How Pencils Are Made

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  • @Jeff-xy7fv
    @Jeff-xy7fv ปีที่แล้ว +446

    This factory is located in Pencil-Vania!

  • @frenchnavy1
    @frenchnavy1 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    When i was six and got pencils from my dad and they were Ticonderoga, now i get pencils for my daughters and those are still Ticonderoga.

  • @goldabernstein1215
    @goldabernstein1215 ปีที่แล้ว +124

    When I was a kid, my mom gave me my own hand crank pencil sharpener. I was SOOOOOO happy. To this day, there's nothing more gratifying than sharpening a pencil.

    • @ColineRusselle
      @ColineRusselle ปีที่แล้ว +6

      That smell of cedar...

    • @KpxUrz5745
      @KpxUrz5745 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      That qualifies you to get hired just about anywhere.

    • @goldabernstein1215
      @goldabernstein1215 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I don't know what the goat is supposed to mean but I liked it.@@KpxUrz5745

    • @ZameraDizz
      @ZameraDizz 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Why all the pencils are made sharpened? Because we always chew through it than using pencil sharpers!

    • @duaneburris7ate9
      @duaneburris7ate9 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You know dats right😊

  • @paparoysworkshop
    @paparoysworkshop ปีที่แล้ว +67

    When I was a kid, I thought that they drilled holes into the wood and pushed the lead in. I would carefully remove the wood off of a pencil lead then shape a new piece of wood, drill a hole in it so I could make my own pencils. It never worked out too well.
    I also used to carefully cut open burnt lightbulbs, reattached the filament, then try to draw out the air and seal them back up. That too never worked out too well. But some would work at a much lower voltage.
    The few times I "sort of" succeeded in my experiments would be the highlights of my days. I guess you could say I always tried to reinvent the wheel. 😁

    • @josephgaviota
      @josephgaviota ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That experimentation is GOOD for you.

    • @jasondashney
      @jasondashney ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I'd be so happy if my kid was experimenting like that. Stay curious, always!

    • @josephgaviota
      @josephgaviota ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@jasondashney _Stay curious_
      💯

    • @katscratchfever3506
      @katscratchfever3506 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      What kind of work do you do? Are you an engineer now!?

    • @Mykhaylo1958
      @Mykhaylo1958 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I think Tomas Edison had started his inventory success from so kind of experience. Like many other famous inventors.

  • @Mr.XYZ6775
    @Mr.XYZ6775 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    My first job was at Reeves Industrial Equipment, Orlando Florida. I was 21, in college evenings and and worked during the day. One of the engineering projects we did was a pencil yellow paint machine @4:20 we did for Berol Co. In Mexico. Its exactly like the one shown. There's paint in the hopper one pencil is always in the hopper. A chain with push tabs pushes one after another. Then onto a 100 foot belt conveyor to dry. Then back into the pencil hopper for another coat of paint. This is repeated 6 times. Brings back memories. Now I'm retired from a vast machine design experience.

  • @CP-vq3cz
    @CP-vq3cz 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    Things I learned today;
    a) Cedar is used because it's a wood that doesn't warp.
    b) Cedar slats arrive at the factory already treated so that the wood doesn't warp.

  • @CJBradley
    @CJBradley ปีที่แล้ว +171

    In the digital age it pleases me to know so many of us are still using pencils. I have hundreds and use them every day but I'm a sucker for a new sets.

    • @Factora_eng
      @Factora_eng  ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Same, all great ideas start on paper

    • @rayray8687
      @rayray8687 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@Factora_eng: 14 billion pencils and I’ve misplaced most of them somewhere around the house.

    • @Onyxthefem
      @Onyxthefem ปีที่แล้ว

      @@rayray8687and yet they’re nowhere to be found!!

    • @adamnealis
      @adamnealis ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I swear they breed when left in a case in the dark. Else they open wormholes and gate them in.

    • @zeekot4064
      @zeekot4064 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Dork

  • @caroldixon7796
    @caroldixon7796 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Back in 1990, my college art professor got me hooked on Prismacolor color pencils. I gave up painting and have used colored pencils ever since. Love them.

  • @tonym6920
    @tonym6920 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    what really amazes me is that someone had to invent all those machines to make the pencil, wow!

    • @malcolmmcclintick6787
      @malcolmmcclintick6787 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That's always fascinated me, not just for pencils, but any machines used in manufacturing. It really is incredible.

  • @josephgaviota
    @josephgaviota ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I still write a grocery list to take to the store.
    And I write myself little notes on "sticky notes" to remind me to do things.
    I love me some pencils. I'm still using _round_ Magic Muffler pencils, from a So. Cal. muffler shop, found in my dad's shop when he passed. I cherish those pencils because the remind me of dad, and of the "old days" when every Magic Muffler shop had one or more '56 Chevy's.

  • @WWTormentor
    @WWTormentor ปีที่แล้ว +65

    It’s hard to believe that when my dad started school in 1941, he got a small 4” piece of a pencil that my grandfather would put a hole at the end and put a string though it and hang it on my dads neck. That pencil was supposed to last the entire school year, because they were so hard to come by and so expensive. It’s amazing how abundant and cheap they are that kids but dozens of them during back to school shopping these days.

    • @bonniemoerdyk9809
      @bonniemoerdyk9809 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      My mom did the same for me .... only with my mittens instead! 👧🧤😂 (that was early 60's for me, yet I'm tempted to do that every time I get a new pair) 👵😂

    • @ZameraDizz
      @ZameraDizz 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      First things kids starting to write is “we are parasites living and eating off this planet very slowly “.

    • @googleusergp
      @googleusergp 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I had to take an exam with #2 pencils some years back (about 10 or so years). I went into the kitchen drawer where we stored all things like pens and pencils and I found some that dated to my school era days (some 40 years back). I sharpened them using the same Bostitch crank sharpener that I used when I was a kid (in the same house which I grew up in) and added new cap erasers to those old pencils.
      I took the test and passed with flying colors. I considered those old pencils like old friends and good luck charms from my younger years.

    • @WWTormentor
      @WWTormentor 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@googleusergp wish I had saved some of mine. I also loved my pee chee folders. The new ones my kids use are just not the same.

    • @gloriascott6491
      @gloriascott6491 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      1941 was during WW2, I guess that's why they were "hard to come by".

  • @aaronying4989
    @aaronying4989 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Pencils are just so amazing and simple, love their feel

  • @mrdarbab
    @mrdarbab ปีที่แล้ว +22

    i saw in a cartoon that they put a whole tree through a grinder to make a single toothpick. Glad this works better.

    • @galewinds7696
      @galewinds7696 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You were watching foghorn the big white rooster. I always liked that cartoon.

    • @Solitaire001
      @Solitaire001 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@galewinds7696 I think that was one of the Tex Avery cartoons, one where they show how things are made.

  • @Downecker
    @Downecker 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    In grammar school we often joked about everything! My thing in 7th grade was to say " Does everyone have a sharpened # 2 Ticonderoga pencil ? Show me! "

    • @AMcDub0708
      @AMcDub0708 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ….i don’t get it….?

    • @Downecker
      @Downecker 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@AMcDub0708 HI! Ticonderoga was the pencil company and the #2 denoted the hardness of the pencil !

  • @davesnothere81
    @davesnothere81 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Back in my day pencil fights were the real deal and being a pencil fighting champion in the 4th and 5th grade got you a lot of respect and prestige.

  • @evfusion4094
    @evfusion4094 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Looks like the production process hasn't changed in 100 years. Would be interesting to see how a new factory would tackle pencil production.

  • @robertmac7833
    @robertmac7833 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Who would have thunk something we take got granted, something so utterly simple as the lowly pencil would take such an involved process to make???

    • @davidbosworth4751
      @davidbosworth4751 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      but everything that is done by machines now was probably once made by people!

    • @Solitaire001
      @Solitaire001 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@davidbosworth4751 Also, it also developed over a long process. One of the early "pencils" was just graphite wrapped in string. Plus, other advances were combining graphite with clay so that the darkness and hardness of the pencil lead could be adjusted, the addition of an eraser, and the six-sided shape developed over a long period. Added to that are things like the pencil sharpener (people used to sharpen a pencil with a knife), erasers (bread was used as an eraser at one time), and the color.

  • @jkbc
    @jkbc ปีที่แล้ว +4

    what a genius invention for this simple and useful tool for every human who learn how to write for the first time

  • @brucejohnson4462
    @brucejohnson4462 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    A personal handheld wooden enclosed graphite scribing device is a good tool

  • @bouffant-girl
    @bouffant-girl ปีที่แล้ว +17

    A short pencil is better than a long memory

  • @Frankjc3rd
    @Frankjc3rd ปีที่แล้ว +10

    The hexagon shape stops it from rolling, that's so adorable!

  • @6thmichcav262
    @6thmichcav262 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Many pencils are equipped with erasers…which are designed to smear the paper irreversibly, rip holes where you don’t want them, or have no effect on the graphite line at all….

    • @Haritsa-N
      @Haritsa-N ปีที่แล้ว +1

      😂

    • @andykee8090
      @andykee8090 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ideas on paper👍😆

    • @wyatberp3611
      @wyatberp3611 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      And many people don't know how to use an eraser correctly..

    • @vflytrap7158
      @vflytrap7158 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      As a commercial artist I use pencils all the time. The erasers on a pencil are ineffective and rip right through paper and will ruin the line drawn. I think they’re there just for decoration.

    • @Coasterdude02149
      @Coasterdude02149 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You need to get a kneaded rubber. They work just fine. And don't leave those annoying little bits behind to brush all over the desk.

  • @kylematthew2068
    @kylematthew2068 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    This is Where I used The Original Pencils since I was a Little boy, When I was Grade 1 to 6, This is How I Learn Everyday From School, And I was Philippines, so I Learned so Much That I can do Anything About Pencils However About That Reason, I Love Pencils to Learn, And I Love it.

  • @zekeonstormpeak4186
    @zekeonstormpeak4186 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    No.2 Dixon Ticonderoga. Best pencil ever!

    • @Coasterdude02149
      @Coasterdude02149 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I respectfully disagree and vote for Blackwing 😉

  • @jlancerx
    @jlancerx ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Haven't used one in a few years due to work requiring using pens but still believe the Dixon Ticonderoga #2 is the king of all pencils

    • @kendallevans4079
      @kendallevans4079 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Actually, I've never seen any other pencil besides a #2. Do they make a #1 or #3?

    • @tommal-bm5mq
      @tommal-bm5mq 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@kendallevans4079 Yes very specialized , drafting and art use, CAD has replaced almost all old fashioned drafting, I cant even remember if #1 was harder or softer lead but used because it did not smug as much.

    • @kendallevans4079
      @kendallevans4079 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@tommal-bm5mq Thanks!👍

  • @MrONELAST8
    @MrONELAST8 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    A Pencil, writing history for 172 years and still growing.

  • @KingmanRoss
    @KingmanRoss ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Have always wondered how they were made.Very interesting.

  • @MrGoblin60
    @MrGoblin60 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    That's fascinating; I'd always wondered how pencils were made.

  • @ColineRusselle
    @ColineRusselle ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Ironic that something written with pencil on a good quality paper will probably outlast almost all digital files made today.

    • @Solitaire001
      @Solitaire001 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      This reminds me of a DC character named Rose Forrest who became immortal (she was born in the 20th Century and she's still alive in the 31st Century). One of her problems is that she keeps starting and losing journals because of advances in technology (she mentions saving one of a ZIP Disc). I agree that writing using pencil and paper will last longer than writing stored as computer data.

  • @mariahcarey50
    @mariahcarey50 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    I kept braking my mechanical pencils so I started buying wood pencils and it’s been the best decision yet. ❤

    • @kingscorpion7346
      @kingscorpion7346 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      and you get a hearty thumbs up from John Wick!

    • @russellevans2446
      @russellevans2446 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Braking? Why were you stopping your pencils?

    • @eagle25311
      @eagle25311 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Do the wood pencils not have brakes?

    • @plantbased5673
      @plantbased5673 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ​@@eagle25311Low-tech pencils have no brakes. So, once you start writing, it's hard to stop. 😂

    • @Solitaire001
      @Solitaire001 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@plantbased5673 That reminds me of a TH-cam Video about John Steinbeck's pencil ritual so he didn't have to stop writing to sharpen pencils. He would sharpen 24 wood pencils, put them in a box, and start writing with one of the pencils. When it became dull he would put it into another box, grab another pencil, and continue writing. Repeat until all of the pencils are dull.

  • @JamesAyers-d1t
    @JamesAyers-d1t ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I used to work in a pencil factory.they have sure changed the way they make them.

    • @jazzgtrs1243
      @jazzgtrs1243 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      My father for 25 years worked for Dixons Pencils in downtown Jersey City, NJ until 1971. It was called Joseph Dixon Crucible company back then. He was a machinist and set up man. It was a dirty place. His hands and “work blues” were always covered with graphite from working on the equipment. Graphite was used to lubricant the machine’s moving parts. As a kid, I did a science project on how pencils were made from various stages of pencil production. He supplied me with the leads, slotted wood blanks, half cut pencils in wood, sample of raw graphite and erasers in end caps. It was the only science project I ever received an ‘A’. The factory in Jersey City closed years ago. The buildings turned into condos.

    • @josephgaviota
      @josephgaviota ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jazzgtrs1243 That's REALLY COOL, to take the raw materials to school like that!

  • @andreschusan6086
    @andreschusan6086 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    You can lead a horse to water but a pencil needs to be lead.

  • @GregMoress
    @GregMoress ปีที่แล้ว +8

    So what's your best selling pencil?
    "The number 2"
    OK, what's your second best selling pencil?
    "The number 1"
    OK... Have you ever considered renaming them?

  • @TheHypnotstCollector
    @TheHypnotstCollector ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Erasor Head is the best pencil documentary every made.

  • @robertemmons2260
    @robertemmons2260 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Amazing process, but the narration requires proofreading before releasing the video. Here is one example;
    At 0:57 California cedar is chosen because it "doesn't warp"
    But, at 2:27 it is stated that cedar slats"...arrives at the factory already stained, dried, and waxed to prevent warping"
    Cedar definitely does warp.

  • @sharmainewarnakulasuriya4526
    @sharmainewarnakulasuriya4526 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I still love writing with the pencil.. ❤❤❤thanks gor the amazing video.. and i am so humbled to hear the nsme of my country, Sri Lanka, to be the producer of the highest quality graphite ❤❤❤

  • @yourfavpencil
    @yourfavpencil 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This video is super cool and educational man I love pencils✏️✏️✏️✏️✏️

  • @infinitybless7132
    @infinitybless7132 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Boy this is definitely a process. ✏️

  • @madelainepetrin1430
    @madelainepetrin1430 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I wonder if the pencils we see today are these. I used to be able to use pencils until there was a tiny stub left. Now you can't even sharpen them once without the graphite breaking every time.

    • @josephgaviota
      @josephgaviota ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Cheap pencils are made with wood from pressed sawdust-they're not firm enough, unlike the pencils shown in this vid-made from actual planks of wood, which is MUCH firmer. Less flexible, less broken lead.

    • @Solitaire001
      @Solitaire001 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@josephgaviota This is why if I used a wooden pencils I'd only use a well-known name-brand one, it is worth it for the extra quality. However, I use mechanical pencils for that reason. With a good-quality mechanical pencil, combined with a softer lead (like a 2B) I rarely have a breakage problem.

  • @gash1reb
    @gash1reb 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Simply fascinating!!! Thank you for sharing, it is very interesting.

  • @JayHaisley
    @JayHaisley ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Interesting. Pencils that come already sharpened. Never seen that before.

    • @CDaisy-tp7hw
      @CDaisy-tp7hw ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I was thinking the same thing. And I've been around a while.

  • @KpxUrz5745
    @KpxUrz5745 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    In my NYC office job, none of us could get any work done. Someone was always asking out loud: "Okay, who has the pencil??"

  • @junosynth
    @junosynth 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Used to play pencil break in middle school!

  • @IamWhoIam2023
    @IamWhoIam2023 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Hit like if you chewed on the eraser when you were a kid

  • @mrnnhnz
    @mrnnhnz ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Another fine video thanks. Quick note on pronunciation: "homogenous," is ha-MODG-uh-niss, not ho-mo-GEE-niss, and "hexagonal" is hex-AG-ah-nil, not HEX-a-go-nil.

    • @cedrdar
      @cedrdar ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Except it’s “homogeneous” not “homogenous”. Two different words. He said it correctly.

    • @mrnnhnz
      @mrnnhnz ปีที่แล้ว

      @@cedrdar okay, perhaps. I believe homogenous is more common these days. Perhaps homogeneous retains parity of usage when used in discussion of chemistry, which this subject is not. But even if we accept a regional variation, surely the pronunciation should be ho-mo-JEEN-ee-iss?

  • @Paul-lm5gv
    @Paul-lm5gv ปีที่แล้ว +4

    LOVED having new pencils to start the school year in grade school!

  • @RIPPERTON
    @RIPPERTON ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Wow the wooden part is in 2 halves.
    Im going to try to find the split line in the next pencil I find.

  • @patriciaegan7244
    @patriciaegan7244 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love pencils, may they always be present.

  • @slapdaddie5966
    @slapdaddie5966 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Haven't had an eraser that works in yrs!

  • @guitaoist
    @guitaoist 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    1:00 “sustainable forestry factors” a fancy way of saying “yes we destroy the forest but not as much as we want to”

    • @TheDiegbel
      @TheDiegbel หลายเดือนก่อน

      Kareeeen

    • @guitaoist
      @guitaoist หลายเดือนก่อน

      @Kareem Abdul-Jabbar?

  • @raghavendraprabhu6571
    @raghavendraprabhu6571 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Thank you to share this video ❤

  • @lawrencenannes4260
    @lawrencenannes4260 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Keep it up.knowledge from ur videos is appreciated and treasured❤🎉

  • @BellaCroyda
    @BellaCroyda ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This is great. I never knew how the pencil was manufactured. The pencil...fabulous invention!!!

  • @mandarin408
    @mandarin408 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Poor Mary Phagan, such a tragedy. RIP

  • @FullTimePatient37
    @FullTimePatient37 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Great video and information but the glow stroke on the font is annoying and painful to watch... ✏️

  • @davidcolantuono3622
    @davidcolantuono3622 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I miss writing with pencils in school or at home. #GoodOldDays

  • @poolplayergus
    @poolplayergus ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Did you know that trees poop?
    - that's where no. 2 pencils come from.

  • @BeerBaron-hx4ev
    @BeerBaron-hx4ev ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Remember putting a pencil in your mouth in school? Who would have thought that the paint on the outside was so flammable. To this day.

  • @garbo8962
    @garbo8962 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    When my son was in first grade the nun told them the first day of school they must bring in two #2 sharpened pencils everyday. If a kid forgot their pencils she rented a pencil for 2¢ a day. Amazing after the second week none of the 30 kids seldom forgot to have their pencils. Hard & expensive now to find pencils made in the USA. ( at least at Target ).

    • @Toad-In-A-Puddle
      @Toad-In-A-Puddle ปีที่แล้ว +2

      General's pencils are made in USA. They can often be found at craft stores.

    • @woodhonky3890
      @woodhonky3890 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Walmart sells pencils made in Tennessee.

  • @MyDarkWorldX
    @MyDarkWorldX 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Really loved the detail in this video, it's fascinating to see the pencil-making process! However, I can't help but think the amount of plastic used in packaging is a bit excessive. Isn't it time we consider more sustainable options? Would love to hear others' thoughts on this!

  • @MayThereBeWorldPeace
    @MayThereBeWorldPeace ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Love watching this✏✏✏

  • @GaryProffitt-pt2go
    @GaryProffitt-pt2go 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Very intelligent pencils and not so intelligent Humans, so many, many conventional wars.
    Thank you very intelligent Americans and thumbs up 😊👍

  • @claudinestewart8196
    @claudinestewart8196 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Very interesting. I am enjoying this video.

  • @sarcasticguy4311
    @sarcasticguy4311 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    An object so "simple" and ubiquitous yet no single person contains the knowledge to build one.

    • @jasondashney
      @jasondashney ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm sure in the decades since I Pencil somebody has taken it upon themselves. I'd like to think someone did 5 years in each industry and figured it all out.

    • @sarcasticguy4311
      @sarcasticguy4311 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jasondashney Sounds good. I'm waiting for their product.

    • @victorchristophersen3601
      @victorchristophersen3601 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Ok milton friedman ;)

  • @ritsmonlopez2
    @ritsmonlopez2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Salamat sa lumikha nang bagay nato! ❤

  • @helenr.guzman315
    @helenr.guzman315 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Great video! I loved how you broke down the pencil-making process in such an engaging way. However, I can’t help but think that focusing so much on traditional pencil production over digital tools is a bit outdated. Aren’t we moving toward a more digital future where these skills might not be as relevant?

  • @Sara.Rose.
    @Sara.Rose. 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    So satisfying to watch. I would love to work in a pencil factory now ✏️

  • @joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536
    @joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Amazing video.👍.

  • @joseeduardoeliaalfaro5538
    @joseeduardoeliaalfaro5538 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Perfecto nos sirve día con día 🎉

  • @rottenapple_
    @rottenapple_ 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    1:32 looks like the poop I had this morning.

  • @craigbrown5359
    @craigbrown5359 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Most outstanding!

  • @ocsrc
    @ocsrc ปีที่แล้ว +2

    When I was a kid the pencils were really dark in the 70s.
    But now the color is very dull, not dark at all.
    Do they make high graphite pencils that are really dark ?
    How can I find pure graphite pencils ?

    • @Solitaire001
      @Solitaire001 ปีที่แล้ว

      Try a pencil in the higher B range, like a 2B or a 4B. A 2B is noticebly darker than an HB/#2 and also writes more smoothly.. The main disadvantage is that tip wears down much faster so you have to sharpen it more often.

  • @histoiresdevoir
    @histoiresdevoir 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    great video! i really enjoyed learning about the pencil-making process, it’s fascinating to see the attention to detail. but honestly, i have to say, it's kind of surprising how much effort goes into something we often take for granted. do you think we should be more mindful about the materials we use in everyday items like this?

  • @Nukeroid101
    @Nukeroid101 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Ticrondega...American Standard...Dixon by Oriole...loved getting new pencils.
    I find the rubbers are now more plasticy, so I use the rubber attachment. Anybody else?

  • @KaydenDotson-k1o
    @KaydenDotson-k1o ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you I wanted to know how pencils are made

  • @chandimalwijesinghe3523
    @chandimalwijesinghe3523 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    From Sri lanka ❤

  • @hangbui4245
    @hangbui4245 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Really enjoyed this video! It's fascinating to see the pencil-making process in such detail. That said, I wonder if we’re relying too much on traditional materials. With all the advancements in technology, shouldn’t we be exploring more sustainable alternatives? Just a thought!

  • @godfreyberry1599
    @godfreyberry1599 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Pencils of any quality are horrendously expensive nowdays. Even the cheaper rubbish certainly can't justify the current cost.

  • @mimimills2524
    @mimimills2524 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This would make a great ASMR video

  • @elyas-tavakkoli
    @elyas-tavakkoli 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you 😊 awesome video

  • @urbanxplorer-r6s
    @urbanxplorer-r6s ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Ummm sandwich, i appreciate factory workers' even more. Thank you 4 the pencils i use 2 sketch

  • @mauricemcmurry6637
    @mauricemcmurry6637 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The images of "Cedar" 1 minute in are of Juniper which is not the wood commonly used for pencils. Juniper would make a very aromatic pencil. Port Orford Cedar is the traditional pencil wood. It smells nice too.

  • @HelloKittyFanMan
    @HelloKittyFanMan ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Wow, I've always wanted to know how this worked; thank you!
    But then how are things printed onto them?

  • @Mark-hc8ek
    @Mark-hc8ek 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This is how pencils are made: US shuts down its own lumbering industry but allows Japanese companies to continue harvesting trees on US soil. Then, the Japanese transport the lumber to Japan where they use Japanese factories to make pencils. The pencils are then shipped back to the US for the American consumer. A win-win for politicians on both sides of Pacific.

  • @brucehamilton9545
    @brucehamilton9545 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Billions of pencils and there is never one around when I need one.

  • @marcustvchannel5885
    @marcustvchannel5885 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Amazing ideas amazing artwork

  • @tepsokha7576
    @tepsokha7576 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It very nice

  • @terrydawkins9936
    @terrydawkins9936 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The best communication item…..love my personal pencils

  • @sidiidris1240
    @sidiidris1240 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    we all use pencils, but most of us don't even know how they are made. they think pencils fall from the sky

  • @debbiesmith6293
    @debbiesmith6293 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Enjoyed this video

  • @Witcheridoo
    @Witcheridoo 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you! I had no idea that clay was added due to a shortage caused by a blockade during the French Revolution!

  • @علاءالعمده-ت5ظ
    @علاءالعمده-ت5ظ ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Very good

  • @MelWilliford-du8qk
    @MelWilliford-du8qk ปีที่แล้ว +1

    We need some up here 😀

  • @craigenputtock
    @craigenputtock ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video

  • @nytom4info
    @nytom4info 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    the eagle pencil company...14 th street in the city...
    we got to go inside!!!!!!!!

  • @bryanspindle4455
    @bryanspindle4455 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I had no idea they used cedar to make pencils.

  • @Perich29
    @Perich29 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Thank you Fred Roger for taking us to the Pencile factory.

  • @calvinforcejr2382
    @calvinforcejr2382 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Question. What pencil did they use in the civil war. From 1860 to 1865. And what pencil did the Union soldiers use to wright home. Can you please let me know. Thanks

  • @sheerikhanam.3085
    @sheerikhanam.3085 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice.lovely video 💜💜💜💜👍👍👍👍👌👌

  • @SpaceMystery9
    @SpaceMystery9 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The video is really interesting, it helps me understand more about the process of making it