MINNEAPOLIS ― When is a pencil not just a pencil? When it’s on John and Amy Higgins’ lawn across from Lake of the Isles, is ...

Throngs of people gathered Saturday in a scenic Minneapolis neighborhood for an annual ritual — the sharpening of a gigantic ...

Minneapolis event where a 6-meter No. 2 pencil, sculpted from an oak tree, is sharpened, gathering over 1,000 attendees.

It’s a crazy time we’re living in and it gives people a diversion, a bit of fun and time to let loose and be silly. We need ...

The ubiquitous writing and drawing utensil may seem as commonplace ... told us that his undergrad professors recommended using wooden pencils in a range of leads (like the above Staedtlers ...

Technology may never vanquish the humble wooden pencil. Ask anyone involved in manufacturing ... How many other products can you buy for under a dollar that can draw a line 35 miles long?

In 1565, Swiss naturalist Conrad Gessner published a drawing of a strip of graphite inside a tube of wood — the first depiction of a wood pencil. The invention swiftly spread through Europe.