I’ve written before about the Lyra Ferby. I think it’s a great pencil that deserves more recognition. For a start, the artists who enjoy the Koh-I-Noor Triograph should give the Ferby a try.
But there has been a problem with the Ferby - as a short pencil, it won’t remain usable after a dozen sharpenings. Well, […]
I’m often asked how to “order” a pencil or stationery item featured on my blog. Though online ordering can appear to be a great convenience, sometimes that’s not the case. We may simply be postponing our inconvenience.
The photo shows a Canada Post “Final Notice” - more on this later.
Some years ago, sending an item by […]
These are a set of nine “L”-shaped erasers from Seed of Japan. (Shown on Strathmore 400 Series Artagain black paper.)
The nine erasers together form a 3×3×3 cube. If you search the web, you’ll see that this is an example of a range of tiling/puzzle/cube problems that have attracted interest over the years. Mathematician John Conway […]
Similar in form to Pastellini colour pencils, Cerelli wax crayons are a fun set of 76 crayons in a cylindrical tin with a clear lid.
Crayons have never looked so fashionable.
An eBay seller sent me a few “bonus” items with some pencils I bought - vintage lead refills.
The leads are 1.18 mm in diameter. Though once the standard, this diameter is infrequently used today. Unfortunately, I don’t own a pencil that can use this lead.
What has kept me interested is the packaging - these […]
I ordered these pencils from the Forest Stewardship Council of Canada after learning of their new marketing initiative. The pencils have an imprinted slogan, “Saving forests one pencil at a time”, which I found intriguing.
I’ve enjoyed using the ForestChoice pencil, and had hoped this might be some sort of equivalent.
The pencils are round […]
You never know what a small city art supply store will offer. Last weekend, I found some pencils for sale from a long defunct Connecticut pencil manufacturer.
Ruwe Pencil Co. was purchased by Dixon in 1988, and I had only heard of them from collecting sites like Brand Name Pencils, so it was surprising […]
Thank you to everyone who voted and/or left comments in this latest poll.
The final results left no doubt that the preferred pencil shape is hexagonal:
Hexagonal: 31
Round: 2
Triangular: 10
Comments reflected the personal nature of choosing a favourite writing implement. It was noted that the offerings are far fewer in the round and triangular shapes. […]