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?

possible vintage Rotring pencil
 

Hi,

Kuli is short for Kugelschreiber, i.e. biro or ballpoint.

Just my 2d

K.

possible vintage Rotring pencil
 

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.

possible vintage Rotring pencil
 

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

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possible vintage Rotring pencil
 

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.