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Kadokeshi 28 Corner Eraser

by Steve
Thursday, October 13, 2005

The idea for this unique shaped plastic eraser is that 28 corners are better than 8.

Kokuyo Co. Ltd., the maker of the Kadokeshi Plastic Eraser, says that when people use a standard rectangular eraser, they always use one of the corners. This is because the pointy-nature of a corner provides them with the accuracy needed to remove errant characters and marks. But when all eight corners of a rectangular erases have been rounded down, the eraser becomes less effective.

Thus this new design gives the user plenty of corners. When one of the cubes on this eraser becomes completely rounded off, you just cut it off, giving you access to new corners.

Thanks to Tim Hong

5 Comments:

Looks like the perfect stocking stuffer!

By Trinity13, at 10/14/2005 10:44:00 AM
But couldn't you just cut the rounded end off of any eraser and have the same effect?

By SDTerp, at 10/14/2005 01:38:00 PM
You can get them at www.jetpens.com. They also have sushi erasers (which I thought were very cute)

By Anonymous, at 10/14/2005 02:14:00 PM
Dude, you're totally right. I'm an artist and we use exacto knives to sharpen our erasers all the time. Haaaahahaha.

By Anonymous, at 10/14/2005 06:24:00 PM
There is also a mini version of the kadokeshi that has the same shape, but is smaller and comes in pink and blue.

By Tokyo Pen Shop, at 1/22/2009 08:57:00 PM

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