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.

Somewhere in between the notes application on your phone and the box of Ticonderogas in the back-to-school section lies the mechanical pencil. If you carry a notebook, you’ll need a reliable, ...

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 ...

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 ...

But the apparent humility—or, perhaps, smug performance of humility—in my choice of penciling is counterbalanced by the fact that I eschew the humble wooden pencil. I must have a mechanical ...

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