review title:
Subject
Cherry Blossom different each year. 2024 very beautiful.
By: Oregon Mechanical Pencil lover (and pen lover)
Submitted: 4/15/2024
RETRO 51 Mechanical Pencils: My FAVORITE along with Faber-Castell E-Motion Mechanical Pencils. Both have a thicker lead, great for never breaking in the middle of a word, and leaving readable copy. LOVE Retro 51 which are affordable, yet mechanically perfect and well-designed. I have bought Retro 51 since about 2009. I just opened my Retro 51 Cherry Blossom Mechanical Pencil. It is beautiful, but not what I remembered seeing on the website. The pencil pictured above is the 2023. The pencil I got is 2024. Duh... this is April 24. I DO remember seeing the 2024 on the catalog cover, so I am probably scrambled that I though I would be getting the 23. I LOVE my 2024, but... now I wish I had 2023 also. I need to phone, and see if the 2023 is still in stock.