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ATLANTA — Whether they’re in the classroom or learning from home, school children rely on pencils that are shaped in a way to prompt students to ask, “why?” For more than 100 years, pencils have been ...

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Learn how to make 6-sided solid wood pencils using a clever jig invented by Andrew Klein. This woodworking technique transforms scrap wood into custom hexagon pencils with just a few basic tools.

Though simple in appearance, the pencil is one of the most enduring and versatile writing tools in history. It has accompanied artists, students, architects, and writers for centuries, quietly shaping ...

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ULYSSES GRANT, an American general, jotted down battle plans with one. Otto von Bismarck, a Prussian chancellor, used his to tamp down the tobacco in his pipe. Vincent van Gogh used one to “draw a ...