The whole point of a mechanical pencil is to have perfect sharpness forever. Yet without precise engineering and build quality, the standard slender leads are doomed to constant breakages. This ...

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The EDC (Everyday Carry) mechanical pencil is rapidly gaining popularity among engineers and professionals, establishing itself as a go-to tool where precision and reliability are paramount. With its ...

If you want a quality writing implement, you can rely on people who use them in their line of work every day to know the best ones to use. So when Studio Ghibli puts their name to a mechanical pencil, ...

Easily capture the elegance of a stainless teapot using nothing but a mechanical pencil and smart realism techniques. In this ...

A mechanical pencil drawing of a bust of a woman (a) and a frame (b) from Mae's Millinery Shop. The drawing shows the woman in 3/4 profile and is wearing a large hat and holding flowers. A copyright ...

The most realistic pencil drawings, or hyperrealistic pencil drawings, can sometimes be hard to believe. But a skillful use of shading and the representation of extremely fine details in pencil really ...

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