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Habbit is a First-gen MLP character (he just happens to be a rabbit-hare thing). ^^\n\nHabbit has appeared here and there in various styles; the Habbit model I referenced is from the original MLP movie (the one with the Smooze). ^^\n\nThat's about all I can tell you, so I'll let My Little Wiki fill in the rest: http://mylittlewiki.org/wiki/Habbit\n\nI drew Habbit via a 'United States Steel' pencil. Habbit appears in a pose hitherto unknown to the character (ie, not seen on the show/movie).\n\n...And yes, my scanner was dustier than usual (I'm not kidding when I say I left it open yestereve and found a web in it this morning ...Time to clean!\n\nAnyway...\n\nTo see Habbit in action, click here (link tested 07/03/2022): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mzdCjw0QH0\n\nTo skip directly to the character, move the timestamp to 42:58 :3\n\n...Pencil\n\nThe featured pencil is 'on loan'. It's not mine (technically), albeit it's in my possession with the option to buy ...but more importantly, I've permission to feature it (and I have, obv)! :D\n\nAnyway, the pencil is an A.W. Faber No.2, square-lead specimen: https://sta.sh/0kzxl0t0c5g\n\nThis particular pencil baffles me. Granted, I'm no pencil expert, but I've done some reading here and there---enough to notice something amiss with this pencil.\n\nWhat's the issue? ...Well, I find it very, very difficult to pin a vintage on this one. ^^\n\nIt's my knowledge that square leads were used until the end of the 1870s, when pencil making became more mechanical and streamlined.\nBefore this time, square leads were used in pencils because it was easier to cut a single flat space than two identical round ones, as we may read about below,\n\n\"The explanation for use of square lead in wood pencils is that when square lead was used, it was necessary to cut a groove in only one of the two pieces of wood used to make the case. In order to use round lead, it was necessary to cut matching grooves in the two pieces of wood. Petroski reports that limitations of woodworking machinery may have prevented round lead from being widely used in wood-cased pencils until the last quarter of the nineteenth century. Petroski states that by the late 1870s U.S. pencil makers had machines with the precision and speed to mass produce wood-cased pencils with round leads. (Petroski, pp. 186, 251)\"\n\nSOURCE: https://www.officemuseum.com/pencil_history.htm\n\nSo one would think this pencil is (at least) from the 1870s ...but there's a problem with that theory.\nSee, the featured pencil is marked with a numeric lead grade ('No.2') which so far as I can tell was a grading system not in use until sometime in the early 20th century.\n\nFor those who don't know, the first polyscale lead-grading system for pencils didn't use numbers. Instead, the letters, H, B and F were used to indicate the hardness/softness of the graphite (examples would include 'HH', 'BBB', HHHHH, HB, etc).\n\nI call this the 'alpha polygrade system'.\n\nAn illustration from a set of pencils of the mid 1800s: https://sta.sh/023ljn21cvo4\n\nSOURCE (learn about the 'moving F grade!'): https://pencilfodder.com/2021/07/12/a-w-fabers-polygrade-pencils-and-the-moving-f-grade/\n\nSo, am I sure we were we using the old polygrade system post-1870s and into the early 20th centuries?\n\nMhm (my own pencils tell me so). :3\n\nTake the 'Orloff' from Eagle pencil Co. as an example: https://sta.sh/0178sp326ro5\n\nMine bear the 'HH' grade from the old scale, and have round cores ...but how old are these pencils?\n\nWell, Eagle's first official use of 'Orloff' was in 1895, and the register for the trademark was made in 1905 (and was held until the 1960s).\n\nSOURCE: https://uspto.report/TM/71012717\n\nSo, whether mine are late 19th or early 20th century doesn't matter---the pencils are marked with the old polygrade scale and are MUCH more recent than the A.W. Faber should be.\n\nMaybe you think Eagle was behind the times? Ok...\n\nRemember the APC 'Venus' pencils I made a big deal about? I bought a very early pack, and featured a pencil from it here: https://inkbunny.net/s/2621871\n\nRound core, 'HH' grade.\n\nBob Truby has similar ones, also with the old scale: https://brandnamepencils.com/product/venus-drawing-f-2\n\n\"100 years! Older lefty model circa 1920's. Rare, pristine model. They don't make them like they use to, that's for sure\" -Bob Truby\n\nNow, for those who'll dig, you may note Bob has a '2B' ...but Bob's '2B' pencil is more recent than the former 'F' pencil): https://brandnamepencils.com/product/venus-drawing-2b-3\n\nClearly from the 1920s, showing numeric scale: https://brandnamepencils.com/product/venus-drawing-6b-2\n\nWhen was the 'Venus' introduced?\n\n\"The American Lead Pencil Company began operating in New York City around 1861 and started to manufacture the Venus line of drawing pencils in 1905\"\n\nSOURCE: https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_904289\n\nSo the 'Venus' is (likely) of a more recent vintage than my 'Orloffs', but still have the old polygrade scale. Both (again) are MUCH more recent than the A.W. Faber should be. :3\n\nThe TL;DR here is the alpha polygrade scale indeed went away sometime in the early 20th century; save for 'HB' and the uncommon 'F', all lead grades were described in number form by the end of the 1920s.\n\nAnyway, again, the featured pencil shouldn't be ...but it is. :3\n\nWill I buy the featured pencil? ...Nope. I've had my fun with it and got to share it here. Such is enough. :3\n\nIt's also worth noting the featured pencil may not be unique. Bob Truby told me he has both square and round examples of this pencil.\nWhen I asked about the lead grading, he said he wasn't familiar with it (by that I guess he meant he didn't know when the polygrade change took place ...Bob's not the easiest person to have a chat with). ^^\n\nJust for fun, here's an Eberhard Faber catalogue from 1930: https://archive.org/details/EberhardFaberPocketCatalog1930/page/n39/mode/2up\n\nHow mny 'BB' or 'HH' grades did you see in there? :3\n\nAlso, check out page 26 ...I really want that 'Pet' pencil! D:\n\nI'll stop now. Sorry for the wall of text--it's a habbit! ;3", "description_bbcode_parsed": "Wudduha ya mean 'I don't draw from MLP?'

Of course I do (and have before), but the issue is I'm not a pony person ...so I drew Habbit instead. :3

What? Habbit is a First-gen MLP character (he just happens to be a rabbit-hare thing). ^^

Habbit has appeared here and there in various styles; the Habbit model I referenced is from the original MLP movie (the one with the Smooze). ^^

That's about all I can tell you, so I'll let My Little Wiki fill in the rest: http://mylittlewiki.org/wiki/Habbit

I drew Habbit via a 'United States Steel' pencil. Habbit appears in a pose hitherto unknown to the character (ie, not seen on the show/movie).

...And yes, my scanner was dustier than usual (I'm not kidding when I say I left it open yestereve and found a web in it this morning ...Time to clean!

Anyway...

To see Habbit in action, click here (link tested 07/03/2022): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mzdCjw0QH0

To skip directly to the character, move the timestamp to 42:58 :3

...Pencil

The featured pencil is 'on loan'. It's not mine (technically), albeit it's in my possession with the option to buy ...but more importantly, I've permission to feature it (and I have, obv)! :D

Anyway, the pencil is an A.W. Faber No.2, square-lead specimen: https://sta.sh/0kzxl0t0c5g

This particular pencil baffles me. Granted, I'm no pencil expert, but I've done some reading here and there---enough to notice something amiss with this pencil.

What's the issue? ...Well, I find it very, very difficult to pin a vintage on this one. ^^

It's my knowledge that square leads were used until the end of the 1870s, when pencil making became more mechanical and streamlined.
Before this time, square leads were used in pencils because it was easier to cut a single flat space than two identical round ones, as we may read about below,

"The explanation for use of square lead in wood pencils is that when square lead was used, it was necessary to cut a groove in only one of the two pieces of wood used to make the case. In order to use round lead, it was necessary to cut matching grooves in the two pieces of wood. Petroski reports that limitations of woodworking machinery may have prevented round lead from being widely used in wood-cased pencils until the last quarter of the nineteenth century. Petroski states that by the late 1870s U.S. pencil makers had machines with the precision and speed to mass produce wood-cased pencils with round leads. (Petroski, pp. 186, 251)"

SOURCE: https://www.officemuseum.com/pencil_history.htm

So one would think this pencil is (at least) from the 1870s ...but there's a problem with that theory.
See, the featured pencil is marked with a numeric lead grade ('No.2') which so far as I can tell was a grading system not in use until sometime in the early 20th century.

For those who don't know, the first polyscale lead-grading system for pencils didn't use numbers. Instead, the letters, H, B and F were used to indicate the hardness/softness of the graphite (examples would include 'HH', 'BBB', HHHHH, HB, etc).

I call this the 'alpha polygrade system'.

An illustration from a set of pencils of the mid 1800s: https://sta.sh/023ljn21cvo4

SOURCE (learn about the 'moving F grade!'): https://pencilfodder.com/2021/07/12/a-w-fabers-polygrad...

So, am I sure we were we using the old polygrade system post-1870s and into the early 20th centuries?

Mhm (my own pencils tell me so). :3

Take the 'Orloff' from Eagle pencil Co. as an example: https://sta.sh/0178sp326ro5

Mine bear the 'HH' grade from the old scale, and have round cores ...but how old are these pencils?

Well, Eagle's first official use of 'Orloff' was in 1895, and the register for the trademark was made in 1905 (and was held until the 1960s).

SOURCE: https://uspto.report/TM/71012717

So, whether mine are late 19th or early 20th century doesn't matter---the pencils are marked with the old polygrade scale and are MUCH more recent than the A.W. Faber should be.

Maybe you think Eagle was behind the times? Ok...

Remember the APC 'Venus' pencils I made a big deal about? I bought a very early pack, and featured a pencil from it here: https://inkbunny.net/s/2621871

Round core, 'HH' grade.

Bob Truby has similar ones, also with the old scale: https://brandnamepencils.com/product/venus-drawing-f-2

"100 years!  Older lefty model circa 1920's.  Rare, pristine model.  They don't make them like they use to, that's for sure" -Bob Truby

Now, for those who'll dig, you may note Bob has a '2B' ...but Bob's '2B' pencil is more recent than the former 'F' pencil): https://brandnamepencils.com/product/venus-drawing-2b-3

Clearly from the 1920s, showing numeric scale: https://brandnamepencils.com/product/venus-drawing-6b-2

When was the 'Venus' introduced?

"The American Lead Pencil Company began operating in New York City around 1861 and started to manufacture the Venus line of drawing pencils in 1905"

SOURCE: https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/objec...

So the 'Venus' is (likely) of a more recent vintage than my 'Orloffs', but still have the old polygrade scale.  Both (again) are MUCH more recent than the A.W. Faber should be. :3

The TL;DR here is the alpha polygrade scale indeed went away sometime in the early 20th century; save for 'HB' and the uncommon 'F', all lead grades were described in number form by the end of the 1920s.

Anyway, again, the featured pencil shouldn't be ...but it is. :3

Will I buy the featured pencil? ...Nope. I've had my fun with it and got to share it here. Such is enough. :3

It's also worth noting the featured pencil may not be unique. Bob Truby told me he has both square and round examples of this pencil.
When I asked about the lead grading, he said he wasn't familiar with it (by that I guess he meant he didn't know when the polygrade change took place ...Bob's not the easiest person to have a chat with). ^^

Just for fun, here's an Eberhard Faber catalogue from 1930: https://archive.org/details/EberhardFaberPocketCatalog1...

How mny 'BB' or 'HH' grades did you see in there? :3

Also, check out page 26 ...I really want that 'Pet' pencil! D:

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