Some employees have been there for more than 10 years ... walked past raw pencils shooting out of a machine, past the conveyor belt that painted them, and past an open box of ferrules stamped ...

Tens of thousands of pencils, none of them sharpened, laid across the tables ... American Pencil Collectors Society went through one box at a time. The first counter sorted through a box and ...

“Mr. Pencil Box, we work hard all the time,” a pencil said. “We will not live with the erasers and the sharpener anymore. Tell them to leave.” Mr. Pencil Box ignored this silly reques ...

The Blick Premier Mechanical Pencil is a stellar value at under $10, and it ... with 12-per-box options. A mechanical pencil has several moving parts. The best ones get them just right.

The online gallery surrendered them to Hirst with a verbal apology. Taking revenge, Cartrain took the box of pencils that were part of Hirst's sculpture, Pharmacy, which was being shown as part of ...

Pencils clack-clack-clack as they shoot through a paint box and assume their various hues. Next is the din of ratcheting as aluminum ferrules and erasers are punched onto ends. Now and then a ...