Gel Eyeliner Pencil by ULTA". Archived from the original on 17 November 2017 . Retrieved 15 November 2017. Norris, Mary (28 April 2016). "Comma Queen: On "Impact" " (Video). The New Yorker. Condé Nast. p.2:35. Archived from the original on 5 June 2016 . Retrieved 14 May 2016. Eagle Pencil Company applied for the trademark Mirado in 1947 (US Trademark 71515261). It is common belief that this was an attempt to disassociate the pencil brand from Japan, as one of the meanings of Mikado is emperor of Japan. Notes and Queries. 3. Vol.12. Oxford University Press. 1868. p.419. Archived from the original on 17 January 2018.

Poe, Janita (1 September 1993). "In World Of Politically Right, Pencils Can Be Wrong Stuff". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014.L. 6 febbraio 1948, n. 29". Archived from the original on 9 October 2012 . Retrieved 1 August 2011. A standard, hexagonal, "#2 pencil" is cut to a hexagonal height of 1⁄ 4in), but the outer diameter is slightly larger (about 7mm or 9⁄ 32in) American colonists imported pencils from Europe until after the American Revolution. Benjamin Franklin advertised pencils for sale in his Pennsylvania Gazette in 1729, and George Washington used a three inches (7.5cm) pencil when he surveyed the Ohio Country in 1762. [26] [ bettersourceneeded] William Munroe, a cabinetmaker in Concord, Massachusetts, made the first American wood pencils in 1812. This was not the only pencil-making occurring in Concord. According to Henry Petroski, transcendentalist philosopher Henry David Thoreau discovered how to make a good pencil out of inferior graphite using clay as the binder; this invention was prompted by his father's pencil factory in Concord, which employed graphite found in New Hampshire in 1821 by Charles Dunbar. [7]

Staedtler Pencil, video". Archived from the original on 21 January 2013 . Retrieved 23 July 2009. Staedtler.com It was soon discovered that incense cedar, when dyed and perfumed to resemble Red Cedar, was a suitable alternative. Most pencils today are made from this timber, which is grown in managed forests. Over 14billion pencils are manufactured worldwide annually. [31] Less popular alternatives to cedar include basswood and alder. [30] Petroski, Henry (1991). "H. D. Thoreau, Engineer". American Heritage of Invention and Technology. 5 (2): 8–16. doi: 10.1215/00382876-90-1-39. S2CID 257782890 . Retrieved 3 June 2023. In Southeast Asia, the wood Jelutong may be used to create pencils (though the use of this rainforest species is controversial). [32] Environmentalists prefer the use of Pulai – another wood native to the region in pencil manufacturing. [33] [34] Eraser attachment Attached eraser on the left; Pencil lead on the right Art Supplies". Mccannas.com. Archived from the original on 28 January 2013 . Retrieved 23 July 2009.Pencil". www.fact-index.com. Archived from the original on 24 May 2012 . Retrieved 23 November 2015. Lipman, L. (30 March 1858). "US Patent 19783 Combination of Lead-Pencil and Eraser". Patft.uspto.gov. Archived from the original on 2 May 2017 . Retrieved 23 July 2009. P&P Office Waste Processor". Dynamic Inventions. 11 March 2013. Archived from the original on 13 January 2014 . Retrieved 12 January 2014.

Colored pencils, or pencil crayons, have wax-like cores with pigment and other fillers. Several colors are sometimes blended together. [39] Grease Derwent Graphic". Pencils.co.uk. Archived from the original on 19 June 2009 . Retrieved 23 July 2009. As well as simply being distinctive, the colour may have been inspired by the Austro-Hungarian flag; it was also suggestive of the Orient at a time when the best-quality graphite came from Siberia. Other companies then copied the yellow colour so that their pencils would be associated with this high-quality brand, and chose brand names with explicit Oriental references, such as Mikado (renamed Mirado) [f] [g] and Mongol. [76] [h]Pencil swallowing: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia". www.nlm.nih.gov. Archived from the original on 6 October 2015 . Retrieved 5 October 2015. The majority of pencils made in the US are painted yellow. [e] According to Henry Petroski, [74] this tradition began in 1890 when the L. & C. Hardtmuth Company of Austria-Hungary introduced their Koh-I-Noor brand, named after the famous diamond. It was intended to be the world's best and most expensive pencil, as the ends of the pencil was dipped in 14-carat gold, [75] and at a time when most pencils were either painted in dark colours or not at all, the Koh-I-Noor was yellow.

graphite pencils | The Weekend Historian". umeshmadan.wordpress.com. Archived from the original on 7 October 2015 . Retrieved 5 October 2015. Grease pencils can write on virtually any surface (including glass, plastic, metal and photographs). The most commonly found grease pencils are encased in paper (Berol and Sanford Peel-off), but they can also be encased in wood (Staedtler Omnichrom). [39] WatercolorUnlike wax-based colored pencils, the erasable variants can be easily erased. Their main use is in sketching, where the objective is to create an outline using the same color that other media (such as wax pencils, or watercolor paints) would fill [45] or when the objective is to scan the color sketch. [46] Some animators prefer erasable color pencils as opposed to graphite pencils because they do not smudge as easily, and the different colors allow for better separation of objects in the sketch. [47] Copy-editors find them useful too as markings stand out more than those of graphite, but can be erased. Acton Conservation Lands, Early American Pencils". Actontrails.org. Archived from the original on 25 June 2009 . Retrieved 23 July 2009. Harper, Douglas (27 June 2012). "pencil". Online Etymology Dictionary. Archived from the original on 23 August 2012 . Retrieved 27 June 2012. Pencils are commonly round, hexagonal, or sometimes triangular in section. Carpenters' pencils are typically oval or rectangular, so they cannot easily roll away during work.