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In cheap pencils
the lead isn't always in the dead centre, so that when you sharpen them, the wood isn't trimmed back far enough
( , Wed 31 Aug 2011, 0:43, 1 reply, 13 years ago)
the lead isn't always in the dead centre, so that when you sharpen them, the wood isn't trimmed back far enough
( , Wed 31 Aug 2011, 0:43, 1 reply, 13 years ago)
Aha!
That could be it. I suspect it also doesn't help that the wood in question is the mankiest disease-ridden rot-infested garbage that someone could find in a skip somewhere. Sharpening it is like sharpening a sausage.
Apologies for the above image which, if taken a bit further, is utterly harrowing.
( , Thu 1 Sep 2011, 13:28, Reply)
That could be it. I suspect it also doesn't help that the wood in question is the mankiest disease-ridden rot-infested garbage that someone could find in a skip somewhere. Sharpening it is like sharpening a sausage.
Apologies for the above image which, if taken a bit further, is utterly harrowing.
( , Thu 1 Sep 2011, 13:28, Reply)
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