Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Recycled Paper Pencils review

Found this neat kraft brown paper box with 16 Recycled Paper Pencils for $1.00 at Target. It was manufactured by Prince Stationery Ind. Corp. in Taiwan.
These pencils are unvarnished and have a round profile, so they have a tendency to roll off an inclined drafting table.
The recycled paper barrel sharpened easily with a standard KUM wedge magnesium sharpener.
Freshly sharpened. When sharpened with the Panasonic KP-310 electric pencil sharpener, it can attain a standard long point while producing confetti-like shavings.
Reasonably smooth, this recycled paper pencil produces fairly dark marks that are cleanly erased with its own eraser. This is my first time trying out a paper pencil, and it seems to perform reasonably well fresh out of the box. Though the barrel does not feel as solid as a standard wooden pencil, and I suspect that they might not function well in humid environments given their lack of a varnishing coat. Sweat and moisture are likely to weaken them. Will have to field test them to verify their durability under extreme weather conditions, yet they seem perfectly adequate for regular office and school use at just over a nickel a pencil.

1 comments:

Stephen said...

Thanks for the review. I somehow felt I was there watching the pencil be sharpened!