Wooden stylus made from beech wood: pure nature!
This rather simple Roman wooden stylus is made from untreated beech wood - so it's pure nature! It also feels good in the hand and works excellently on pure beeswax.
Stylus: sharpened by hand from beech wood
The stylus, the so-called Roman stylus, which Roman schoolchildren used to carve their tasks and notes into the wax of a wooden writing tablet, is sharpened by hand in the Forum Traiani Roman Shop workshop and the reverse side is expertly shaped to erase the numbers. If the tip wears out, it is quickly sharpened again with a knife! And the expression "tabula rasa" comes from smoothing the wax tablets - today it means to make a clean table - in the past: a clean slate.
- Pencil length approx. 12 cm
- untreated beech wood
- stylus manufactured in our own wood workshop - made by hand
- Latin: stilus ligneus
The antique stylus: a wonderful writing instrument
The stylus was used as a writing instrument until the 1960s for writing on slates and wax tablets. The appearance of the stylus varied, but most styluses were round or square and were made of iron, bronze, more precious ones even of silver, some simple ones of bone or even - like this beautifully shaped stylus - of wood. Regardless of the material or shape, the handling was always the same: The tip of the stylus was pressed into the wax to write on it. The spatula-shaped end of the stylus was used to correct minor mistakes or to smooth out the wax. The great advantage of writing with a stylus in wax was that the writing surface could be reused as often as required and could even be repaired - or refilled - with wax.
Scratching with a stylus: a very special writing experience
It is a very special writing experience when the tip of the wooden stylus carves into the soft beeswax of the wax tablet. Letters, Roman numerals or simple notes or shopping lists, even love messages cast in wax are given a very personal, unmistakable touch! And even homework is given a completely different touch when it is written on a wax tablet with a hand-crafted beech wood stylus! - Simply smooth out small mistakes!
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Manufacturer information:
Schwarzweiss Dienstleistungs GmbH
Beningsgasse 1
Hessen
Glauburg, Deutschland, 63695
https://www.Der-Römer-Shop.de
Writing tool: |
Yes |
SKU: |
11109
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Shipping weight: |
0,01 kg
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Item weight: |
0,01 kg
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Dimensions
( Length × Width × Height ):
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12,00 × 0,80 × 0,80 cm |
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