Comments on: Success. http://www.pencilrevolution.com/2006/07/success/ Pencil Philosophy Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:26:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0 by: TF http://www.pencilrevolution.com/2006/07/success/#comment-156870 Thu, 01 Nov 2007 17:31:28 +0000 http://www.pencilrevolution.com/2006/07/success/#comment-156870 First off, thanks for all your hard work and dedication to pencils.Also, Thanks for building and maintaining this website it makes us pencils fans happy. First off, thanks for all your hard work and dedication to pencils.Also, Thanks for building and maintaining this website it makes us pencils fans happy.

]]> by: john http://www.pencilrevolution.com/2006/07/success/#comment-114015 Mon, 04 Jun 2007 13:52:56 +0000 http://www.pencilrevolution.com/2006/07/success/#comment-114015 O'BON has (we say timidly) produced "the world's greatest pencil." Great designs, clever packaging and best of all, made from recycled newspaper. This is not an evolutionary step, but revolutionary. As our recycled newspaper pencils just are better than wood. Wood pencils always have an air gap left when the chiseled out portion for the graphite doesn't mesh with the two sides held together with glue. this air gap causes the graphite to easily snap when it drops. Not O'BON pencils, go ahead smash them on the side of the table. I mean really whack it over and over, the results. Sharpen and see that the graphite is intact, no breakage. Why? Our exclusive roll-on method with our formula water-based glue means there is no air gap - no the vibration within the pencil is non-existant. The force of the drop on one side of the pencil just come out on the other. Try them, go to http://school-obon.com and check us out. O’BON has (we say timidly) produced “the world’s greatest pencil.” Great designs, clever packaging and best of all, made from recycled newspaper. This is not an evolutionary step, but revolutionary. As our recycled newspaper pencils just are better than wood. Wood pencils always have an air gap left when the chiseled out portion for the graphite doesn’t mesh with the two sides held together with glue. this air gap causes the graphite to easily snap when it drops. Not O’BON pencils, go ahead smash them on the side of the table. I mean really whack it over and over, the results. Sharpen and see that the graphite is intact, no breakage. Why? Our exclusive roll-on method with our formula water-based glue means there is no air gap - no the vibration within the pencil is non-existant. The force of the drop on one side of the pencil just come out on the other. Try them, go to http://school-obon.com and check us out.

]]> by: Demi http://www.pencilrevolution.com/2006/07/success/#comment-9752 Mon, 16 Oct 2006 00:27:24 +0000 http://www.pencilrevolution.com/2006/07/success/#comment-9752 Inspired by your website, I ordered ten pencil holders and caps. They're very common in Europe and Asia, but in Wasteful America, nobody knows what they are. Had to go to Dick Blick to find them (art supplies). Inspired by your website, I ordered ten pencil holders and caps. They’re very common in Europe and Asia, but in Wasteful America, nobody knows what they are. Had to go to Dick Blick to find them (art supplies).

]]> by: Nita http://www.pencilrevolution.com/2006/07/success/#comment-8624 Wed, 04 Oct 2006 11:57:07 +0000 http://www.pencilrevolution.com/2006/07/success/#comment-8624 CNN reports this morning that the new Neiman Marcus catalog has a $40K, 7 foot tall, skyscraper made completely of pencils. Yellow ones, I see in the quick pic on TV, CNN reports this morning that the new Neiman Marcus catalog has a $40K, 7 foot tall, skyscraper made completely of pencils. Yellow ones, I see in the quick pic on TV,

]]> by: Ryan http://www.pencilrevolution.com/2006/07/success/#comment-6236 Thu, 31 Aug 2006 19:25:20 +0000 http://www.pencilrevolution.com/2006/07/success/#comment-6236 To the math teacher, ian, who likes to use the natural-wood-finish variety of pencils, I suspect you would be very pleased with the offerings by Musgrave (available at Pencil Things) and by Forest Choice (www.forestchoice.com). Tally ho fellow comrade! Regarding the relocation of the editor, I want to extend an offer of my efforts in whatever way they may be helpful in furthering the goals of the Revolution. I am an attorney with undergrad training in English Lit. I will write, review, edit prose, or do whatever else I can, however, I am not the most skilled web site designer/manipulator. The extent of my experience in that area is using blogspot to chronicle the immediate aftermath of my exodus from Katrina-ravaged New Orleans http://www.ryanhatler.blogspot.com). Anywho, I think all who visit this site agree that THE REVOLUTION MUST GO ON! Please feel free to contact me if you feel I can be of service to the continued pursuit of pencil perfection. Ever forward Comrades! To the math teacher, ian, who likes to use the natural-wood-finish variety of pencils, I suspect you would be very pleased with the offerings by Musgrave (available at Pencil Things) and by Forest Choice (www.forestchoice.com). Tally ho fellow comrade!

Regarding the relocation of the editor, I want to extend an offer of my efforts in whatever way they may be helpful in furthering the goals of the Revolution. I am an attorney with undergrad training in English Lit.

I will write, review, edit prose, or do whatever else I can, however, I am not the most skilled web site designer/manipulator. The extent of my experience in that area is using blogspot to chronicle the immediate aftermath of my exodus from Katrina-ravaged New Orleans http://www.ryanhatler.blogspot.com).

Anywho, I think all who visit this site agree that THE REVOLUTION MUST GO ON! Please feel free to contact me if you feel I can be of service to the continued pursuit of pencil perfection.

Ever forward Comrades!

]]> by: Felicity Grace http://www.pencilrevolution.com/2006/07/success/#comment-5104 Wed, 09 Aug 2006 14:58:18 +0000 http://www.pencilrevolution.com/2006/07/success/#comment-5104 When people stop saying 'just' a pencil, then the revolution is over. When people stop saying ‘just’ a pencil, then the revolution is over.

]]> by: abraham http://www.pencilrevolution.com/2006/07/success/#comment-4789 Wed, 02 Aug 2006 20:20:12 +0000 http://www.pencilrevolution.com/2006/07/success/#comment-4789 Think of The Revolution as a process. We share a common awareness, and your wonderful site makes it known. Now there is momentum, and inertia has been overcome. So, The Revolution continues as it evolves. We don't stand still, and our points continually must be sharpened. Vive la Revolution Graphite! Think of The Revolution as a process. We share a common awareness, and your wonderful site makes it known. Now there is momentum, and inertia has been overcome. So, The Revolution continues as it evolves. We don’t stand still, and our points continually must be sharpened. Vive la Revolution Graphite!

]]> by: Joy http://www.pencilrevolution.com/2006/07/success/#comment-4482 Fri, 28 Jul 2006 17:11:13 +0000 http://www.pencilrevolution.com/2006/07/success/#comment-4482 End of the Pencil Revolution? Unpossible! End of the Pencil Revolution?

Unpossible!

]]> by: Ian http://www.pencilrevolution.com/2006/07/success/#comment-4440 Thu, 27 Jul 2006 23:20:17 +0000 http://www.pencilrevolution.com/2006/07/success/#comment-4440 I never imagined that my 4-word question would elicit such an overwhelming response. The question was posed because I was afraid that your informative blog had been discontinued. Since April of this year, when I serendipitously came onto your site (while looking for some information on pencil degrees/grades for several of my students), I would visit your site 3-4 times per week. Being a teacher of mathematics, I am no stranger to pencil usage; however, I used mechanical pencils exclusively. (Even when I took a traditional drafting course, not CAD, we were instructed to use pencil lead holders.) Now, after a third of a year as a member of the Pencil Revolution, I have started using different brands of wood pencils. (My more observant students noticed that I had begun using wood pencils in place of my mechanical ones.) My favorite is the Dixon Ticonderoga Woodgrain 1388-2. (I tend to favor unpainted pencils.) My home now has a handcranked pencil sharpener. As further proof of my membership in the Pencil Revolution, I wrote this message using pencil and paper before inputting it via my keyboard. In closing, I just want to express my gratitude for your having initiating this blog. You are definitely a person of profound inspiration and dedication. I will continue to visit every now and then with the knowledge that the revolution is not over, but is just growing in strength. I never imagined that my 4-word question would elicit such an overwhelming response. The question was posed because I was afraid that your informative blog had been discontinued. Since April of this year, when I serendipitously came onto your site (while looking for some information on pencil degrees/grades for several of my students), I would visit your site 3-4 times per week. Being a teacher of mathematics, I am no stranger to pencil usage; however, I used mechanical pencils exclusively. (Even when I took a traditional drafting course, not CAD, we were instructed to use pencil lead holders.) Now, after a third of a year as a member of the Pencil Revolution, I have started using different brands of wood pencils. (My more observant students noticed that I had begun using wood pencils in place of my mechanical ones.) My favorite is the Dixon Ticonderoga Woodgrain 1388-2. (I tend to favor unpainted pencils.) My home now has a handcranked pencil sharpener. As further proof of my membership in the Pencil Revolution, I wrote this message using pencil and paper before inputting it via my keyboard. In closing, I just want to express my gratitude for your having initiating this blog. You are definitely a person of profound inspiration and dedication. I will continue to visit every now and then with the knowledge that the revolution is not over, but is just growing in strength.

]]> by: Steve http://www.pencilrevolution.com/2006/07/success/#comment-4407 Thu, 27 Jul 2006 11:51:17 +0000 http://www.pencilrevolution.com/2006/07/success/#comment-4407 This was the first blog I ever really paid any attention to, and my life has been forever revolutionized! I now have a pencil holder on my desk at work filled with beautiful pencils: Golden Bear, Prospector, Palimino, Mongol, Ticonderoga, Mirado and more. They are a joy to behold and a pleasure to work with, and I owe them all to the Revolution. Vive la Revolution! This was the first blog I ever really paid any attention to, and my life has been forever revolutionized! I now have a pencil holder on my desk at work filled with beautiful pencils: Golden Bear, Prospector, Palimino, Mongol, Ticonderoga, Mirado and more. They are a joy to behold and a pleasure to work with, and I owe them all to the Revolution. Vive la Revolution!

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