Vintage Pentel P205 0.5mm Automatic Pencils Made in Japan

PENTEL is a well-known known Japanese manufacturer who possesses 2/3 of world’s stationery innovations since 1946. PENTEL has invented ball pen technology, having characterized it as ‘the smoothest way to express ideas’. Pentel Co., Ltd. (ぺんてる株式会社, Penteru Kabushiki Gaisha) is a privately-held Japanese manufacturing company of stationery products. The name comes from one of their first widely known products and is a portmanteau of the English words pen and pastel. Pentel is also the inventor of non-permanent marker technology. Most Pentel products are manufactured in Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Mexico, and France. The company is regarded as the inventor of the fibre-tipped (felt-tip) pen in 1963. Nowadays, Pentel produces a wide range of products that include writing implements, art materials and office goods. More info at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentel https://www.pentel.com/pages/company https://callifabe.com/gb/content/21-history-of-the-pentel-brand https://www.zippia.com/pentel-careers-1106552/history/ https://erasersworld.com/the-pentel-eraser/