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... before writing - why?


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Aside from old movies, I have personally never observed anyone lick the point of a pencil before writing. Furthermore, does anyone still write with a pencil?

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I think it went back to early fountain pens. The tips would dry up and you could lick them to get the ink flowing. Habits carried over to pencils and ball points.

I find mechanical pencils to be quite handy.

Those fountain pens were the bane of us lefties. They needed to be pulled to leave a good even ink line. We had to twist our arms around to pull the pen instead of pushing it left to right. That also helped keep our hands out of the wet ink. The ball points were a Godsend for lefties.


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Lead poisoning 😂

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Originally Posted by efw
Lead poisoning 😂

Yes, back before pencils used graphite, lead was used, hence the term 'pencil lead.' Back then, people would lick the lead to make it mark/write darker than it would otherwise.


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"...graphite in pencils at the time was of a lesser quality than today, and was often mixed with clay as a binder. This often made the graphite particles separate and not adhere to the paper. Licking the tip would moisten the graphite and soften it, making it leave a more readable mark.

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I saw that often, when I was a kid, and pencils were wood pencils.
Not sure why those old-timers did that, but mechanical pencils are just too danged pointy to lick! smile
I, for one, still use a pencil some.
Seem to use the eraser more, though!


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I could never do crosswords without a pencil and eraser. It's got to be a quality US made pencil though; the Chinese can put a man in space and build a nuclear bomb but they still can't make a pencil that's worth a schidt.


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Originally Posted by Morewood
"...graphite in pencils at the time was of a lesser quality than today, and was often mixed with clay as a binder. This often made the graphite particles separate and not adhere to the paper. Licking the tip would moisten the graphite and soften it, making it leave a more readable mark.



What was the relevant time frame for that remark?

You'd have a very hard time today finding a #2 writing pencil as good as a Koh I Noor 555 or Wallace Invader from the 1970s.

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Handwriting is still a thing?


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Originally Posted by duck911
Handwriting is still a thing?


No it's not, they don't even teach cursive in schools anymore.


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Originally Posted by duck911
Handwriting is still a thing?


Damn write!

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Originally Posted by mathman
Originally Posted by Morewood
"...graphite in pencils at the time was of a lesser quality than today, and was often mixed with clay as a binder. This often made the graphite particles separate and not adhere to the paper. Licking the tip would moisten the graphite and soften it, making it leave a more readable mark.



What was the relevant time frame for that remark.

You'd have a very hard time today finding a #2 writing pencil as good as a Koh I Noor 555 or Wallace Invader from the 1970s.

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Crosswords only done in ink.

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I was a pencil connoisseur in grade school. grin

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Originally Posted by mathman
I was a pencil connoisseur in grade school. grin

Yes, it kind of showed in your previous response. What I now want to know is if you belonged to the NinjaNerd inner circle. I had a black girl attempt to bury a #2 pencil in my eye in '76. I stopped that pencil with my right palm. She drove the tip almost through the other side. The spot is still easily visible. For the win, tell me what I called Tiffany Jackson that sent her into a gondusumpin rage that day? Tic toc...

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I certainly don't know.

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Originally Posted by mathman
I certainly don't know.

Hmm. Should've known that one. BURN THE WARLOCK! E'S ADMITTED KNOWIN' THINGS NO MORTAL MAN COULD KNOW? BURN HIM!

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Originally Posted by hookeye
Crosswords only done in ink.


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