Comments on: Dixon Ticonderoga Antimicrobial Pencils

By: Tyler

Tyler — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:12:27 +0000

That’s true it seems like.

By: Don Jacobson

Don Jacobson — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:33:44 +0000

Boy, Dixon will do anything to turn attention away from the declining quality of their products.

By: Tyler

Tyler — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:24:26 +0000

I actually got the pencils because I thought the color was cool (kind of like a light sky blue instead of a muted gray).

By: Michael L

Michael L — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:39:00 +0000

These pencils are both funny and sad. Odor and stain? Are we talking about toothpaste?

As a teacher, I’d say that paper poses greater danger than pencils. When I ask students to do a fast quiz on a half-sheet of paper, I always remember to mention No Licking — if I don’t, someone always licks the folded edge of the paper before tearing it in half.

By: anon85

anon85 — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:27:07 +0000

Ticonderoga’s used to be my favourite pencil, until they moved production to Mexico and China. Anyone else noticed that they now seem to smell quite bad? I used to love the smell of a freshly sharpened Ticonderoga; but now they seem to have a very strong new paint mingling with some kind of wood-rot type odour. And it wasn’t just a bad batch; I’ve bought several from several stores after fairly long intervals, and they just reek. As for this topic, these pencils might see some use in grade schools, though with most kids using mechanical pencils I can’t imagine sales will be that good.

By: Adair

Adair — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 08:34:31 +0000

I actually like the color—something retro about it. Unfortunately, this Mexican-made pencil is shoddily produced. I bought two packs. Several of the pencils had leads that broke constantly. A few of the shafts had something—gunk or pieces of cloth or clumps of dried glue, I don’t know—just locked in under the paint, creating unseemly and uncomfortable bumps. Not very hygenic, if you ask me! A pity. This could have been an interesting pencil.

By: fantamic

fantamic — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 02:10:37 +0000

Microban is a nasty chemical.
Papermate instead use silver a natural antibacterial.

By: Speedmaster

Speedmaster — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:18:10 +0000

Presuming that it works as advertised, not a bad idea at all, imho. My wife works at a doctor’s office and she usually tells patients with nasty communicable symptoms to just keep the pen. ;-)

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By: A.J. Axline

A.J. Axline — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:28:48 +0000

The pencils kind of look like a prop from “Logan’s Run”, or something.

I’m not a parent, but if I were, I think I’d have other things to be concerned about than the bacteria on my child’s pencil.

By: Diane

Diane — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:14:54 +0000

I’ve seen, of all things, an antimicrobial kitchen timer. I guess that’s for when your kid has strep and wants to bake a cake?

I am with J Godsey — it’s really creating paranoia to pander to; PaperMate has a line of antimicrobial pens. But then I’m one of those people whose immune systems are stronger for a little exposure to a microbe or two.

I’m not sure I want to chew on a chemical called “Microban.”

By: j godsey

j godsey — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:03:50 +0000

ROLF. talk about catering to American paranoia with dirt. or maybe this is for the Japan market would may actually be better for something like this. I guess more people are chewing on them, they I thought