Comments on: “Stop and Smell What?” http://www.pencilrevolution.com/2005/09/stop-and-smell-what/ Pencil Philosophy Sat, 11 Oct 2008 22:29:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0 by: Michael Leddy http://www.pencilrevolution.com/2005/09/stop-and-smell-what/#comment-217 Fri, 30 Sep 2005 17:45:00 +0000 http://www.pencilrevolution.com/2005/09/stop-and-smell-what/#comment-217 To me, it seems a matter of taking delight in the everyday and overlooked. (I think back to my contemplation of the Camel pack design when I was a cigarette smoker.) The most wonderful pencil aroma I've ever experienced was from post-WWII Castell 9000s. I bought them at an old office supply store in the early 1990s, still in their metal tins, with "Leads Imported from American Zone" stamped on each pencil. ("They never sold," said the storekeeper.) The smell of that sharpened cedar--all I can say is that it was like no other pencil I've ever used. I'm guessing that it must've been red cedar. To me, it seems a matter of taking delight in the everyday and overlooked. (I think back to my contemplation of the Camel pack design when I was a cigarette smoker.)

The most wonderful pencil aroma I’ve ever experienced was from post-WWII Castell 9000s. I bought them at an old office supply store in the early 1990s, still in their metal tins, with “Leads Imported from American Zone” stamped on each pencil. (”They never sold,” said the storekeeper.) The smell of that sharpened cedar–all I can say is that it was like no other pencil I’ve ever used. I’m guessing that it must’ve been red cedar.

]]> by: Ben http://www.pencilrevolution.com/2005/09/stop-and-smell-what/#comment-216 Thu, 29 Sep 2005 03:53:00 +0000 http://www.pencilrevolution.com/2005/09/stop-and-smell-what/#comment-216 Hi, my name is Ben and I'm a pencil sniffer. "Hi Ben" the PSA (pencil sniffers annonymous) group says to me. Hi, my name is Ben and I’m a pencil sniffer. “Hi Ben” the PSA (pencil sniffers annonymous) group says to me.

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