It Is What It Is

I am as much a stickler for a correct pencil as there is.  If I've got a pencil that's missing a part, I'm not going to replace it unless I am absolutely sure what the correct part for the piece would have been.  When it came to writing The Catalogue, I say with pride that not one of the thousands of pencils pictured has been cobbled together from parts that weren't meant to go together.

Except, maybe, for this one. . .

NOTE:  This article is now included in the print version of The Leadhead's Pencil Blog, available anywhere you buy books, or also from The Legendary Lead Company.

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