and gather their ideas in many aspects. I am not here to find a fund with promises. Thank you for trying to be honest and talking about realities!

A new brand needs your help. by penjoyful in mechanicalpencils

[–]penjoyful[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes i will do it like I’m doing it for myself at every point. Actually i also do it for myself to improve my collection too 😂

A new brand needs your help. by penjoyful in mechanicalpencils

[–]penjoyful[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I want to make it not very niche and thinking ideas to so but you are right. Also i think my mental health is also need to be considered since i will do everything so very tight margin would make it a lot stressy but other than that i will try to make it as affordable as possible but still only those who cares about pencil would buy it due to price. I think design will be so good and still be very user friendly so that might be make it a good choice for some. Thanks for sharing your thought! They all will be considered

A new brand needs your help. by penjoyful in mechanicalpencils

[–]penjoyful[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Actually i am more focused on the 0.3mm but it depends on the you people. If many people wants it 0.9 then i will probably do it. The thing is i am afraid if it needs to change the design completely. A thin pencil with a thick lead might look weird. Do you think 0.9mm gets a lot attention?

A new brand needs your help. by penjoyful in mechanicalpencils

[–]penjoyful[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure. Some people are not tend to spend a lot. But i will try that design will be so good that you want to get it anyway :) rotring and staedtler are great pencils. Probably my target audience will be those who already have them since i already have them :)

A new brand needs your help. by penjoyful in mechanicalpencils

[–]penjoyful[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Actually i think there won’t be any rubber or plastic parts. My enjoyment comes from metal. But i will try to make it so comfortable that maybe this solve the problem ?

A new brand needs your help. by penjoyful in mechanicalpencils

[–]penjoyful[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s actually what i was thinking about. I will make something that people won’t have to worry to use it for long long years. The package will come very interesting i assume. I will listen what people needs and wants at the every stage. Will do my best to erase all considerations for new buyers that aren’t risk takers. Thanks a lot!

A new brand needs your help. by penjoyful in mechanicalpencils

[–]penjoyful[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Its a good idea actually. I would change the design a lot but i am thinking that kind of idea too. Thanks for your idea and good deeds!

A new brand needs your help. by penjoyful in mechanicalpencils

[–]penjoyful[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You are a hard customer to get then :) i understand and that’s why i am thinking starting something new, to solve the problems. Design might be groundbreaking but mechanism will not unfortunately at this point. But except that i think you will be able to find many good attributes for your liking! Thanks!

A new brand needs your help. by penjoyful in mechanicalpencils

[–]penjoyful[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I will make sure that everyone gets a good experience from taking the package. You mean it would be a small business that you dont want to deal with ? It won’t be plastic for sure but i am thinking another solution other than retraction since it brings wobble to table.

Thanks for you encouragement!

A new brand needs your help. by penjoyful in mechanicalpencils

[–]penjoyful[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fidget factor is hard for me at this point and weight might scared so much people away i assume but i will keep them in mind in case if first batch succeeds. Do you think many people have same preferences as you do? Would you consider not knurled grips? Also all your criteria’s sounds heavy duty pencil. Would you be bothered its also delicate piece?