Twist-Erase III Mechanical Pencils feature a sturdy ... grip delivers maximum comfort and control With the jumbo Twist-Up Eraser, you'll suffer no smudges, no paper tears and no ghosts Each ...

Henry David Thoreau and his father invented the graphite, which creates very readable text; This became standard in classrooms and is the world's first #2 pencil.

A machine punches erasers into aluminum ferrules at the ends of pencils at the Musgrave factory ... the sound is no more than the soft clink of the perfect little sticks falling into a heap.