The Japanese company “Mark” (I agree, it is strange) makes the Tous le Jours model as both a mechanical pencil and a pen – what they have decided to print on them can’t help but remind you of grammar school: you are given advice as to what you should undertake on each day of the week: Mondays, watch a movie, Tuesdays listen to an album (should be understood as a CD for the younger set, Ipod for the really young set). Well, at least it’s in French! The real point is that these pens have a great look about them, feel wonderful in your hand and produce a somewhat fine line because of their 0.5 mm thick lead – in fact the line is similar in size to the one made by the ballpoint pen version.

When you first look at the pencil you think it is just a classic pencil with an eraser on the top but then it does not have a graphite tip but rather one made of brass out of which the fine lead sticks out after you press the push-button with the eraser integrated into it. The eraser, too, can be removed in order to allow you to refill the pencil with new leads.