Talk:Erasermate

I know that packages of black, light blue, bright pink, and purple Eraser-Mate pens with transparently colored caps also were or are manufactured, but I don't have a reference to cite. I have some now which I bought about a year or two ago, and I had also bought them about ten or so years ago. They seem to be extremely hard to find, though.

Another thing I haven't quite understood is that current Eraser-Mate pens no longer have the "Eraser-Mate 2" designation (they are marked simply "Eraser-Mate"), and have a different appearance, which isn't mentioned in the article. I've also seen a reference in the FAQ of the Paper-Mate website some time back to an "Eraser-Mate 3", but I've never seen those anywhere. Can anyone shed some light on this? ::Travis Evans 17:19, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

Regarding dropping the "2" in lieu of just Eraser♥Mate...

 Paper♥Mate used the "2" name to set it apart from the original Eraser♥Mate, which they were still producing; so, they were selling 2 different models of Eraser♥Mate.  Once they stopped producing the original, there was no real need for the "2" designation, hence they stopped referring to it as the "Eraser♥Mate 2".

I don't recall an Eraser-Mate 3 but there was an "EraserMate Max" or "EraserMax" a couple years ago; maybe that was it? I have actually written Papermate to ask them to bring back the original refillable Erasermate since "disposable" isn't as "cool" as it used to be. Maybe they'll listen to that and the fact that the disposables don't fit as well in the hand. I still own an original Erasermate so if we need a pic for this entry, I'll be happy to take a pic of it and put it online. Ehrichweiss (talk) 00:18, 23 August 2008 (UTC)

Regarding the Paper♥Mate "Eraser.max" and "Eraser♥Mate 3"...

 Looks like the max may be a non-US version(?).  You can still purchase this thing for $5.50 from an Australian site, (http://www.okschoolandoffice.com.au/Pens-Erasermate-Blue-eraser-mate-max-Pens-Erasermate-Papermate-Pen-EraserMax-Med-Blue).  Depending on where you live, the shipping cost may be more than the pen :-).
 I don't ever recall hearing\seeing an "Eraser♥Mate 3".  Although, I did just update the main article, adding a section about the Eraser♥Mate TW200 and TW400... I bought one of those new when they came out in 1980; they were very cool back then, well, for a 9 year old they were. :-)

Minor changes

Have commented out three of the images as the separate pictures for the pens in cases with and without covers seemed redundant and seem to be at odds with WP:NOTGALLERY and WP:IG:

• "Gallery images must collectively add to the reader's understanding of the subject without causing unbalance to the article while avoid similar or repetitive images unless a point of contrast or comparison is being made. Images should be captioned to explain their relevance to the article subject and to the theme of the gallery"
• "Wikipedia articles are not merely collections of... Photographs or media files with no accompanying text."

I removed the picture of the pens in their cases as the article is about the pens, not the packaging, and the image without the cases was clearer; I also removed the pictures of the retail prices (kind of redundant as the prices are stated in the article anyway, the image doesn't add anything) and the back of the case as they were low-res and didn't seem to add anything to the article.

If anyone feels strongly about this, feel free to uncomment it - but I don't think the images were necessary. (I have my doubts about the whole article, it seems too focused on tiny details like retail prices and so forth and goes far beyond the level of detail desirable on WP - WP:PLOT - but have not touched it in detail beyond this.) Please, though, think about whether the article would be better served by adding text explaining what is said on the back of the case rather than just giving a fairly low-res photo of it. But by all means someone can add them back in if they think it's necessary.

If you do decide to re-add the images, it would be great if you could add a couple of sentences either in the article or here explaining why the photos of cases and prices are important enough to be on WP - improving the captions to explain what the image shows (other than just "the back of the case" - what is shown on the back of the case that's interesting and relevant to the article) would be nice too

I'm not overly bothered if you revert my change without asking me first, just please justify your reversion here so that someone else doesn't come along in the future and do the same thing I did!

Cheers!

Albeetle (talk) 00:01, 23 September 2018 (UTC)

abscess

The eraser was held in place by the force exerted by the cylindrical abscess of the pen cap.

Is abscess the right word? A thought scratches at the edge of my mind, that it's a mistake for a similar word; but that other word is not coming to me. —Tamfang (talk) 04:46, 7 April 2023 (UTC)

recess —Tamfang (talk) 20:41, 6 June 2023 (UTC)

erasable pens

i had a couple of both versions back in the day, but i recently bought a pack from a diff company with a totally diff look. shouldn't there be an article about the pens in general rather than a specific brand name?

also, the article spends way too much time on cosmetic stuff while ignoring some BASIC QUESTIONS. **HOW** does it erase? is "rubber cement" supposed to mean something to the reader in terms of the ink being SLOW-DRYING or something?

and HOW LONG does the ink remain erasable? i assume i could not erase anything written a week ago, much less in the 80s!

from what little the article DOES say, i take it the ERASER was nothing special? that is, the whole secret was in the INK?

also, iinm, the first model barely erased. u had to really scrape the paper, and there were always traces of the writing left. i recall being really impressed when EM2 came out -- worked so much better than the original. 2601:19C:527F:7890:15F1:37FD:F11B:B69B (talk) 16:09, 23 October 2023 (UTC)