Episode 245: Judge a Pencil by Its Barrel (Pencil Primer, Part 4)
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The Pencil Primer wraps up with part 4: a buyer's guide. We settle what makes a pencil good — smooth, dark, stable — and what makes one crappy, then go shopping everywhere from big-box aisles and art supply stores to Japanese stationery shops and a coworker's luggage. Plus sharpeners, pocket knives, and our own picks, from budget Golden Bears to the Mitsubishi 9852EW. But first: Blackwing's camo-clad Volume 5.
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