When you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. Learn more› By Melanie Pinola I’ll never forget the first mechanical pencil I tried to use. It was a gnarly mustard-yellow ...

Learn more› By Melanie Pinola Confession time: I’ve never liked mechanical pencils. The lead breaks as soon as it touches paper, or it never leaves the pencil body in the first place.

When you look into the matter, though, you discover a curious fact: The first known illustration of any pencil depicts something that resembles a mechanical pencil as much as it does the wood ...

OpenAI is launching a shopping experience inside of ChatGPT, complete with product picks and buy buttons. WIRED spoke with Adam Fry, the company’s search product lead, to ask how it all works ...

The SharpDraw Mechanical Pencil is available on the C.H. Hanson website – item #10333 – and at major retail outlets. For nearly 160 years, C.H. Hanson has been the go-to company for ...

As far as the Lantern can tell, most low-cost mechanical pencils are made of polystyrene or one of its relatives. Like other plastics, there are two major downsides to polystyrene: First ...

This elegant and luxurious art deco-style pencil pays homage to the very first Caran D’Ache mechanical pencils made from precious metals to hit the market in 1947. It features a platinum-coated ...

Because they are erasable, pencils are often the first tool creative people use ... told us that Bic’s mechanical pencils are an equally worthy drawing pencil — largely because you can buy ...

who patented the first pencil sharpener in 1828; and Therry des Estwaux, who invented an improved mechanical sharpener in 1847. 9. French researchers also hit on the idea of using caoutchouc, a ...