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In the peak season for back-to-school pencil-buying, some environmentalists and cedar wood advocates have seized the moment to inform you that your No. 2 may be encased in wood from tropical rain ...

showcasing how everyday pencils are made and how the lead is inserted into the wood. Typically made from Cedar, I used a small Apple Log for this project, which works well enough. Exclusive-Order ...

owned a company called California Cedar Products, a supplier of pencil wood that also had a small branded pencil business. He built the Pencils.com website to market his pencils, sold under the ...

"The hexagonal shape is best suited to the structure of the human hand. The shape of pencil is versatile and easy to use. It has well-defined edges that allow the user to get a firm grip on the shape ...

Not much meets the eye — there's some wood, lacquer, the printed labeling, graphite lead, a bit of metal, and an eraser." And yet, the pencil goes on to explain, collecting its cedar wood ...

published by pencil-wood supplier California Cedar Products Co. "Early settlers depended on pencils from overseas until the war with England cut off imports. William Monroe, a Concord ...