6/24/2023 0 Comments Ticonderoga pencI tend to prefer a 0.5mm pencil lead but this works fine and if you prefer the wider lead, this might be a great option. I wrote “Eraser works” next to the “Eraser works?” question and there is almost no evidence of the word at all so yes, the eraser works well. It seems to like to be a stubby little plastic tip. It does not keep the longer length though. I did figure out that you could trick the pencil into giving a longer bit of lead by pushing the conical tip up towards the pencil body a couple times. I did find it a little odd that only a fraction of the lead was sticking out of the plastic tip - more like a rollerball pen tip than a traditional mechanical pencil but as long as you don’t write or sketch at a severe angle, it never really presented a problem. I played with the pencil on and off all week at work trying to see it if ever showed no lead or too much lead but it didn’t. The way the pencil lead works is that everytime you lift the pencil a tiny bit more lead is made available. Only one lead can be added to the pencil as a time so this little tube is useful for being able to carry a few spares easily. There is a cap at the base end which will reveal the leads. When you unscrew the pencil at the eraser ferrule you can pull out the lead tube. What was not made quite clear on the packaging is that inside the pencil is a tube of spare leads. I admit that if it hadn’t been such a handsome pencil I probably wouldn’t have purchased it. It looks quite similar to a regular wood pencil though its actually a plastic body. The logo lettering is stamped in a green to match the ferrule and the ferrule has the classic yellow stripes painted. It has a classic hexagonal shape of a traditional wood pencil. The pencil contains 0.7mm HB #2 lead and is encased in a metallic silver body with a green metal ferrule and black eraser. It claims to be an auto-advancing so I had to see it worked. It came on a blister card as a set of two. One of the items I found was the Ticonderoga Sensematic Mechanical Pencil. This is the green & yellow part that holds the eraser.I recently had a little excursion to the local Office Depot which requires a pass through the pen and pencil department no matter why I went in originally. Step 11- The ferrule is glued onto the end. Step 10- Ticonderoga’s name is imprinted on the pencil with green foil. Step 9- The newly painted pencil is sanded on one end. Step 8- The pencils are put through a painting process that adds many coats of special Ticonderoga yellow lacquer. Step 7- The pencils are cut apart out of the ten pencil slat block. Step 6- Both sides of the slat are shaped with cutting knives so that it looks like a row of ten pencils.īelow you see Steps 7-12 (with Step 7 being the top pencil and working it’s way down to the bottom pencil, Step 12). Step 5- The sandwich slats are trimmed on both ends to make the exact length of a pencil. Step 4- You can see below on the bottom of the pencil block that a second grooved slat is placed creating a “pencil sandwich”. Step 3- Glue is placed into each grove and the sticks of graphite are placed into this. Step 2- A machine cuts grooves into the slats so that the pencils can hold the graphite writing core (aka lead even though there is no lead in it). Pencils can be made from different types of wood, however Ticonderogas are made from California Incense-Cedar. Step 1- Wood is cut into “pencil blocks” as I’ve shown below and then into “pencil slats”. I’ve taken photos from each step in the process and am using the guide to help me explain to you how it is made! They sent a great illustrated guide so that I understood what each step was. When I opened it up I realized that they had materials from every step in the pencil making process! It was something I had never seen before so I wanted to share it with you guys! I would bet that you have all heard of Dixon Ticonderoga and are at least familiar with their pencils! They sent me a great little package in the mail the other week and the most intriguing part of it was this cool “How We Make a Ticonderoga Pencil” box!
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