Mitsubishi Hi-Uni is one of the world's finest pencil ranges, vying with the top model ranges from Faber-Castell, Staedtler and Tombow for accolades from the pencil cognoscenti. The Hi-Uni was introduced in 1966 and achieves greatness through exacting standard of lead production ...Mitsubishi Hi-Uni is one of the world's finest pencil ranges, vying with the top model ranges from Faber-Castell, Staedtler and Tombow for accolades from the pencil cognoscenti. The Hi-Uni was introduced in 1966 and achieves greatness through exacting standard of lead production.
The graphite and clay components of the lead are both uniformly fine, so that the line quality is high, and uniformly mixed, so that breakages are minimised. Hi-Uni is painted in a traditional Japanese maroon, likened to a wine red, with black and gold accents. The hexagonal barrel changes to cylindrical above the gold ring, in a neat design touch.
Hi-Uni is supplied unsharpened. This lovely art set is supplied in a metal tin and contains 22 grades of Hi-Uni pencil from 10B to 10H.