Round pencils still exist, as do triangular and [shudders] rectangular "carpenter" pencils. However, hexagonal pencils have come to dominate the market, and are the most familiar design to most of us.

Personally, I use a No. 2 pencil or carpenter pencil to draw a circle where I took the UT reading and what the gauge result was at that location.

The most expensive pencil ever sold was a $400,000 Graf Von Faber-Castell perfect pencil. This pencil was made of 240-year-old olive wood and has 18-carat white gold fittings.

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The drawings are suspected to have been done with carpenters’ pencils because “everybody had them in the slot of their bib overalls,” he said.

The sketch, possibly done in carpenter’s pencil, is among the century-old workers’ graffiti left on the pillars of what is the basement of the Memorial, 45 feet below the sculpture of the 16th ...

Carpenter pencil finishes have a big impact on pencil performance, and therefore, promotional product companies like Save Your Ink offer custom contractor pencils in a variety of finishes. Finishes ...

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However, people are far more likely to use a pocket knife or utility knife to sharpen the carpenter's pencil because they may already have a knife nearby on the jobsite, making it handy. When using a ...

The lack of a pocket clip or lanyard hold, combined with a bulky 6.75-inch length (only the 7-inch Dewalt Retractable Utility Knife measured longer) makes this model less portable than most though.