The pencil seems fated to be overlooked. It's the theme of an old English riddle: "I am taken from a mine, and shut up in a wooden case, from which I am never released, and yet I am used by almost ...

Any utility knife that has a sharp blade should go through the wood in the carpenter pencil cleanly and easily. To replace the blade in most utility knives, use a screwdriver to open the handle.

this mechanical pencil epitomizes the Muji ethos of simple, pure, functional products. Designed to slot easily into notebooks, with a clip and eraser tip, the 0.5mm Hexagonal Wooden Pencil is timeless ...