![]() ![]() That goes for the lead inside the pencils, too, which is made of ground-up graphite and clay. “A higher-quality wood is going to sharpen more easily and more efficiently.” But I would argue that for cost-effectiveness, you’re better off buying a slightly more expensive pencil that’s going to last you longer,” she says. ![]() “I understand that, in a lot of cases, Ticonderoga and other pencils in the lower price bracket might be the best options in the store. In addition to better quality control and construction, she says, these companies use high-grade wood in their pencils-usually incense cedar, which she says is “the gold standard” for pencil wood-so they often cost more to manufacture. Pencils have only a few components-the core, the wood, and the eraser-and “they have to be made really precisely in order to function properly.” Weaver notes, “I think it’s just a different level of expertise and a different level of care that you get from these smaller, family-run companies.”įor K–12 students in particular, Weaver recommends pencils from General Pencil Company in New Jersey, Musgrave Pencil Company in Tennessee, and Palomino, which is owned by the California Cedar Products Company. “A lot of the classic pencil companies, especially in America, from the 1980s through now, have been dissolved or consolidated into larger conglomerates that don’t necessarily specialize in pencil making,” Weaver says. (Dixon didn’t respond to our request for comment.) Yet it has effectively edged out many of its competitors by retaining a distribution center in the United States and successfully lobbying the federal government to impose a steep tariff on Chinese pencil companies-more than doubling costs for some rivals. They’re really not great pencils anymore.”ĭixon was acquired by an Italian company in 2005 and now manufactures most (if not all) of its Ticonderoga pencils in Mexico and China, according to a 2018 investigation by the Washington Post. “The leads inside are often broken, or they’re not well-centered so they don’t sharpen well. That means they’re not the same pencils you may have used as a kid, even though they look the same. “It’s actually been quite a long time since Ticonderoga pencils were made in the United States,” she says. And the reason is that Ticonderogas have changed. What the expert saysĬaroline Weaver, author of The Pencil Perfect and Pencils You Should Know, says she has never stocked Ticonderogas at CW Pencil Enterprise, the pencil shop she owns on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. For something that often gets used several hours per day, 180 days of the year, a pencil shouldn’t just be adequate-it should be good. But they still have a special place in modern life, especially for K–12 students who use them to draw, take notes, do their homework, and fill in bubbles for standardized tests like the SAT and ACT (which require No. In an increasingly digital world, pencils are less commonplace than they once were. You can buy them pretty much anywhere school supplies are sold, and year after year teachers specifically request them for their classrooms.īut are Ticonderogas really “The World’s BEST PENCIL,” as their packaging loudly proclaims? In a word, no. When you think about the pencils you wrote with as a kid-blonde wood, yellow paint, green metal cuff, pink eraser-you’re probably picturing a Ticonderoga. It’s safe to say they last.Dixon’s Ticonderoga pencils are iconic. If it isn’t Ticonderoga, I don’t want it. Eat them?Īh, the black hole … where I lose all of my Ticonderogas. A poem to our dear Ticonderogas.Ī trusted friend indeed. Or turn it up a notch with neon or holographic Ticonderogas to add some flair!Ĭheck out our favorite Ticonderoga pencil memes that prove teachers’ true love.The My First ® Pencils are larger and round or triangular-shaped to help young learners in the early stages of writing.Plus, did you know Ticonderoga pencils go way beyond the trusted, traditional yellow No. This list of Ticonderoga pencil memes proves just that. Need a reliable pencil for your supply list? Ticonderogas. Looking for a great teacher gift? Ticonderogas. They last the longest, don’t break often, and sharpen like a dream. I think we can all agree Ticonderogas are the best pencils ever. ![]()
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