The SharpDraw Mechanical Pencil is available on the C.H. Hanson website – item #10333 – and at major retail outlets. For nearly 160 years, C.H. Hanson has been the go-to company for ...

In one 1636 example, a brass holder used a spring to push out the lead. Henry Petroski thinks this may deserve the title of “the first propelling pencil.” But mechanical pencils really took ...

The Staples Postscript mechanical pencils (12-pack ... “It’s got an ‘Exclusive shock-absorbing spring system.’” Its cousin, the Paper Mate Infinite Lead, claimed it could write over ...

But am I being environmentally irresponsible by asking parents to buy plastic mechanical pencils? The Lantern is sympathetic: It’s hard enough evaluating the relative ecological impact of two ...