Comments on: Cyber Lizard.

By: Tori

Tori — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 15:34:44 +0000

I personally think Staedler Mars Plastic erasers are good. There is this very amazing eraser called the Moo eraser. When you erase, it makes a long, thin shaving instead of dozens of dusty ones. It erases cleanly and is large, so it lasts long. Black Pearl, relative of Pink Pearl, is also great, as well as Faber Castelle GRIP. I’m very picky about my erasers. They’re awesome! =D

By: w.t.

w.t. — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:49:10 +0000

Ive always like the pentel hi-polymer. They seem to erase the best.

By: rj

rj — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 23:05:48 +0000

I’ll try the Palomino. I order the Dixons that are 1/B, the extra-soft. Darker, but more sharpening. My Dixons share time with my Parker 51s using Noodler’s Ink. Good times, good times. Keep writing.

By: niklaas

niklaas — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 04:31:15 +0000

damn pink pearl to the end!

By: Sharon E.

Sharon E. — Mon, 28 May 2007 18:30:55 +0000

I wrote a political protest poem (“Erasing Science”) using the expression “Pink Pearl” and no one knew what I meant by it. I am so satisfied to learn that people still use it, sell it (see an online company “Pearl” (www.pearlpaint.com), and promote it. Erasers rule!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 02:58:00 +0000

I just discovered this site but it has made my bookmarks! Great subject material!

On the matter of the eraser, I have to agree – the best general purpose is a Mars-Staedler. Some of the mallaeble plastic ones available in art stores are good for softer leads, especially on coarser papers.

By: Dorai

Dorai — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 17:43:00 +0000

[Oops. I posted this to the wrong thread before.]

The mention of “plastic” erasers gives me pause. Is the eraser on a woodcased pencil the only part of it that is nonbiodegradable then? Or should I worry about that only when the eraser is white?

By: Pencil Revolution

Pencil Revolution — Wed, 16 Nov 2005 17:08:00 +0000

True, the Pink Pearl has some pumice in it, Ron, but it's for cleaning, not abrading the surface of the paper. (See a good history of the Pink Pearl here.) I'm not sure if the other pencils you mention have pumice in them or not. The black ones looks like they might, or some other shiny abrasive in them. I do know that, with few exceptions, a Pink Pearl erases pencil lines more totally than a plastic eraser. The only exception I can even name is the Staedtler Mars. For some reason, Pink Pearls seem to just smear 6B and above, though. Very soft plastic erasers are more gentle on paper, but they rarely erase better than a Pink Pearl. They make a mess and are rough, but I think of the Pink Pearl as "tough love" for penciling, a slightly more gentle Boraxo for writing and drawing. Still, it's not the best eraser. But it's cheap, easy to get and reliable. Pencil virtues galore!

By: Ron

Ron — Wed, 16 Nov 2005 16:47:00 +0000

It’s the abrasives in the Pink Pearl that make it work so well. And similar abrasives are found in the erasers on the GRIP 2001 and some Dixons. Taking off a few molecules of paper won’t hurt anything;)

That said, I’m a fan of Generals Factis. That’s baby-butt soft!

By: GrannyKass

GrannyKass — Wed, 16 Nov 2005 16:09:00 +0000

I am just rediscovering the joys of pencil. That is the joys of wood cased pencils. I’ve been using the mechanical kind for years. New joy is found in the wood pencil, especially with the Dixon Ticonderoga and the Tri-write which I received samples of at an office supply companies open house last month.

My favorite eraser is the Pentel Clic eraser. Comes in a stick/pencil form or in a nice white Hy-polymer rectangle form. They are easy to find and great to use. They seem to be magic (very similar to Magic Rub.) Talk about cleaning a pencil mark and leaving a clean space.