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Until recently, I wasn’t aware of woodcase slate pencils – I had always thought slate pencils were only sold as raw cores or paper-wrapped. Then a friendly correspondent alerted me to a very nice set of woodcase slate pencils in his possession. If you’re not sure what slate pencils are, here is a description from [...] One more popular media mention of pencils. A recent episode of Coronation Street featured a raffle with the prize being a trip to the Cumberland Pencil Museum! CUMBRIAN MUSEUM’S DELIGHT AT CORONATION STREET ‘NAMECHECK’ (News & Star) A recent traffic surge reveals a lot of people searching for Mongol pencils. What’s behind this sudden curiosity? Apparently, a 17 year old graffiti artist took a box of Mongols from a Damien Hirst exhibit at the Tate Gallery. This was in retaliation for a past copyright dispute, which saw a collage piece from the [...] At pencil talk, we love red and blue pencils! But sometimes one needs a red pencil or a blue pencil – not both at once. Or, you’ve found that a double ended pencil gets unusable a bit too quickly. Here is a red/blue pair of very impressive pencils. Hailing from the venerable Mitsubishi Pencil Co., [...] The Cretacolor Ergonomic is a 5.6mm leadholder with an unusual grip section. The barrel has a zig-zag section which is claimed to be ergonomic. Artists have long applied tape and padding to make leadholders more ‘holdable’, and this instrument attempts to anticipate that challenge. The ideal grip is obviously a highly personal choice, and the [...] |
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