The Humble Pencil

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That's a brilliant link! How the pencil has progressed over the years! I remember my Mum buying me an HB pencil and I thought I was great taking it into the class next day - and, it had a rubber end on it

Thanks for sharing that link

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I had trouble with the link..but what I saw was clever. I always loved to draw and so did my dad, I used to pinch his soft pencils for shading..I'm sure he knew
I remember pencils that you dampened (mostly with your tongue ) to get a bold outline..bit like watercolour pencils now.

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Fascinating you tube clip, I collect pencils.
THere is a PENCIL MUSEUM in Keswick in the Lake District.

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I had to copy & paste the link into another tab & then it worked fine.

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It was an amazing story.

I will check our archives for some additional pictures where the pencil is used for something other than its usual function.

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Look here Michael

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Marvellous pieces of carving.

I once read about a prisoner who could carve using only a rice grain.
This is where I begin to doubt the veracity of the story because upon release he was commisioned to carve "THE LAST SUPPER" out of a single rice grain. This took him some months and upon completion the grain of rice carved to represent the last supper was delivered. It later changed hands at over a million pounds and was eventually stolen.

You couldnt make it up!

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MY DIL likes going there a lot !!!

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Mine worked fine I wonder wy the difference??