Does anyone still use Pencils?

Out of interest, does anyone know of any pencil that exists, that is the same traditional structure as an HB - wooden/chewable whilst thinking etc... yet is mechanical internally? so works the same way a mechanical pencil would?

kd
 
King Damager said:
Out of interest, does anyone know of any pencil that exists, that is the same traditional structure as an HB - wooden/chewable whilst thinking etc... yet is mechanical internally? so works the same way a mechanical pencil would?

kd
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Are you basically asking for a mechanical pencil that you can chew? :D

Also, how the hell would you have a wooden mechanical pencil, where would the mechanism and spring etc go?

*edit* After a quick google, they do exist, sort of.
 
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2bit said:
C'mon - are you seriously suggesting that pencils are damaging the ecosystem?
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Yup.

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One of the most tragic and ridiculous uses of rainforest wood is for pencils. But the reality is that many of the pencils used in the U.S. are made from an endangered rainforest wood called jelutong. Jelutong is logged from the rainforests of Indonesia and Malaysia. You can tell it apart from the usual incense cedar because it’s lighter in color, has no grain and the pencil will bend a little. It’s very common in imported pencils. But some U.S. companies import jelutong blanks to use to manufacture pencils.
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Apparently 100 million pencils are made in the US per year and tha's just the US. Now i don't know if we import from there. But i did say i would guess that pencils are less EF, i didn't say that i have hard facts. So yes it looks like pencils do destroy the ecosystem of the rainforests, i think it's a fair assumption.
 
Bunka said:
What do you need to write on that's metallic and why.
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for my apprenticeship we use bare aluminium or alclad (no primer) so it gets scratched just by breathing too heavily on it, even though you masking tape it up pencil leaves marks unless you're very careful :(
 
Bunka said:
Are you basically asking for a mechanical pencil that you can chew? :D

Also, how the hell would you have a wooden mechanical pencil, where would the mechanism and spring etc go?

*edit* After a quick google, they do exist, sort of.
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Yeah, googling myself, I found something similar, but was wondering if someone had experience xD

But no like a wooden outer shell as such - like the plastic bit on a mechanical pencil, with the internals of a mechanical pencil.

kd
 
rz30 said:
Yup.

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Apparently 100 million pencils are made in the US per year and tha's just the US. Now i don't know if we import from there. But i did say i would guess that pencils are less EF, i didn't say that i have hard facts. So yes it looks like pencils do destroy the ecosystem of the rainforests, i think it's a fair assumption.
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Ok, what about matches?

Or cheap sofas,

I'm just interested..
 
maccapacca said:
Mechanical pentel .05 all day every day, I only use a pen to sign letters and a red pen to certify sub contractors valuations
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:)

...It's not often that I leave just a smiie here but I liked your post. I'm guessing it was sarcastic.
 
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