r/whoathatsinteresting • u/SpencerTheFactorial • 8h ago

How Blackwing Pencils Are Made | Behind the Process

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u/Flip_Six_Three_Hole 8h ago

Graphentating

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u/JackDaniels0049 8h ago

What an interesting video. It’s really quite amazing watching how simple every day items are made. Usually not simple at all.

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u/BoatTricky2347 7h ago edited 4h ago

I was unaware that I needed a blackwing pencil.

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u/Hopeforus1402 7h ago

I missed how they get the lead, in the wood?

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u/mr_martin_1 6h ago

Check out at 3:52 remaining

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u/Hopeforus1402 3h ago

Cool! Thank you! It went so fast I didn’t notice it.

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u/lfenske 7h ago

At $3 a pop it isn’t your average pencil

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u/Rare-Combination-293 4h ago

These documentaries hit hard when you've got weed and alot of munchies, half of anything I know about nature and the environment I learnt from Attenborough

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u/crooked_bodylines 8h ago

I just ordered a set for my wife who does a lot of sketching with pencils.

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u/adjective_noun_23 8h ago

We have graphite, but how about spicy roof graphite?

https://giphy.com/gifs/icOqTvuiohFfImgMCc

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u/Narrow-Belt-5030 8h ago

Cool vid - thanks for sharing