The pencil “lead” is actually a mixture of graphite and clay. More clay in the mixture makes the lead harder. A harder lead has a higher number. Pencils are numbered from 1-3 but most people use a ...

Twist-Erase III Mechanical Pencils feature ... stabilizes lead to reduce lead breakage Latex-free grip delivers maximum comfort and control With the jumbo Twist-Up Eraser, you'll suffer no smudges ...

Liden sometimes recovers them on the floor after class or stuck lead first in the ceiling. After winter break, Liden brought in a box of bright pink 500 minigolf pencils with bright pink erasers ...

Pencils, erasers, ballpoint pens - it was always fun ... Some styluses were made of lead, which became popular - but as the centuries rolled on, graphite found favour from the mid-1500s as it ...

Get creative with colors. Have fun experimenting with different colors for the "lead" and "eraser" parts of the pencil to ...