National Pencil Day
Each year, the writing utensil is commemorated on National Pencil Day, which has achieved more than just teach millions of the alphabet and draw straight lines. It's also helped win wars and spawned amazing art.
On this day in 1858, Hymen Lipman received the first patent for attaching an eraser to the end of a pencil. Pencils and erasers existed separately before that time. Lipman combined the two making the two devices much more convenient to use. The intuitive businessman also made envelopes for his stationery shop and was the first to apply adhesive to envelope flaps.
World war ii pencils
Cumberland Pencil Company, a Cumberland Pencil Company based out of Kenswick, England, manufactured pencils that were supposed to work during World War II. On either end, the pencils were hollow with graphite. The designers had stowed maps to assist rescued military personnel in their emigration to freedom between the graphite and the liberation of prisoners. Charles Fraser Smith designed them in 1942, and at night, when the factory closed, workers would assemble them under secrecy. The miniature maps detailed escape routes from war camps' prisoner to war camps, as well as a miniature compass. These tiny arms were distributed to Royal Airforce members and sent to POW camps throughout the war.
Pencil art
Pencils have always been a must have for creative people. Artists will often pick up a pencil to sketch out a rough outline of an idea. However, those who write with a pencil have a penchant for graphite. The black and white medium brings out stunning works of art with a stunning depth. It's also one of the first art classes that many of us take. The carpenter, on the other hand, needs a pencil for marking a piece. If working on a carving or building a piece of furniture, the masterpiece will need a pencil. And then, the world's top achievers see the pencil as art. They get right to point and place the artwork on the pencil's tip. Miniature art carvings fascinate and amaze us.
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Pencil facts
Most pencils in the United States are painted yellow. The L & C Hardtmuth Company of Austria-Hungary introduced their Koh-I-Noor brand in 1890, named after the famous diamond. They intended the pencil to be the world's best and most expensive pencil. However, other companies began to copy the yellow color in order to ensure that their pencils would be associated with the high-quality brand.
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- Thomas Edison had pencils made by Eagle Pencil specifically made for him. His pencils were three inches long, thicker than standard pencils, and had softer graphite than was normal
- Vladimir Nabokov rewrote everything he ever published, often by pencil
- John Steinbeck, an ardent pencil user, was reportedly using up to 60 pencils per day. His book East of Eden took more than 300 pencils to write
- "Superior to Carpenters pencils, a capital black, and most agreeable," Vincent van Gogh used only Faber pencils as they were "better to Carpenters pencils, a capital black, and most agreeable"
- Johnny Carson used pencils at his Tonight Show desk often. These pencils were specially made with erasers at both ends to prevent on-set accidents
- Roald Dahl's books were written using only pencils with yellow casings. He began each day with six sharpened pencils, but only after all six became unusable did he resharpen them
How to celebrate #nationalpencilday
- Pick up some new pencils
- Give a writer, scholar, or someone who likes pencils over pens some pencils
- Write something with a pencil. Then took it and wrote something else
- To post on social media, use the hashtag #NationalPencilDay
History of national pencil day has spanned history
Hymen Lipman's patent for a pencil with an eraser attached was commemorated on National Pencil Day. Since the 1970s, the day has been commemorated, but we've yet to identify who started the celebrations.
Pencil FAQ
Q. Is pencils only made in yellow?
Pencil manufacturers A. Pencil manufactures pencils in a variety of colors, including the color of the graphite!
Q. Who made the world's biggest pencil?
A. BIC (the maker of disposable consumer products such as pens and pencils) invented the world's longest pencil in 2017. The pencil was made from recycled polystyrene with a graphite center and was made from recycled polystyrene with a graphite center.
