To sharpen the giant public artwork, LOTI Pencil creator and wood sculptor Curtis Ingvoldstad made a 4-foot-tall wooden pencil sharpener that he hoists onto the tip with help from his friend John ...

MINNEAPOLIS — If you’re in the Lake of the Isles area and see a home with a giant pencil ... out to be a pencil." Not just any pencil, mind you... an exact replica of the No.2 pencil many ...

WHAT MAKES #2 PENCILS SO SPECIAL? When it comes to pencils, #2s are actually the absolute middle of the road. While we number our various ... pencil that didn't leave giant smears, and the ...

TICONDEROGA — A giant sculpture of six Dixon Ticonderoga No. 2 yellow pencils that were once sourced in Ticonderoga was unveiled before an applauding crowd Thursday at the Ticonderoga Heritage ...

That number two rating is based on a scale for hardness: 1, 2, 3, or 4. That scale was created by American poet and philosopher Henry David Thoreau when he was working at his family's pencil factory.