Position pointing device and core body for position pointing device

A position pointing device comprising:

• a core body;
• a tubular casing provided, on one end in an axial direction thereof, with an opening via which one end in an axial direction of the core body is exposed to an exterior;
• and
• a pressure detecting part which is provided inside the tubular casing and detects a pressure applied in the axial direction of the core body;
• wherein the core body includes:
• a leading end part,
• a pedestal part formed of a material which is different from a material of the leading end part, the pedestal part being positioned adjacent to the leading end part in the axial direction of the core body, and
• a core body main body part positioned adjacent to the pedestal part in the axial direction of the core body, a thickness of the core body main body part being smaller than a thickness of the pedestal part in a direction orthogonal to the axial direction of the core body;
• and
• the core body is housed in the casing in a state of being movable in the axial direction of the core body, such that the leading end part is exposed to the exterior via the opening of the casing and that a pressure exerted on the leading end part in the axial direction of the core body is transmitted to the pressure detecting part provided on an opposite side of the core body main body part from the pedestal part,
• wherein the core body is disposed in a relation to the casing such that the leading end part is exposed by wholly protruding through the opening to the exterior and that a side surface of the pedestal part faces a surface of the opening of the casing, the side surface of the pedestal part and the surface of the opening of the casing extending in a direction along the axial direction of the core body.