The Wingback Designer’s mechanical pencil pairs a Japanese mechanism with a British-engineered brass case, creating a pleasingly weighted writing device. The integral reservoir has been designed to ...

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 ...

Decorative pencils or “lead” holders like those made by England ... are the forerunners of today’s mechanical pencils. But this is an entirely different—and fascinating—topic deserving ...

They are a type of mechanical pencil that has a hollow body and a ‘clutch’ mechanism at the front of the pencil which holds ...

mechanical pencils and refill lead, felt-tip pens and markers, and school supplies. The company was founded in 1887 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.