I’ll never forget the first mechanical pencil I tried to use. It was a gnarly mustard-yellow, and I had to twist the conical tip to advance the lead.

Consider the pencil. The ubiquitous, yellow (mostly), 7-inch, two-for-a-quarter lead pencil — the simplest, most convenient, least expensive of all writing instruments. The most useful, least ...

I loved going to the pencil sharpener and smelling the cedar as I ground my pencil to a point. And the feel of the lead was like writing with butter. That’s how you know if the lead is good.

Mechanical pencils, on the other hand, maintain a sharp tip and a crisp line no matter how long you’re writing, because all it takes is a super-quick click of the knock to keep the lead fresh.

We know that Black Lead was not commonly used in pencils by 1540, because in that year, the Italian writing master, Giovanbattista Palatino, wrote a book describing what he thought would be "all ...

The pencil is also equipped with a locking mechanism to prevent your lead from extending or sliding out unnecessarily. Buy now £8.59 , Etsy Tombow Mono Graph Mechanical Pencil 0.5mm ...

While the term pencil lead is commonly used to refer to the writing core of pencils, modern pencils thankfully do not contain actual lead given its adverse health and environmental effects.

Discover the surprising reason why factory-made pencils are considered a game-changer in the writing world. From innovative manufacturing techniques to the perfect blend of materials, these ...