Strange, then, that he omitted to mention the very pencil with which he was making the list. Stranger still, when you realise that Thoreau's family made its money by manufacturing high-quality ...

Discover the fascinating process of mass-producing pencil leads at Japan's only factory specializing in this craft. From raw ...

Pencils, an ubiquitous tool around the world massively used by students, particularly those enrolled in primary and secondary education, are normally not the product of a recycling process.