Spencer Reinhart

Pencils

German Pencils

Made with sticks cut from natural graphite.

Made into two sticks of wood.

Making the pencils

Clay mixed with pigment and gum.

Soaked in wax for smoothness.

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English Pencils

Made of graphite sticks to form carbon.

Wrapped in string or inserted in wooden tubes.

Slate pencils.

The pencils were cut from solid pieces of softer grades of soap-stone.

Slate pencils were wrapped in paper.

Rubber Erasers

These erasers are made of India rubber.

The new style of rubber erasers was inserted in the head of the pencil.

The Finishing Touches

The pencils go through a paint machine.

The machine operator makes sure that the pencils are kept moving.

The pencils are made pointy by sand paper.

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