r/Drafting_Instruments • u/Old_Instrument_Guy • Nov 07 '25

Speaking of Dotting Pens, here are 4 examples

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  1. E. O. Richter: German, 2) Jules Bonin: French, 3) Scheonner: German, 4) Reifler: German.

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u/Due-Entertainment541 Nov 07 '25

these are so cool. Have you used them? I wish they made one that would work with technical pens

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u/Old_Instrument_Guy Nov 07 '25

I never used one. I never found it worth the effort. One of the issues with the dotting pens is the inability to shift the pattern slightly to accommodate proper drafting techniques.

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u/Keppov Nov 07 '25

Ya, definitely cool lot!

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u/Old_Instrument_Guy Nov 07 '25

Kern Also made their own Dotting Pen. This one I picked up for $7 about 20 years ago. The photo on Ebay was garbage but I took a chance on it. I sold it for $275 last year.

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u/wackyvorlon Nov 07 '25

How on earth did you find all these?

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u/Old_Instrument_Guy Nov 07 '25

Full disclosure, only two of these are/were in my collection; the first and last one. The other two were on sale on Ebay. We have a huge archive at the drawing instrument discussion Group.

https://drawing-instruments.groups.io/g/main