Red cedar from Kenya and the U. The first pencils were unlabeled and unpainted to show the fine grain of the wood used. But by the s, manufacturers started stamping their names on pencils and painting them. Alibert later developed a mine and began shipping the graphite to points around the world. Pencils made with high-quality Asian graphite were painted yellow to indicate the source of the graphite. The hardness of the lead is indicated by a number 1 to 4 stamped on the side of most pencils--the higher the number, the harder the lead.
Sometimes there are other markings: H indicates hard, B indicates the blackness of the pencil's mark, and F indicates that the pencil can sharpen to a fine point. Sometimes combinations are used: HB, hard and black; HH, very hard. Many of the names stamped on pencils are manufacturer's model names or company name, but these generally have historical significance.
For example, the Ticonderoga, made by Dixon Ticonderoga Co. Here are some amazing pencil facts: Laid end-to-end, the number of pencils made annually in the U. In , erasers were attached to the ends of pencils for the first time; most pencils in the U. A pencil lead or a line drawn by a pencil will conduct electricity.
Colored pencils are made from chalk, clay, or wax mixed with binders and pigments. Related Sites. E-mail this article to a friend. Print this article. Table of Contents. News of the Week. Cover Story. Editor's Page. ACS News. Digital Briefs. As members of the pine family Pinaceae , their leaves are needles, which are borne in clusters atop peg-like stems that form along branches.
Their cones are large and barrel-shaped and grow on the tops of branches. So why the common name confusion? This likely comes from the fact that wood harvested from both groups of trees share similar qualities and have similar uses. While there are no trees in the genus Cedrus native to North America, the wood of species in the genera Juniperus , Thuja , Calocedrus , and Chamaecyparis which are found in North America have fragrant, soft, rot-resistant wood that makes great construction material for a variety of things, including pencils.
The name cedar simply has more to do with the wood than the genetic relationships or morphological similarities among these species. These limited edition pencils are a true throwback to pencils of old. You are commenting using your WordPress. You are commenting using your Google account. You are commenting using your Twitter account. You are commenting using your Facebook account. Notify me of new comments via email. Notify me of new posts via email.
This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Certainly not cedar. More pine-like. CW, well I thinking that interested in pencils or not, there is a general trend towards conveying more information about consumable items that many would welcome. David O. Place to place and climate to climate, wood keep changing in its own structure. Just compare ourselves with wood or tree, people who live with lots of facilities and resorce are always weaker and shorter and those without it are stronger and higher.
Wood from climatic region where the temparature is low, have lots of water source in soil is always white and bright. Wood from higher temparature region is always darker and harder!! When one talk about the Inscene Cedar wood, pencils made with this wood can not be compared with other wood. But everywhere and everyone can not afford to use Cedar wood Pencil!! And therefore there is always an option for the other similar, soft or softened wood for making Pencil.
Day by day awareness is increasing and spreading and people are more concern with the product what they use!! Thank you very much, Mr. We are honored by your presence, and enjoy your participation. It has that natural combination of strength and easy sharpening.
The trend to the harder to sharpen basswood is a trend to poorer quality, but the wood pencil as a product has gone from a crafted, scientifically refined product to very low priced, low margin commodity. Most of the time, I use the cedars especially at work. There was another thread about new pencil extenders.
With a mass imported pencil in the U. I just write with them, but I could see artists doing the same thing. I like the basswood Chinese pencils, especially the 4B for fast writing and note taking.
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