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Read more about the article Mechanical Pencil Month – Day 2: The life cycle of the pencil

Mechanical Pencil Month – Day 2: The life cycle of the pencil

  • Post author:Alan Williams
  • Post published:2 December 2022
  • Post category:Pencils
  • Post comments:2 Comments

Today's post follows our plucky lump of graphite as it embarks upon the long journey of metamorphosis into a fully-fledged pencil. Issued by the Cumberland Pencil Co. Ltd. of Keswick,…

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Read more about the article Mechanical Pencil Month – Day 1: Borrowdale Plumbago

Mechanical Pencil Month – Day 1: Borrowdale Plumbago

  • Post author:Alan Williams
  • Post published:1 December 2022
  • Post category:Pencils
  • Post comments:0 Comments

Object number one is not actually a pencil at all, mechanical or otherwise, yet without it the history of drawing would have turned out very differently. Said to have been…

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