Best carpenters pencil..?

[smashngrab]

The carpenter on my job was going on about a pencil he had acquired,reccons its one of the best,cant remember the name of it now.

He said a lot of them are rubbish with the wood part being made up stuff.

Just wondering what other people on here use,or not.
rob.

 

[tinytom]

hi,
i bought some carpenters pencils a while ago,sharpened them proprely and had a loveley point on them, it snaped with a tiny amoung of pressure if you do get any get extra hard ones, i just use normal pencils, 2H are nice and hard yet dont score the wood

tom

 

[joinerjohn]

I normally use a 2H pencil or marking knife for marking out anything in the workshop, but on site I'll use anything. Have even used a screw to mark timber on site when I couldn't find my pencil.

 

[joinerjohn]

hi,
i bought some carpenters pencils a while ago,sharpened them proprely and had a loveley point on them, it snaped with a tiny amoung of pressure if you do get any get extra hard ones, i just use normal pencils, 2H are nice and hard yet dont score the wood

tom

Great minds think alike ehh.

 

[tinytom]

thats quite a compliment for me being compared to someone called "JOINER john" lol

 

[gregers]

yep same here,2 h pencils all the time,ive never got on with using the carpenters pencils,coz they wont stay behind my ears.ive worn the correct grove into my lugs holes for 2h and i aint goner change now

 

[^woody^]

I get the thick red chinese ones from the market 10 for a £1. No wimpy 2h ones for me

The actual use of them is a non-issue as they tend to get lost, droped, broken in pocket etc before I have used 1/4 length of them

Can't beat a nice 1/4" thick marker pen though

 

[gregers]

1/4 length,my 2h stays sharp and HARD for longer.

 

[ladylola]

The actual use of them is a non-issue as they tend to get lost, droped, broken in pocket etc before I have used 1/4 length of them

Yes have to agree there, mine very rarely wear out. But then it's a case of popping into the site office to "ask" a question, picking up a pencil to illustrate something and just sticking it behind your ear afterwards and walking out can't remember when I last actually brought a pencil.
That said 2H are good HB's are ok if you don't mind sharpening every time you come to use it, actual carpenters pencils are ok but regular ones are more verstial in my option and just like TT I will and have used anything form a knife to a screw to mark things. White pencils are good for working with oak and other dark woods but I tend to just keep these in my workshop rather than loose them on site.
Has anybody else heard the story that Chippendale used to file the nail on his right hand to a point to use it as a marker? I heard this years ago and whilist it makes a good story I couldn't see it lasting very well.

 

[^woody^]

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Has anybody else heard the story that Chippendale used to file the nail on his right hand to a point to use it as a marker?

Not good for picking your nose with though. Ouch!

 

[ladylola]

but ooooooooh for scratching your .......

 

[ladylola]

Should actually have said , the thumb nail on his right hand

 

[tfish]

Ikea pencils

 

[stef86]

You can buy black edge carpenters pencils that now come with a sharpener anno they are rectangle in shape but some how they have made a sharpener sounds silly when u can use a stanley but it gives u a really fine point..

 

[ladylola]

Yes a colleague showed me one of those sharpeners recently. Seemed "odd" really that a rotary action sharpened them although it did sharpen to more of a point rather than a sharp edge if you know what I mean.