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This article has been included in The Leadhead's Pencil Blog Volume 7, now available  here . If you don't want the book but you enjo...

 I'll admit that my interest in writing articles about the repair and restoration of these old pencils is not entirely altruistic.  More...

This article has been edited and included in The Leadhead's Pencil Blog Volume 6, now on sale at The Legendary Lead Company.  I have jus...

This article has been edited and included in The Leadhead's Pencil Blog Volume 6, now on sale at The Legendary Lead Company.  I have jus...

The Hiriter appears on page 89 of The Catalogue, and all I said about it was that it was "probably a Wearever subbrand." I recent...

I received permission from an online seller to use these pictures. Since he was such a good sport, I’m not going to use his name here. Thi...

If there’s ever a second edition of The Catalogue , some years down the road, there’s one great injustice in there that I’m going to be sure...