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possible vintage Rotring pencil
I have a question about a vintage four colour pencil.
On the clip is stamped the word KULI, which Google shows me to be a name once used by Rotring. The metal parts are of plated 'Walz Gold' and the pen has a shiny black plastic central body with a Rotring style red band. The screw-down cap for the clip has stamped into it the letters 'DBPa'. I have posted a photo of the pen at http://www.box.net/shared/static/9rkxl4315a.jpg Was this pencil made by Rotring? If so, approximately when? |
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Hi,
Kuli is short for Kugelschreiber, i.e. biro or ballpoint. Just my 2d K. |
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On Sun, 8 Feb 2009 02:57:11 +0100, Karsten Winkovics
wrote: Hi, Kuli is short for Kugelschreiber, i.e. biro or ballpoint. Just my 2d K. Good suggestion. Problem is that this is a pencil that uses leads. Still, I suppose the manufacturer could have used the abbreviation. |
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On Sun, 15 Feb 2009 05:56:23 -0500, "Brian Ketterling"
wrote: In , wrote: On Sun, 8 Feb 2009 02:57:11 +0100, Karsten Winkovics wrote: Kuli is short for Kugelschreiber, i.e. biro or ballpoint. Good suggestion. Problem is that this is a pencil that uses leads. Still, I suppose the manufacturer could have used the abbreviation. I think Kuli is from Rotring's original name, "Tintenkuli" ("Ink worker"? Something like that. "Kuli" = "cooley", a politically incorrect name that was changed later.). The Tintenkuli was a stylograph, but I think they adapted "-kuli" from the original stylograph to other products, e.g. a 4-color pencil was a "4 Farb-kuli", as the clip on your pencil says. Still, the pencil might not absolutely be a Rotring. I think other German manufacturers may have been "inspired" to adopt red rings and/or the "Kuli" moniker as a suggestion of quality. A little Googling of my own shows a "4 Farb-kuli" made by Binford on German eBay (although that one doesn't have a red ring). -- Brian Thanks. I tried asking Rotring, but got no reply. I'll try again. They must have somebody interested in their history. |
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